Mortgage free in Forever Home :-)

KajiKita

skint_spice said:

I love watching the Dana K White videos but I need to follow through with some action 😂

On really big jobs (like our conservatory) I start with one small job - removing one box, clearing one piece of furniture and then stop. I have a break and then as I wander past the area again, I deliberately notice the effect of the one area I have cleared - that generally incentivises me to do another bit and so on. I have learned to stop before it starts feeling chorey/heavy/dreary. 

KK

beanielou

Well done on the filter.
Mine needs done but I need to find the instructions.

I still havent been to the skip 

beanielou

KajiKita said:

skint_spice said:

I love watching the Dana K White videos but I need to follow through with some action 😂

On really big jobs (like our conservatory) I start with one small job - removing one box, clearing one piece of furniture and then stop. I have a break and then as I wander past the area again, I deliberately notice the effect of the one area I have cleared - that generally incentivises me to do another bit and so on. I have learned to stop before it starts feeling chorey/heavy/dreary. 

KK

I tend to start with 15 minute bursts.
For me it depends on how physical it is!

KajiKita

beanielou said:

Well done on the filter.
Mine needs done but I need to find the instructions.

I still havent been to the skip 

I found the instructions on mine on a sticker when I opened it up to empty the collection chamber. 

Might be there on yours or worth a Goggle if you know the make / model?

Kk

KajiKita

beanielou said:

KajiKita said:

skint_spice said:

I love watching the Dana K White videos but I need to follow through with some action 😂

On really big jobs (like our conservatory) I start with one small job - removing one box, clearing one piece of furniture and then stop. I have a break and then as I wander past the area again, I deliberately notice the effect of the one area I have cleared - that generally incentivises me to do another bit and so on. I have learned to stop before it starts feeling chorey/heavy/dreary. 

KK

I tend to start with 15 minute bursts.
For me it depends on how physical it is!

I tried the 15 minutes thing but I often find I end up with jobs half done at 15 minutes, which I hate. I either walk away and the job is left half done (ugh!) or it becomes a slog if I carry on because I promised myself I would only do 15 minutes! (I know, I’m crazy, right! 😂)

KK

KajiKita

Have emailed a possible garden contractor to possibly help with keeping the bindweed down in the veggie patch next year. This may be too way expensive an option, but I want at least to look at it as an option!

Have also emailed the Japanese Knotweed contractor that the vendor appointed to see if they will be willing to issue a certificate to us for our land being clear of JKW this year. That would help significantly with the cost of the house insurance renewal that I need to start looking at. Almost 4 years since we moved here! 😳🤩❤️

KK

KajiKita

Had a good first day back at work. Cleared my inbox - nothing too scary, my team have made good progress on many things in my absence, good OPs review with the scary French-Canadian divisional manager (team effort that one, but I am always last, so I now try to finish with a ‘good news’ improvement slide 😊)and I actually managed to knock over a couple of small tasks. Not bad for the first day back after a week off and a still sore head!

Loads fresher and bit cooler here tonight, so have finished cleaning down the vacuum cleaner I started last night but I won’t reassemble it yet as I don’t think the filter is quite dry. Completed a new declaration of interests form for the Parish Council. Got the recycling out for the collection tomorrow and just about to start the tea-lunch-breakfast-all-at-once-prep! If I can get all that done before dinner, I can have a proper ‘evening off’ as all my chores will be done ….

KK

KajiKita

£1.31 received from TCB - OP
12p TT of joint account - OP.

savingholmes

Well done on the tip run and decluttering. I don't know where you find the energy for the PC but they need good people so well done you.

I found DKW's book really good on decluttering - particularly listening to it on audible. She helped me make the final push with my house to get it sale ready. I listened while doing to help motivate myself. I think I also used pictures in my head of my ideal holiday cottage scenario to try and get the amount of stuff I retained visibly at least to a holiday cottage level. I'm getting my cleaner to help with the continued thinning out - and in a milestone for me didn't check what she chucked last week.

LadyWithAPlan

Well done on the decluttering! 

I love those SS shows where they put all your stuff in a warehouse ! 

I am away on an unexpected but fun business trip so only have a small suitcase .. amazing how I manage without loads of stuff