Living Large, on a Small Income, by the Sea.

Tresinia511

Dia, ah, the favoured cups.... business lesson not to mix personal treasured stuff with the business.  It's one of those lightbulb moments that happens, which only seems obvious after the fact.  I suspect it's a learning curve that having paying guests in your home (work) isn't that same as having friends in (pleasure) and takes a mental shift in more areas than you realise at the time.  I take my hat off to you doing this for income as I'm not sure I would deal with it as well as you (my tolerance level is well below par) 😄

doingitanyway

Thanks @Sun_Addict you are a veggie fan like me so soup is a no brainer!
Thanks @Tresinia511 you are right. It was indeed obvious after the fact!

So, today has been better. I worked on a project most of the day with good results. Instead of feeling drained I was more energetic, although that wasn't hard given my starting point 

Not much drudge done...
Washing load and out
Changed sheets in guest room
Unloaded dishwasher
Food shop ordered (this took ages for some reason)

Kitchen is still a bomb site, just less a bomb site than yesterday. I will tackle this later.

For the guests I have a YS cheese and garlic flatbread. I will be making a ham and egg salad to go with it. Easy.

I will do a sink full of washing up but it looks like at least 3 goes in there. 
I have been breaking dishes because of the state of the kitchen and not being able to function properly in there...

I will return to my project later this evening. But, a satisfying day for me. 
I will try to get the guests to come for a walk about nine to see the night sky. The line up of the planets should be visible and there may even be shooting stars. Go out yourself if you can   

joeyjimbles

I didn't know we were expecting shooting stars but DH was out night fishing at the weekend and captured a beautiful photo of the moon and a couple across the estuary, so I will have a look out tonight and hope that the light pollution doesn't cancel them out.

I think your way of mixing your chores with more uplifting things is a great way to get the mundane done alongside the things you want to work on. I have been getting up a little earlier, even when I don't want to and getting some of the dull but necessary done in that time. I'm not a great one for self-help books/writers but was researching Mel Robbins to help someone out on a project and rather like two of her concepts - Let Them (about not letting other people's actions etc bother you) and Just Do It - the latter being roughly if you need/want/need to want to do something instead of asking yourself how you feel about it, just get on and get it done. 

doingitanyway

Thank you @joeyjimbles

I'm finding doing more rewarding things during the day feels like my days are not being wasted. They have less of a 'rinse and repeat' pointlessness...

I know of Mel Robbins and like the Let Them concept.

As regards drudge work I think you are right. I should get up earlier and get them out of the way!

We have a very bright moon, so it may be too bright for enjoying the skies but I will try to go...