The magic of tidying

3 hours housework and decluttering today, as well as a couple of hours catching up on admin tasks. A good start to August.

hello @Dimity xxxx

Hello lovely @Shaz51 . Hope ur ok. ❤️ 🫂 💚

This month I've been trying to make progress. Reorganising, shredding, recycling, took some stuff to the opshop, disposed of some stuff. It hasn't really reduced the visible clutter. It's freed a bit of cupboard space.

Achieved housework goal only 3 times this week. Depressed and depressing (vicious cycle). Worst clutter at present is papers and craft.

Got rid of some stuff in annual hard waste collection.

I'd wanted to make a material difference this month - enough to move onto paid help. Not successful so far but there's still another week to go.

@Dimity Thanks for sharing. It sounds like it's been a tough week, and I can hear the frustration of wanting to make more progress than you feel you have achieved.

I just wanted to acknowledge that meeting your housework goal 3 times this week and clearing some items through hard waste are still real achievements, especially while managing depression. Those efforts count.

Papers and craft supplies can be some of the hardest things to tackle, so please be kind to yourself. Theres still a week left in the month, and every small step you take is moving you forward. 💜

The tough weeks continue. 3 days left of August. I don't think I can make enough difference in that time.

It sounds like it's been a really tough few weeks @Dimity.

Even if three days does feel like enough to make the difference you hoped for, the steps you've already taken still count for a lot. I hope you can be gentle with yourself as we approach September.

Thinking of you.

~ @Honeymoon

So I haven't achieved my goal of being ready for a handyman by now.

September.

Not sure how much I can do.