Daily goals, motivation and check in

Oh @Maggie you and me both with things happening slowly. My brain is not switched on today at all, infact it just wants to sleep 😴. Loved the curtain rail (I don’t have my curtains in in the lounge room, I’ve had them about 18 months too).

@Appleblossom, @Faith-and-Hope, @Pepperpot, @Shaz51, @frog

was good to read back on your last posts here. I got to nod my head in agreement at something’s and be inspired too. Since my last big bust session where I spent days in bed again I’ve managed to come out a bit, well enough to look at my to do lists again and try to jump back on the horse.

Yesterday I got my mother’s day wish and all my sons and their girlfriends did a working bee in my back yard and did lots of physical work for me. That’s helped with motivation but not feeling so overwhelmed when I go outside. When we got this house it was a fixer upper especially the back yard but it was contingent on having the boys do lots of physical work. It felt so good getting some done yesterday.

So goals for today are back to the basics which I can tick most off and a few clean up jobs left over from yesterday. One of them hit a pipe whilst digging so we had lots of mud as a result :face_with_rolling_eyes:, but it’s fixed and I got a new outside tap in a really handy spot as a result.

Hoping all is well for everyone. 💜🤗

Great mothers day pressie. @Teej and a winwin for the kids. Lots of the right kind of learning and effort.

@Maggie Good luck searching ..

Tick tick

both my jobs are done and we got a smells conversation sorted and a female dynamics conversation .... He slept through my mothers day, but thats okay as we are having a good day now.

Cheers All

Thanks @Appleblossom. I’ve been really mindful of not relying on one or two of my sons. I want them to share it. For me the special mother’s day bit came as I watched them work together to solve problems and get things done. For all the years I tore my hair out with them trying to get them to work together and the arguments that would ensue it was a pretty good reward yesterday to see them as young men all really cooperating and chatting happily with each other whilst doing it. It was actually a good day to be alive and I’m grateful I got to experience it. I’ve had lots of @Faith-and-Hope moments over the years of car arguments and just general arguments and at time physical fights between them, and lots and lots of competition between them.

Yesterday all those hard years seemed to fade away. I really want to emphasise here though that it’s just the nature of my kids as in they are all on the adhd scale, two have carried it into adulthood. They can’t sit still and even won’t watch a movie if it’s over 100mins still. One of mine has to be physically doing something every moment of the day. My friend has three boys the same age but they are very different and are skilled in different areas. Sometimes I wish my boys were more like hers and she probably wishes at times that hers were like mine. I was really wary of writing the above about them as I didn’t want anyone to have mixed feelings over it.

So glad @Appleblossom that today is working out better. Mother’s Day can be any day we want it to be. I’ve never been one to put too much emphasis on it. And love the tick tick. 💜🤗

It is almost close to perfect, that young men work together over housing issues. @Teej Breathe in and enjoy that pleasure over it. In modern society we have outsourced so much, people have forgotten how to do those things. One of my good memories with my brother who did suicide, was talking about house building as he had bought a great book about it.

Its really tricky working out the dependancy and separation issues.

Possibly you are less dependent than you realise. We are all interconnected with our children How can we not be.

@Teej Mother's Day sounds lovely, well done you. Moving is traumatic, settling in can be worse. I am pleased my curtains are finally up and working.

@Appleblossom Love the Tick tick. Unfortunately no ticks for me, decision making goes along with the slow life processes. Back to Umms and ahs coffee and thinks, but I have to get a wriggle on as its a gift for next month and I have to do the framing.

Hope everyone else is doing okish.

hellloooo @Maggie, @Teej, @Appleblossom

@eudemonism 💕💕