A few small things
Jan. 30th, 2010 01:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
apocalypsos-- Since a few people did ask, I added the Paypal button to that post once again.
-- I'm not going to weigh myself but I think I've already lost a little weight already. Of course, it's entirely possible I'm completely deluding myself that my midsection is slightly less flabby than it was a week and a half ago.
-- I went grocery shopping this morning and didn't buy a single thing that could possibly be construed as junk food. I consider that as much of a success as the fact that I bought Otis new toy mice and haven't seen him since I threw him one.
-- On the other hand, my apartment is a pigsty and I'm the only one who's going to clean it. *sigh*
-- I can't remember the last time I wrote a "status of the writer" post. It would probably help if I, you know, wrote something.
-- I'm not going to weigh myself but I think I've already lost a little weight already. Of course, it's entirely possible I'm completely deluding myself that my midsection is slightly less flabby than it was a week and a half ago.
-- I went grocery shopping this morning and didn't buy a single thing that could possibly be construed as junk food. I consider that as much of a success as the fact that I bought Otis new toy mice and haven't seen him since I threw him one.
-- On the other hand, my apartment is a pigsty and I'm the only one who's going to clean it. *sigh*
-- I can't remember the last time I wrote a "status of the writer" post. It would probably help if I, you know, wrote something.
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Date: 2010-01-30 06:59 pm (UTC)I'm on the *address the pigsty* warpath this weekend too, so *solidarity*. On the one hand, it's fucking depressing and overwhelming sometimes. On the other, it's a free way to brighten up your surroundings. Sometimes, I pretend that I'm a cleaning lady and I'm paying myself $20 an hour - but only if I haul ass and work hard. Then, I mark down that $20 an hour as something to spend on myself when I have the cash.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but it's worth a try. Also sometimes helpful for me (who hates straightening up w/ a passion) is to get into a zen-like ONE THING AT A TIME groove. That is, scan your immediate area. Pick ONE THING that you both know is out of place, and that you immediately know the place of. If you have to think about it, it's not the right thing. If it's like, a shoe that belongs in your closet, go pick it and only it up. Return it to its home. Then STOP. Scan the immediate area for ONE thing that's out of place. Pick it up and return it to its home.
You're not allowed to pick up more than one thing at once, and you're not allowed to pick up anything that requires any thought about where it goes. Put on some music and get into this one track mind mode and you can get a shitload done pretty quickly.