Hey great blog Quizz! You articulate so well many of my own feelings. I look forward to the next entry!
And it certainly looks like everyone here has been busy making headway in all of your lives. So high fives to all of you!
Well I’ve been anxious to report this: THE BASEMENT FROM HELL IS FINALLY UNDER CONTROL!!!!!
Somehow I managed to clear out and rearrange tons of stuff and make it presentable and into an extra usable space by my deadline. I now know what’s in every box and can find stuff if I need to. There’s still work to be done but it’s now no longer so daunting. Furthermore, my home office is now a functional and comfortable place to work. Better yet, if the plumbing or electrical system act up, I won’t be deathly embarrassed to let anyone in! This has been an area of considerable stress for me for about 15 years and as I write this I realize I’ve been pretty calm the last few days as a result.
Of course, I would prefer it to be looking like something out of a decorating magazine and it’s not there yet. However, as I said in the outset, it is under control with control being the key word here.
To borrow and corrupt a line from an old commercial – I can’t believe I cleaned the whole thing!
Oh and incidentally, no-dopamine – open the box! I opened several that have been in the back of a shelf for over 20 years and never saw the light of day since we moved in. It was fun! Found some interesting memorabilia but also lots of stuff I was able to easily part with.
And for those of you who subscribe to the if you don’t know what’s in it toss it theory – DON”T!!! I was in that mode once a while ago and was about to toss a huge box I thought was full of obsolete papers. Something stopped me. ALthough most of it was truly junk, I also found the deed to my house and several other important documents I had no idea were in there. I actually thought they were in my file cabinet. The box had been standing there about 10 years so initially thought it should be safe to throw out. I think for those of us with ADD and memory impairment issues, the toss it if you don’t know what’s in it approach could be problematic. Or am I the only one who stuffs stuff somewhere when I’m in a hurry and stressed ? 