The last few days have left me increasingly stressed about the amount of clutter and unnecessary things in my house. So I've been going through mail, washing dishes and laundry, putting things in the box for Goodwill, shredding, cancelling unused credit cards, etc.
My new resolution is take care of today's stuff today. All the mail, all the dishes, all the things we got out. They all have to get dealt with before bed. There's a huge backlog of stuff to do - piles on the desk, boxes of unfiled papers I meant to deal with months ago, craft tools to organize and put away. But that stuff needs to wait until today's stuff is finished. I was talking to somebody about scrapbooking and how overwhelming I find the prospect, and they offered some sage advice. Start with the events that are most recent and then work backwards. I've decided to apply that to daily life.
Today I think I nailed it. But it takes 21 days to make something a habit, right?
There haven't been many posts since this summer. But believe me I have been crafting up a storm. I am giving nine homemade gifts this year and some of them still aren't finished. I can't exactly talk about them here as the recipients all know about my blog. After Christmas I'll share some of them with you and some of the other projects I've been busy with this year.
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