We all have a couple of spots in our house that we don’t want to show to people. It can be a closet or a room. I have a room, my mom’s old bedroom but have to continue the garage project before dealing with that. Lately I’ve had to prioritize things differently. Life has been juggled between work, volunteering, performances, the dogs and see Matt in the hospital and help his family. Things like cleaning my house to how I want it to be has been pushed aside. I have done laundry when I got home and when it was done tossed it on a table in what is supposed to be a dining area thinking I have to fix it later.

Looking at all this made me really sad and disappointed at myself that I wasn’t able to keep up as I wanted, needed and should. I have been too tired to put the clothes away and there was stuff here that could be thrown away or moved elsewhere. It was packed with stuff under the table that absolutely didn’t need to be there, I had put it there because I was either in a hurry or straight up lazy. And I had to look at this every day. Every time I let the dogs out or went to the kitchen. I knew that no one would come and fix it for me, it was all me and myself that had to get it done. The disadvantage with being single and alone all the time… The other day this mess made me break down seeing no possibility to get it fixed soon.

I had in mind to work today but there wasn’t any trucks that fit my schedule. So I decided to make action in this project instead. I took the dogs for a walk first so they hopefully would sleep while ran around the house getting everything done. Twix figured out the point after a little bit but BamBam got a second round of exercise just walking around after me like a shadow. He doesn’t relax unless I am sitting down.

Step by step all the clothes ended up in the closet. Things was moved either to the trash (I filled up an entire trash bag from this small area), in cabinets or in the garage. The floor was swept and mopped and within 1.5 hour it looked like this:

No, that is not the perfect chairs for this area but the one to the left is my grandfather’s old office chair. My garage is too hot for it to be stored there and I don’t have any better place in the house to be in. So it will work for now.

I am so proud of myself for taking action in this project. It feels so much better mentally to go into the kitchen now. I continued cleaning the kitchen and living room, fixed small projects and did some laundry that had to be done. It was so worth not working today. For my mental health. Just doing this made me feel so much better and stronger than when I woke up this morning. I’m ready to conquer the world!