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Post by isingandlaugh on Jul 31, 2014 23:47:03 GMT -5
I hope you're having a good day, ponygirl. I thought of you today when I couldn't get to my gigantic project as I had hoped. It's 9:30 pm here and I'm just getting started. Time time time. Someone once told me, "you have all the time you need". Something to ponder and take comfort in, I suppose, or just shake your head and say, "what???" : )
Thank you so much for checking in on my Procrasti-nots and leaving encouragement! Those little nods truly keep me going.
Your thread here is inspiring. Please keep it going, even if just to say you're still here, or "I moved a paper clip today!" : )
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Post by ponygirl on Aug 1, 2014 11:07:50 GMT -5
Aw, thank you Ising! I wish I had more time to write and encourage others, too! I truly regret that I can't read and reply to ALL of the threads! You are so right...the little small nods and thoughts and well wishes...and the woohoos!...really are helpful. I will definitely pop in as often as I can...even if, as you say...to just update that I'm alive, ! Thanks, again! Keep up the good work!
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Post by ponygirl on Aug 6, 2014 13:45:20 GMT -5
Just stopping in to say 'hi'...and let you know that, yes...I'm still struggling. Too tired to do anything after work...and it's so hot and humid, very draining conditions, indeed. Revelation: One only 'wants' to have a large and varied clothing wardrobe. One does not need that. I could make do with very few items for a workday wardrobe. Even knowing that, it is going to be very difficult to continue to pare down. I really like having the choices available in the closet...even thought I actually only wear a few items. Decisions! I did pull out more shoes to toss/burn. If they were donation-worthy, I would take the time to do so, even if 'amnesty' is always there by my side. What it all boils down to is...how much of ANYTHING do I really need?
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Post by ponygirl on Aug 8, 2014 14:54:16 GMT -5
Some days I just feel like giving up.
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Post by dtesposito on Aug 8, 2014 16:52:23 GMT -5
I'm sorry you're having a bad day. Diane
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Post by sue5000 on Aug 9, 2014 0:53:06 GMT -5
"... how much of ANYTHING do I really need?" I ask myself the same question every day, Pony The other day I reached up into a bathroom cabinet and pulled down a box... hmmm 5 hairbrushes and 8 combs. I don't even use a comb! Well, I do when cleaning my paintbrushes. So I could save ONE. I did throw away my current hairbrush, and took one out of the box. I just don't know what to do with the rest now. I'm not gonna donate them. And don't tell me to burn them! I thought I was in maintenance, cus I've cleared out whole closets and drawers and whole cabinets and dressers and cupboards. They are EMPTY. But now I have piles and boxes sitting around. After 4 years...I'm still 'peeling the onion'........ I have a radio in almost every room. And the garage and basement. 9 radios. I love radio! I'm taking all my radios when I move. How weird is that?? Same with clocks. Gotta have a clock in every room. But I wear a watch every day!! If ya don't laugh, you'll cry.
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Post by razy on Aug 9, 2014 2:51:31 GMT -5
Some days I just feel like giving up. It's ok to have a day off every now and then
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Post by sue5000 on Aug 10, 2014 11:25:14 GMT -5
HI ponygirl Hey, I have his little stand-up daily calendar that you flip over a page each day. Each page has a quote or affirmation. I really like this one, and thought I'd share it with you ...... "He who has little and says it is enough has more than he who has much and wants more." I love it!! I hope you're having a good Sunday and I wish you a good week! ........... please report back! ..........
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Post by angela on Aug 10, 2014 14:46:39 GMT -5
Choices..
Oh my gosh, this is my stumbling block too. I have a weird type of anxiety about being limited in my choices. For me, it's less about clothes, thank goodness, but I do experience the anxiety when it comes to food and leisure activities. So I hoard in those areas.
Housemate is the same way. I need to basically have a buffet set out for him to choose from.
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Post by ponygirl on Aug 11, 2014 16:47:25 GMT -5
Diane, Sue, Razy, Angela...thank you so much for all the encouragement, hugs, and cheers. Yeah...I was having a really bad day. I've been super emotional lately (on top of my very emotional normal everydays...)...all kinds of upheaval at work...the weather is about to kill me (heat/humidity)...more kittens abandoned at office to deal with...can't seem to make progress on much of anything. The decision-making is really getting tough. I was getting to the point last week where I couldn't bear to face anything anymore. I'm not feeling much better, but am facing it all again. You ever want to just stop? Stop everything...you know the old cliché`...'stop the madness'?! I mean...I want to get 'out' of the everyday and the mundane...to just 'live off the land', so to speak (still figuring there might actually be a way for me to do this)...and quit this grind...the daily worry. But how? And if I could...would I really get to my personal ground zero? Or, would I still just give it the ol evil eye and go hiking instead? It's a fantasy, I know. Thank you so much for all the great thoughts, sharing, the quotes!, the hugs, the reassurances that it will all be okay...that I will be okay. THANK YOU. Y'all are the best.
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Post by ponygirl on Aug 11, 2014 16:48:25 GMT -5
Oh...and Sue5000?! Burn those suckers!
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Post by lil on Aug 11, 2014 18:26:27 GMT -5
ponygirl there are times I look up cheap land in my general area and a camper trailer and think ok need a generator too and just get rid of everything I don't need =-) To bad most campers wouldn't fit a family of 5 (ie not enough personal space). What do we need once we have a place to eat and cook and sleep. Clothes, food, and for me at least a computer or iphone works too. Medication if you need it =-). Oh and bathroom and a/c in this heat. blankets and sheets for the bed. And important papers ss card birth cert w2s and maybe insurance and investment info. With kids you need much more stuff alas working on minimizing everthing. They have report cards, health insurance papers, school supplies/papers, toys and their clothes. Yeah but I'm with you. I want out of the rat race to go off the grid and just need less. But that means learning to garden be self sufficent and fixing things. Image turning wheat into flour a bit easier to just buy =-) I told hubby I don't want to buy christmas presents this year lets get the kids a new swingset this year and new tires for their bikes and comforters of their favorite characters. I just can't see the point in buying useless items anymore. They have everything they want. ponygirl ~lil~
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Post by The Eliminator on Aug 12, 2014 4:28:09 GMT -5
ponygirl PONYSIS!!! Why do we keep missing each other?! Gotta go back to Email. But no time for that, either!
I really wish I could come help you. Yes, the heat and humidity really are too much too contend with, even just for normal things, no less desqualoring! My backroom has no AC, and I avoid it as much as I can. Although, that's where I am sleeping for now. Other rooms in upheaval.
Don't stress yourself out about getting it done now... wait until it cools off. Don't even worry about that paperclip right now. I MISS YOU!!!
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Post by The Eliminator on Aug 12, 2014 4:31:07 GMT -5
...OH NO!!! And MORE abandoned kittens!!! I could just smack some people sometimes.
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Post by ponygirl on Aug 12, 2014 16:31:05 GMT -5
Reading, all...thank you! Lil! Eliminator! Too much at work now to reply...I will be back soonest!
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