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Post by shellsncheese on Jun 7, 2020 13:51:53 GMT -5
Hi Everyone! I've stopped in from time to time, but I really feel like I need to post everyday. Here's an update for anyone who cares. I'm currently living in a big city with a housemate. I've been lucky in the housemate department. It's was a perfect situation (opposite schedules, etc) until quarantine hit. I had pulled things together at my job (even got a promotion) and was traveling lots. I had a nice side-hustle going house/dog-sitting. And then everything felt apart. I'm currently furloughed from work, housemate and I get along, but I'm not dealing well with haven't no real privacy. And I hate cleaning in front of other people, which is a problem. At the same time, I'm a bit lonely. I miss socializing with people in person. I miss traveling. I even miss work. Mess wise, it's honestly not to bad. Having a housemate keeps things is check for the most part. I feel like I defer to being messy/ squalorly. If left to my own device I would not do dishes, leave trash everywhere and so on. Now, I have no job (luckily I pulled myself together enough financial a few years ago that I'm okay) and I have no excuses. Well, I have plenty of excuses, but they aren't good excuses. I've had nothing to do but work on myself for two months now and I'm still the same person. I'm not any more organized, I haven't sorted through clothes, I haven't lost any weight. I'm so mad at myself right now. That was more than I planned, so Congrats if you made it all the way through with me. Looking forward to meeting the new members are seeing some old friends.
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Post by sillycanuck on Jun 7, 2020 15:01:48 GMT -5
Thanks for dropping by with an update. Somethings have sorted out-- maybe others will follow suit.
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Post by joyinvirginia on Jun 8, 2020 9:42:02 GMT -5
Good to hear from you! you aren't sick and you have a roof over your head, that's positive.
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Post by Arid on Jun 8, 2020 14:38:37 GMT -5
I "hear" you, shellsncheese!
Nearly all I've done during this pandemic is to do some yard work, and *that* "stays done" for all of 5 minutes . . . !!
My housekeeping hasn't gotten any worse; so, there's that. At best, I've improved things, *maybe,* 0.01%!
I *do* get frustrated with myself!!
Arid
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Post by mylittlescholar on Jun 8, 2020 15:23:54 GMT -5
wb shellsncheese! I think most of us have struggled with the "instagram ideal" that we would be able to use this time to improve everything, that we "should have" been able to do that... while in "instagram reality" we have been through the most unprecedented series of global crises, and literally staying alive *is* the priority. Its all be so slow and gradual, that I think its been really hard to keep in perspective just how incredibly stressful this year has been. I don't think we'll really understand this on a viscera level until at least some of the stressors start to ease. in other words... I think you're doing great, all things considered!
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Post by shellsncheese on Jun 8, 2020 16:43:29 GMT -5
Thanks everyone! mylittlescholar I definitely fall into the "Instagram" trap sometimes, but I think I need to find a happy medium between "Instagram Perfect" and "Items on my To Do list from February are still there"
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Post by ohblondie on Jun 9, 2020 9:05:49 GMT -5
shellsncheese.....I like the "Instagram" reference. I see so many people posting on FB how they have cleared out their closets and re-organized and redecorated over the past two months. So many were supposed to be working from home but hot dang their lawns and gardens are immaculate!! I was getting so down on myself and so anxious that I was working myself into a tizzy, unnecessarily. You can do this - and so can I - one step at a time. Just do one thing is my starting point. One thing usually leads to another.....and another...…. I hope your work resumes shortly
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