A pause before resuming...

Last night, I was too tired to do anything but wash dishes and put away laundry  Note how this implies (though I am not admitting anything out loud) that I didn't put away my laundry when I did my laundry two days ago. After I have already promised myself not to do that.

Bad girl.

Well, it's put away now, in all those shiny new places.  Thinking it through: If all goes well, I can finish the bookcase project this weekend, leaving two more weekends in November, one for the kitchen and one for the hallway.  I'm not sure which is more intimidating; but I remind myself that so far each of my projects has looked intimidating, but ended up being not so bad after all - just time consuming.  And needing effort.  But nothing unmanageable.  Nothing discouraging.

Meanwhile, the challenge is to get enough sleep, and go to the gym each day, and to do yoga each day.  I am both surprised and gratified how this gives me the energy to carry on with the decluttering. I would do it anyway; but this makes it easier.

The order to do things:

• Read another book on how to declutter and/or minimize. I got another one out of the library, and don't want to return it unread.  It's called the Clutter Diet: The Skinny on Organizing  Your Home and taking Control of Your Life by Lorie K. Marrero.
• Empty the bookcase by the front door.  Dispose of it. Find or buy paper to cover the magazine boxes as necessary. (Note: go to The Papery after work tomorrow. Find out their hours.)
• Switch the books in the bookcase by the bathroom into the two brown bookcases that were in the bedroom.  Discard books as I go.
• Move the comic book boxes in the bedroom from the north wall to the east wall.
• Move the large bookcase in the living room into the bedroom, either on the west wall or the north wall - whichever fits best.
• Put the small bookcase in the space behind the front door.
• Put the teapot display shelves (formerly a bookcase) in an attractive spot in the living room.

Moved and seconded, and so resolved.

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