WHAT TO DO WHEN THERE'S STILL MUCH TO DO & NOTHING"S GETTING DONE!

Hi Guys,

Well, hate to say that not much progress has been made.


Main reason being, the procedure I had, that I was hoping to get rid of my pain, got worse since last December, and only partly worked with the lower back and leaving the left hip still in agony, which in turn affects what I can get done.

As in ~ not done.







This is so frustrating.



Trying hard to remember to breathe and hang onto my sense of humour as well as my home.

This was not part of the plan.  I was so on track till this hurdle came my way.




This is when I have to remind myself that there is not much I can do about it other than to keep plugging away to find what the underlying problem is and then find out what can be done to fix it or lessen the pain so that I can move again and get back on track with my clutter and life.  This all takes time.  Also, being on pain killers long term is not ideal.  If one can avoid pain killers, then that would be the best outcome.

Have made small strides during these last months and is better than nothing at all.

But not near enough to make me smile.

The progress I wish to achieve still continues to be just out of my reach.

Being that this winter feels more super cold to me than ever before does not help me to get out under the carport either.  The effort to move is excruciating and in the end all I can do is to concentrate on getting the essentials done barely.

Feeling oh so over not being able to get things done due to this never ending pain cycle.

Days are flying by and am getting worried that I wont get enough done by the end of this year.

In light of what is happening will now be a tall ask.

In the meantime, am right in the middle of the interim period of readjusting the finances.  Will know in the next few months if these measures will be enough to help me limp across the line long enough to hold onto the homestead till the ideal time for me to sell.

The only good news is my weight has stayed steady.  Even though I have stalled in this area of continuing the loss of kilos, and 22 kilos is nothing to sniff at, I plan to get back into the routine, once I get my head space right again, towards that healthier me I need to be.

There are a few more kilos to go and they need to go for good just like the inherited clutter.

All I have to do now is transfer that success of loss of kilos across to the final chapter of my de-cluttering.  And when I look back and remember where I started from with all the stuff, I sure have come a long way.  A friend who came to my home not long after Mum passed away saw the situation I had been landed in and just the other day, now almost 8 years on, reminded me how much I had done and how far I have come.  That meant the world to me and has spurred me on to that ever so close finish line.

However, the pain is the sticking point at this moment in time in getting to said such finish line.

As you can see, every aspect of my life is under fire.  I just have to hang in there.

Not long to go till August for the next council hard rubbish collection to purge more stuff and when my family are free to help with the physical side at this time.  Looking forward to this and cannot happen soon enough.

Brief and sweet this time.

Trying not to let this get me down to the point where I stop.

After all, there is still tomorrow as Scarlett would have thought.

And I shall do the same!

So, ciao for now,
Anita

ps. Next update will more than likely be after the August council hard rubbish collection.  Till then take care and keep up the purging of  'stuff and clutter'.