Going to go back in time to catch you all up on my last years posts I shared on my facebook site about my then efforts with all the trials and tribulations. It has been a most interesting year that has proven to be more good than not as far as dealing and purging of the abundant 'stuff'. The previous year set the ground work and momentum being that I was granted funding for assistance from a specialist in this field. Due to a belated birthday celebration and my children organising a way to gain the essential funds so I could continue with said momentum was able to secure several more sessions with said specialist to make it possible to finish under the carport and start on the inside.
This catch up takes as back to November 2016.
The following was shared on my personal facebook page where I was posting about my progress. I was not up to writing any entries on here due to how it affected my eye. Which has not improved since, but stabilised. A recent test has shown it has even become slightly worse. Only marginal, but not what I wanted to hear. Below is a photo of me with one of my 4 glasses. These are for reading, which one year on have to be replaced with the new script. Even slight changes make a massive difference as to how using my eye daily affects me. Is what it is now.
Here is what I shared:-
After my one post in 2016 named, "I'M B A A - A C K!", I shared a couple of photos of the second last session under the carport of which we were inching ever so closer to getting done with.
Was a good feeling to know I was getting closer. However, I felt frustrated that there was still much to do. And then, I felt happy that I had at least got to get this far as well. So many conflicting feelings that it truly made my mind boggle.
At least we could see the fence at long last.
Here is one of those photos.
It was at this time that we started to use the shed for all the 'sell' items. This way they would not come back into the house. The plan being that once I was done with the sorting and purging part of this decluttering, I would then move onto selling said items at a Sunday Market or via the facebook 'buy, sell and swap' group pages.
I posted this next brief piece on 20 December 2016, reflecting on the year that was.
"20 December 2016 ·
I think I can safely say that many have had a crap year. I can also say that this year has proven to be the most challenging yet so far. I won't say that the next one has to be better as that has not happened for far too many years that I have lost count. Instead, I will be grateful for all those I love, the lessons learnt and happy to be still here to enjoy another year with the best family and friends that one could wish for from near and far. Also, to somehow in any way I can help those who need it most in the coming year ahead."
And to round off 2016 posts I shared, I took a look at my 'JAR OF POSITIVITY FOR 2016' just to see if my year was as I had remembered it. These little notes scrunched into a jar showed me that more good took place than I remembered. It is so hard to remember them when one is hit with so much hardship 24/7. This little jar was positive as it highlighted the little things that added up to help me keep going.
Here is what I wrote back on 31 December 2016.
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I did this jar most of 2016.
You never know till you actually follow through. So glad I did it now.
Said I would do this, this time last year. As bad as this year was, and it was, I could not have started this in a better year to remind me at the end that there were more happy and good moments than I would have otherwise remembered, being that the bad moments overshadow the good one's massively. So glad I did this. I didn't strictly note all the moments, but I did do 80% of the time.
I have so many to thank for those moments that were more abundant that kept me going. My children and friends have done so much. All those little moments do add up and make a difference and helped get me over so many hurdles this last year upon reflection.
Here are my offerings from a humble jar that makes the coming year seem less bleak and more promising this time round going into 2017."
Then I added into a new jar a saying that I loved to kick-start 2017. Little did I know how wonderful my misspelt 'wonderfull' was going to be. I have still had the hardships, but at the start of this year and now a few months short of the end of it, I have had a year of blessings that go far beyond anything I could have anticipated.
I wrote this to remind me to focus on the little stuff. The stuff that mattered. The people and moments being what stuff meant.
I knew that things would slow down dramatically now I no longer had the professional help, but I had to keep encouraging myself by thinking of slow and steady does get there in the end. And look how far I have come. All I had to do is remain patient.
Slow and steady does win the race.
So,' slow and steady', or as I like to say it 'keep on keeping on', was my new mantra for 2017.
Will end this first catchup here and will share the posts from 2017 till I we are fully up to date.
Even though you will see the progress over the next few days or weeks, remember it has taken over a year to get all this done, along with help from a few. It has not happened over night.
As I have said before, be kind to yourself when going through this process. If all you can do is one small shelf that day. Then that is a good day as that is one more shelf dealt with once and for all. All you need to focus on is achieving what you can physically and or emotionally achieve. As long as you keep trying and going then one day before you know it, all will be sorted.
As for my journey, I am now at the tail end of this monumental task. Had hoped to be well and truly done by now, but was not meant to be. Life's curve balls had other ideas. But, I never gave up nor in. I made a promise to my Mum not long before she passed away and I intend to honour my promise to her.
Not long now.
Then onto my projects that I have left shelved for far too long.
Just remember, take it one day at a time and stop for a cuppa or a laugh or two, while you do your sorting and purging in order to keep sane.
Ciao from Anita
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