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miss_lucy21I said I wanted to work on cleaning out the second bedroom, aka, the catch-all room so I could see what the potential is for getting a docking station and monitor in there so I can hook in that way when I'm working from home instead of sitting on the couch squinting at the laptop. Most of the mess in there was mail order boxes. I get some of my household supplies and OTC meds from Amazon through the Prime Subscription service. It keeps me out of stores I shouldn't wander around in if I want to stay on budget and also makes my life easier in terms of not having to remember to buy laundry detergent. So there is at least once box a month from Amazon coming here, and sometimes multiple boxes if there's something else I need. It's way easier on me to be like, oh, right, I need light bulbs at 9:30 pm when I'm getting ready for bed and to be able to just go order some as opposed to remembering to put it on a list and stop at the store. I highly recommend it, if it's available to you.
So, anyway, there's a lot of boxes, because my first instinct is to save the box. Because I grew up in a household with a basement full of boxes and you never know when you're going to need a box. I am working on deprogramming that one, because it might be fine for my Dad who lives in a 2000 square foot house to have that reflex, but I live in an apartment that's less than 1000 square feet, and I really just don't have room for that reflex. And so, I pulled all the boxes out of the bedroom this morning and now they're sitting in my living room, bundled up and ready for the trash. My parents came by after church, because it was too cold for me to go (it was -1F when I woke up this morning. So, no) and they took a batch down to the dumpster for me when they left. If it's warm enough tomorrow, I will probably haul the rest over the course of the day, because they are making me twitchy sitting here in the living room. Which, helpful in terms of getting them out of the apartment. Not so helpful in terms of not making me anxious.
I also boxed up two boxes and a laundry basket of clothes to go to the Free Store. Plus size clothes are a high need item down there, and I would much rather they go to a direct service organization than a thrift store. I know people at thrift stores need the clothes too, and they are hard to find there as well, but I see too many thin people buying plus size clothes and "upcycling" them. Go pay full price for something if you're going to do that, instead of taking away from marginalized people, yeah? I also put a couple bags of sheets/towels together from when I bought the queen size mattress last year- my old sheets were full size, and they were all pretty new, like, maybe a year old. So they're still in excellent shape and should go to someone who needs them. So, I'll need to work on getting those to the car and then downtown.
That was about it in terms of productivity today. There's still some picking up and arranging to do in the second bedroom, but you can at least walk in there now. We'll see how I feel about things tomorrow- I need to cook tomorrow, because I didn't today and I'm not doing it now at 8pm. But if nothing else, it is a decent start.
So, anyway, there's a lot of boxes, because my first instinct is to save the box. Because I grew up in a household with a basement full of boxes and you never know when you're going to need a box. I am working on deprogramming that one, because it might be fine for my Dad who lives in a 2000 square foot house to have that reflex, but I live in an apartment that's less than 1000 square feet, and I really just don't have room for that reflex. And so, I pulled all the boxes out of the bedroom this morning and now they're sitting in my living room, bundled up and ready for the trash. My parents came by after church, because it was too cold for me to go (it was -1F when I woke up this morning. So, no) and they took a batch down to the dumpster for me when they left. If it's warm enough tomorrow, I will probably haul the rest over the course of the day, because they are making me twitchy sitting here in the living room. Which, helpful in terms of getting them out of the apartment. Not so helpful in terms of not making me anxious.
I also boxed up two boxes and a laundry basket of clothes to go to the Free Store. Plus size clothes are a high need item down there, and I would much rather they go to a direct service organization than a thrift store. I know people at thrift stores need the clothes too, and they are hard to find there as well, but I see too many thin people buying plus size clothes and "upcycling" them. Go pay full price for something if you're going to do that, instead of taking away from marginalized people, yeah? I also put a couple bags of sheets/towels together from when I bought the queen size mattress last year- my old sheets were full size, and they were all pretty new, like, maybe a year old. So they're still in excellent shape and should go to someone who needs them. So, I'll need to work on getting those to the car and then downtown.
That was about it in terms of productivity today. There's still some picking up and arranging to do in the second bedroom, but you can at least walk in there now. We'll see how I feel about things tomorrow- I need to cook tomorrow, because I didn't today and I'm not doing it now at 8pm. But if nothing else, it is a decent start.