House In Order: What next?

[cjsmith]

There's no way my House will be In Order by the end of Lent. When that became obvious I focused down to finances, and that's getting pretty good (only thing missing now is a will).

What next?

I could follow this challenge with, say, more focused ones aimed at getting things shipshape. Each of these, of course, could spawn its own sub-list of stuff; some are huge.

• Photo organization: stuff back to 1985 or so
• Pure and simple decluttering
• Get rid of old shell/mail/web account and all links to it
• Ancient Unfinished Projects

Or I could do something health-related.

• Yet Another Thing For My Feet (new kind of doc, acupuncture, etc)
• Eating more healthfully
• Exercise challenges - weights, stretching, and/or goals related to swimming
• Bite the bullet and do the abdominal surgery

Or preparedness-related.

• First aid training (again)
• Better organization of supplies
• Update ham equipment
• Electricity
• Earthquake-strap the furniture
• Come to think of it, the surgery fits here too

Or home improvement.

• Redo the Pepto Bismol Pink bathroom
• Let the interior design person rip apart the living room
• Throw away all the furniture in my office and start over
• Work with Rob on a landscape plan

Or personal.

• Find a hobby that is challenging, social, can involve travel, can involve a side business, and can be done without feet
• Update the wardrobe (shudder)
• Start meditating again
• Try new crockpot recipes

Or hey, just fun.

• Reading list
• Do every jigsaw puzzle I own
• Find beautiful places to sit and read or to photograph (accessible without feet, remember)
• Learn Italian up to Pimsleur Level 3
• Try new things
• Bake a lot

I'm really impressed with how much I got done when I challenged myself to do it. What a nifty and powerful idea! So I'd like to continue to put that concept to use in some way. (Not 1/2hr a day though. That's pretty rough on weekdays when I'm in a work crunch or when I'm calling.) Just need to decide what and how.

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I can do that with stationary bikes, although it sometimes puts my butt in the wrong place on the seat. I asked at the local bike place about doing that on my regular bike (eg: putting clips under the arch) and they all but hissed at me while making the sign of the cross. They said it would do heinous things to my knees and hips... or something. I don't know WHAT they thought it would do. They wound up their crazed response with "Have you tried running?" So I'm not sure they were entirely sane.

Time to get that ol' bike back in shape and give it a go. If nothing else it would be good to have the thing cleaned and in repair so I can sell it.

You're absolutely right about the baking and the swimming :-) :-)

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

The toe clips make the legs work more efficiently ( or use both the up and down sets of muscles), but I think that without toe clips, it's less hard on the, well, toes...

[shadopanther.livejournal.com]

I don't have any kind of clips on my bike -- just old fashioned basic flat pedals. I have heard that clips would allow the legs to work more efficiently (as wooddragon said), but I have not made the transition. Maybe that's just as well as my arthritis problem is in the big toe joint.. then again, as long as my toes are not bending a lot, then I'm fine (even on bad days). I think I am usually pressing down on the pedals with the ball (not toes) of my foot & sometimes the arch. ...Having no clips allows me to switch if I want to & put my foot down on the pavement quickly if I want to (no un-clipping).

I'd wonder if part of the problem with putting clips under the arch is that most bike shoes (that I've seen) don't have the mounting points anywhere but under the toe-ball of the foot.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, toe clips are Right Out. As are bikers' ball-of-foot shoe clips. Nope nope nope. :-)