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.

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Isn't it scary? Everything furnished in the late 60s / early 70s had avocado green fridges, if they weren't mustard yellow, and now I'm seeing that a lot of bathrooms are pink. Very weird.

Wish I weren't so intimidated by tile work. I'd have that bathroom ripped out in no time.