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

[nosrednayduj]

You mentioned abdominal surgery in another post and other context made me wonder if it was for endometriosis. I had my endo surgery at 39 and after my first pain-free period I was like why didn't I do this ten years earlier?? The recovery wasn't great (a week off work, another 3 weeks kinda moving slow), but I liked the result.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, you had/have endo? I am glad you did finally get the surgery. I have a friend who's about to go in for her third (she just keeps growin' it) and she is very pleased when she gets them done. It gets to the point where it's a quality of life issue. You must have been SO happy!

Mine isn't endo, sadly, although we thought it was for a while. They went in and looked, prepared to zap any if they found it. What I was finally diagnosed with (at 36) is something I call in layman's terms "misrouted nerves". The pain is apparently similar in magnitude (and in its monthly timing) to a good solid case of endo.

I am told the surgery for mine is significant. Recovery is said to be "very painful" (by people who know from pain) and lasts for months. I'm leery of it. But I also need it. I'm under quite the hormonal pounding to keep the pain down, with partial success, but the hormones aren't good for me.

I suspect I would very very much like the result. It'll be like the time I got my wisdom teeth out and spent the whole afternoon saying I'M FREEEE! But I'm just a bit scared is all, so I keep putting it off.

Oh, plus insurance won't cover squat. Fooey. :-/