Back to Day One, Re-set on January 14th 2015

Aaaannnd we're back!

I have been remiss in keeping up with this blog, I don't know what happened exactly. I was surprised that I managed to keep it going until the day after Christmas and if I weren't quite so lazy, or complacent if you will, I would know exactly how many days it has been since I left work and started my own business, taking care of my life. Which pays less but gives more satisfaction, generally. I feel I must confess that I totally fell off the wagon when I stopped blogging, not only did I give myself permission to relax my vigilance around accomplishing daily tasks, I fell back into a mild depression and noticed how much the two things feed off of each other. The less active I am in my daily life, the more dissatisfied I become and in turn I become even more paralyzed. In re-reading the beginning of this I will say that I believe that I stopped writing because I allowed myself to 'have a vacation' and it did me absolutely no good. In addition to becoming unproductive and depressed, I found that writing daily gave me a sense of mental peace that I don't find without the release of writing. So I am back, for better or for worse, for everyday or not, I think it best if I keep this going.

So my goal of the moment: I read a book called like "the life-changing magic of tidying up" ( okay, I have a couple of chapters left, but I am mostly done and I am rarin' to go!) and the author presents a method of clearing out and cleaning up that seems feasible for me. I am really excited to start it and I have worked out a fabulous plan with LS. We will both start the KonMari method together and keep track of our progress via blog (I toyed with the idea of starting a new blog just for the occasion but decided that it would be better to just keep going where I am, less housekeeping overall). We have decided to jump right in and start tomorrow and she is so good, she wrote down her intent and sent me the link to her blog right away. I, in my usual fashion, kept busy all day (ok, it's not my usual fashion to keep busy all day) and thought about what I would write, put it off and am doing it now, late(ish) at night.

So here is my intent, tomorrow we start, the instructions say to start with your own stuff first, and within that to start with clothes first. So tomorrow when I get home from drop off, I will gather all my clothes from everywhere in the house bring them to my room and sort them out. I will only keep clothes I truly enjoy wearing, I will willingly let go of anything that fills up my closet, dresser or life with unnecessary weight or burden and I will take what I no longer want to the Donation Station right away. Besides that I have just been asked to conduct a tour at the High School tomorrow so I will have to get all of this done by noon. Wish me luck, I may have just set myself an impossible task, but I am hopeful that I will get it done.

Since I have been away from this blog many magical and wonderful things have happened, TW and LW's baby was born (completely thrilling!), I went on a walk as far across the Bay Bridge as is possible with TR and TD and the boys (the boys bicycled and beat us by a longshot!). I went to GG Park with Prima for a school field trip, to an art exhibit (Keith Haring) and had the best time, not only seeing the exhibit, which was quite moving, but I had a great time with my girl. Primo started folding tiny cranes and leaving them in places he had been, starting at Dad and B's wedding. All these magical moments, twinkling and sparkling in hidden, unexpected places, and I hadn't really taken note of them until now. I feel very happy to have noticed them.

So I am off to bed, I must get an early start to tomorrow, LS, here we go! Goodnight : )

Tiny cranes folded by Primo