Life Changing
Feb. 6th, 2019 04:44 pmThere's tidying, which sounds nice. "Tidy" is a word that actually sounds tidy. And then there's the Life-Changing Magic of Just Fucking Throwing Shit Away, You Are Never Going To Use That in a Million Years, It's Garbage. Or as ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
stupid_cat suggests for an "extreme KonMari," just grab your phone and your pets and set your house on fire. There, don't you feel better?
Okay, enough of that. LOL. BUT as the lunar Year of the Earth Pig kicks off I am having an excellent tidying and minimizing day. I tackled some spaces in my studio and "released" a lot of items I know I will never need or use. Some were in good shape so I stacked them neatly by the road for the trash guys - I know they scavenge stuff so I try to make it easy for them. Anyway, the atmosphere in the house feels progressively better week by week, and in the studio now it especially feels like I can breathe and think and ... create. It was challenging before, since sometimes I'd take a break and come back with my coffee or whatever and start looking around at all the clutter and thinking, oh god I should get rid of that thing, when am I ever going to need that, did the cats puke in that holy crap that's gross y'all.
So I may have mentioned I laid out pieces for a new Shrine - "Reykjanes," - unearthed a couple of works in progress, and have been able to start on my webcomic. Fox has even purchased the domain, we just haven't set anything up and I don't yet have finished content to share but we're moving forward now!
Tomorrow early I get to go ahead and do my mammography appointment. (whoooooo) But best to go ahead and get the stupid thing done, I really don't want to be up against any follow-up biopsies too close to the Gate River Run. When they had to do the last one I was perfectly fine the next day, but it's just not something I want to deal with mentally while I'm trying to focus on running. So to reward myself for going ahead and doing a Good Thing, I'm planning to get a white chocolate coffee on my way home. The appointment's a 8:30 so I'll be in and out in no time, and hey! The tech will (hopefully) be fresh first thing in the morning, too. I still haven't gotten my login to access my files with my GP so I guess I gotta call their asses tomorrow. I don't remember exactly but it seems like I had trouble setting up an account last time and just said "Oh fuck this" and didn't follow up.
Also, I have decided that I am really for real this time going to learn to ride a bike this year. First, I'm going to need a bike. Hmm.
For a couple of nights/mornings now I've been hearing a very talkative kitty outside. This morning I actually saw him on the front porch just after sunup - a big, fuzzy black kitty! Lots of meowing. He seemed scared of me but not totally terrified, so I may be able with some patience get him to trust me enough to trap him. The idea is to take him for a feral wellness visit to a vet in Keystone who does that sort of thing, maybe even spay or neuter (I'm just assuming he's a male right now though I actually have no idea what the cat's sex is) and let him back out here to do his thing. Well, one less thing to do if he gets fixed, but you get the idea. And continuing to assume the cat is male his name, for now, is Marvin. We also have an opossum visitor who has been named Diogenes.
The only thing I have to take points away from myself for is that I have been slacking off on Japanese. I'm going to set myself a goal to practice every day starting from Sunday. I'm kind of amazed at how many characters I recognize, but I have yet to start putting everything together in a coherent way.
stupid_cat suggests for an "extreme KonMari," just grab your phone and your pets and set your house on fire. There, don't you feel better? Okay, enough of that. LOL. BUT as the lunar Year of the Earth Pig kicks off I am having an excellent tidying and minimizing day. I tackled some spaces in my studio and "released" a lot of items I know I will never need or use. Some were in good shape so I stacked them neatly by the road for the trash guys - I know they scavenge stuff so I try to make it easy for them. Anyway, the atmosphere in the house feels progressively better week by week, and in the studio now it especially feels like I can breathe and think and ... create. It was challenging before, since sometimes I'd take a break and come back with my coffee or whatever and start looking around at all the clutter and thinking, oh god I should get rid of that thing, when am I ever going to need that, did the cats puke in that holy crap that's gross y'all.
So I may have mentioned I laid out pieces for a new Shrine - "Reykjanes," - unearthed a couple of works in progress, and have been able to start on my webcomic. Fox has even purchased the domain, we just haven't set anything up and I don't yet have finished content to share but we're moving forward now!
Tomorrow early I get to go ahead and do my mammography appointment. (whoooooo) But best to go ahead and get the stupid thing done, I really don't want to be up against any follow-up biopsies too close to the Gate River Run. When they had to do the last one I was perfectly fine the next day, but it's just not something I want to deal with mentally while I'm trying to focus on running. So to reward myself for going ahead and doing a Good Thing, I'm planning to get a white chocolate coffee on my way home. The appointment's a 8:30 so I'll be in and out in no time, and hey! The tech will (hopefully) be fresh first thing in the morning, too. I still haven't gotten my login to access my files with my GP so I guess I gotta call their asses tomorrow. I don't remember exactly but it seems like I had trouble setting up an account last time and just said "Oh fuck this" and didn't follow up.
Also, I have decided that I am really for real this time going to learn to ride a bike this year. First, I'm going to need a bike. Hmm.
For a couple of nights/mornings now I've been hearing a very talkative kitty outside. This morning I actually saw him on the front porch just after sunup - a big, fuzzy black kitty! Lots of meowing. He seemed scared of me but not totally terrified, so I may be able with some patience get him to trust me enough to trap him. The idea is to take him for a feral wellness visit to a vet in Keystone who does that sort of thing, maybe even spay or neuter (I'm just assuming he's a male right now though I actually have no idea what the cat's sex is) and let him back out here to do his thing. Well, one less thing to do if he gets fixed, but you get the idea. And continuing to assume the cat is male his name, for now, is Marvin. We also have an opossum visitor who has been named Diogenes.
The only thing I have to take points away from myself for is that I have been slacking off on Japanese. I'm going to set myself a goal to practice every day starting from Sunday. I'm kind of amazed at how many characters I recognize, but I have yet to start putting everything together in a coherent way.
