I am having a hard time getting UP! I mean just feeling positive and happy. I know some of it is the weather, some of it, is mom, some of it is the lack of work in the shop, some of it is bills, but really it boils down to my attitude. Soooooo......
I have started to make myself (and I hope it lasts)get up a 1/2 an hour earlier every week until I am up by 8:00. If I can start getting up earlier I can get more done while mom is sleeping. I hope this will help me get to bed earlier.
I also am trying not to leave my room in the morning until it is neat, bed made, dirty clothes gathered, and I am put together. I have to greet customers at 10:00 and I am tired of doing this in my jammies. Not that it happened often but it has the potential to happen more and more. Just a bad habit due to depression. When I finally get up I have to rush and leave myself a mess and the room a mess. I have nothing ready for dinner, I have no meal plan.
So new rule, Up and clean myself and bedroom done and have dinner planned. Since the laundry room is right off the shop I can do laundry with ease when I am sewing.
I was able to get some sewing done yesterday. Police patches, hemmed 3 pairs of pants, shortened some coat sleeves and fixed a sweater. I will need to go to JoAnns later for a zipper and some fabric to fix a coat.
Today I have to scrape enough money together to make the house payment and then I have to also pull records to get my 10-99's to accountant. Blah!
So I had better get busy
I made a great stew on Wednesday and we had that again last night for dinner, tonight I will make tacos. D#2 has been here with her baby who has really brightened Hub's and my day. She also deep cleaned the upstairs for me as she knew I was suffering a little from depression. I have great kids!
Have a great and productive day!
Kim
I am so with you! My oldest has moved back in with us and we are totally displaced. I am very down, while trying to get homeschooling back up and going and self-education as well! Latin, here we come. I need to start getting up at 8 as well and not dawdle. I tend to have coffee for an hour or more before getting going. I need to cut that back. Here is hoping we can pep up a bit sooner than later!
ReplyDeleteIt is hard when a kid returns and upsets the flow so to speak. But remember it is YOUR life we are talking about. I often forget that.
DeleteI thought about your post when I got out of bed this morning. I'm an early riser (usually up before 6) but then tend to dawdle far too long. This morning, my bed was made 5 minutes after getting up! Now that hasn't happened in a long time. Tomorrow I'll try and work on getting showered and dressed earlier. Baby steps! Thanks for you post.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could be an early riser, I have tried but cannot master that skill.
DeleteI love your plan. I tend to ebb and flow about getting stuff done in the morning, I need to be more consistent about it.
ReplyDeleteIt is so easy for me to put things off and then it is 4 in the afternoon and I am still trying to brush my teeth, GROSS:)
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