#doom piles

[othermonstersland]

Everyone has Doom piles, right? Right?

[simonoliverseville]

“Today’s big achievement was annihilating several doom piles that were scattered throughout our bedroom courtesy of my brothers.”

“We have worked as a team to remove them and tidy up the space to get ready for next week.”

“Dave’s going to be away at a retreat with Miss. Miller, so we’re all going to have to manage ourselves and also add in some extra chores.”

“I know we can do it! We can do it and still squeeze in time to do whatever fun things possible. I’ve got playlists prepped for Alvin and the planner and he’s got his visual timer. As long as we don’t let momentum slide, we will succeed.”

[another-chaotic-bisexual-vampire]

the dining-room contained any effects which might belong to the Count; and so we proceeded to minutely examine them. They lay in a sort of orderly disorder on the great dining-room table.

they're called doom piles because if your enemies find them it spells your doom!

[rainyfestivalsweets]

8/25/22

Wt 247.6

I am still fighting. Coffee and tea at home means I am saving money, which I definitely need.

Experimenting with some meatless meals. Tried some kelp noodles. Not really a fan, but I bought 3 packs so I am pot committed.

I had my lash appointment yesterday.... took myself on a nature walk by the river. Trying to get my step goal accomplished each day. It was a nice mid day break.

After work, called my student loan place. Here my student loans have been deferred since April. I thought I was still making regular payments because I set it up on auto pay and I did not request a deferment.

But now my work has no ot and I am short of money because of my spending. I treated myself to some things on vacation for my birthday. Cosmetics and some new clothes, not realizing my income was going to be abruptly changed.

So.... I need to look at reducing my outflow. I love my current subscriptions tho. What can I cancel that won't hurt? Altogether it is only $100 total. Gym $20, netflix n hulu w HBO $40, pandora $10 (my night music with a sleep timer), YouTube (ad free. Because ads suck). So $80? Is that worth living a life with no joy? Oy.

So.... stop buying shit. No more amazing amazon diet food. No more clothes shopping. Lock it down FFS.

I don't need any more. My closet is full, my pantry is stocked.

Folded laundry while listening to a chapter of my textbook. Made more progress in 1 day on my room than I have in fucking months. Proud of that. Also cleaned the toilet.

Things are still cluttered. Works in progress, all. Working on doing small things during the day.

Am learning about add/adhd habits. Doom piles and boxes, all the shit I have dealt with over a lifetime of not understanding that something I have may be affecting the way I process material things, add to that a scarcity mentality, poverty, low income stuff. Oy. It is alot to learn.

Plus dealing with body loneliness and such a high sex drive. Body shame/dysmorphia.

And I have a paper due this week.

Also helping someone move This weekend.

Also my niece's birthday.

[bedroom-organising]

The box is a “later problem” (and has been for a long time), but the clothing has been dealt with.

Now I have a pile of things on my bed, but it’s mostly blankets and fleeces. They’ll probably end up joining this box, until I figure out where they’re actually going to live when not in use. I’m currently thinking a tub or a shelf in the wardrobe, when that’s set up to have them.

[bedroom-organising]

Another before and after for today. While I haven’t exactly dealt with the bags properly, I do know what’s in them. One of them is LARP gear - my current LARP box isn’t big enough for everything, so that’s a later issue. The other is left over from Christmas - presents I received that haven’t found a home yet (several are books, and I don’t have a bookshelf yet). Those bags have been moved elsewhere for now. What’s left is the trash (which is mostly recycling that’s been building up for a while), which I’m leaving for now because I still have one more pile.

[bedroom-organising]

25 minutes of progress. I have a stack of blankets and fleeces that currently have no permanent home, but otherwise everything has been put in (what is hopefully) it’s “forever home” - the place it lives when not actively in use. The only thing I’ve left untouched is the new pillows. I’ll switch them out when I next change my bedding.

[bedroom-organising]

It’s been a while, I’ve been busy, and the situation… is a problem.

Three of the piles have grown, two of them with clean clothes that I haven’t put away. At the very least, the wardrobe hasn’t changed - partially because I haven’t opened it. So I guess there’s that.

Today’s challenge is to try to, at minimum, organise these piles into something less chaotic. And put away the clean clothes.

Tidying up, and staying tidy, isn’t easy. If you do fall back into old habits and make a mess, don’t beat yourself up about it - just take a breath, take some time, and do what you’ve done before.

I knew this was likely to happen. I still had piles of things (clutter attracts clutter), and didn’t have time to address any of it. When new clutter came into the room, it just joined what was already there. There’s two steps to stopping this (that I can currently see, anyway): 1. Get rid of the seeder piles, and 2. Take the time to deal with the new clutter. Not easy when you don’t have the time to begin with. I’m still figuring that one out.