De Cluttering - It Can Be Fun
Introduction
Good Morning to all you lovely people at the great WA Family, as always do so hope that you are all keeping both safe and well. Must confess that with restrictions being eased a little I do not feel so paranoid when I want to go out. But always wear my mask and keep my distance from others. Far better to be safe than sorry.
Had to go to the chemists this morning to pick up my tablets, when I was there was given a self testing kit should I ever need one.
Often write this later in the day but am planning things a lot better this week, so it fits in with writing it before lunch.
The Past Few Days
The title of this post is the clue to what I have done this week. My mentor insists that I only concentrate on one thing at a time, this is a great idea, but I do have stuff that needs dealing with first, so that I can concentrate on the major item.
Just as I was getting organised he sent me a planner for the week, two hours a day, or ten hours a week, I had just come to the same conclusion so we are on the same wave length.
Think that I mentioned last week that my hard drive needed a look at, to see what was on there, this I have started to do. Boy what a mess, only from the point of view of just how much stuff that I have managed to accumulate, also the fact that I have similar types of content scattered everywhere.
Started off by putting items into named general files, felt that it would be easier to sort out from there, looks as if I could be right. As an example Social media, Marketing and so on.
As I continue to go through my rather large store of files and sub files, find items that I had forgotten about, which I can allocate to the correct major file. The plan will be to than check in these files for final allocation. Will also delete old or not needed files as I find them.
Despite the way this reads I am not duplicating work, merely getting the files better organised.
Having a number of both web sites and unused domains I do need too once and for all be able to see the wood for the trees.
Such is the amount of work that I have found, am reducing the time spent on the project until this is finished. Seem to have said a number of times that I am going to sort out the files on the hard drive, make a start than go off and do something else.
This time it will be finished, I feel more positive about doing it, to such an extent I am a little excited by what I have found, so I can concentrate on moving forward with other projects when this one is finished.
With the plan that I am adopting will be able to just go into a file that will contain the material for that project and get on with it.
Appreciate that I do have a lot of work to do before I can get that far, but it should save a lot of time in the long run, even if my current project does get slowed down a little, I now realise just how important it is to have everything together for easy access.
Despite slowing down on the project have managed to decide on my first bonus, do need to finish it, also the newsletter.
Do still visit live chat each day, and help, others where I can. Have added some more of my own graphics to the file, had hoped to get to 100 this week, however due to the other tasks that I have set myself have nanaged reach 90.
Thought Of The Week
This really appealed to my sense of humour.
The Next Few Days
It is not suprising that I intend to carry on with the great sort out. Hopefully will finish the first newsletter, need to decide on the opt-in gift as well. Think a sheet of paper could be getting involved here to write down a list of what I need to do for the project.
Pleased having read this that I once again appear to be getting sorted out, organised and planned with what I wish to do. Just must stick at it for once and keep going.
The weekend will be taken up with planting my hanging baskets, they are late this year due to the damp and cold weather.
Conclusion
As will be seen from the above I am a lot happier with the way that things are going, must just concentrate on what I want and need to do, despite sometimes starting to feel a little bored. However, I now just stop for five minutes, a quick game on the computer and I feel ready to go again.
Everything else does seem to be going to plan.
Be Happy, Healthy and Wealthy.
Please do stay safe.
God Bless
Stuart
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Isn't it funny how when you are naming a document or deciding where to file it, you think you will have no problems locating it again. That is until you actually go to look for it!!
Good process of Decluttering, certainly you are going in the righ direction, just need a little more focus on that list Stuart ; )
It's true Stuart. Been there myself. 12 months list building even at a minimum of 90mins daily x5/6 days per week x12 equals a nice lifestyle.
Repeated for the following 6 months roughly and you have taught yourself to fish to coin a phrase.
Problem is most people don't.
Hey
I really like your thought of the week, and it is true.
De cluttering is great :)
Thank you.
Wishing you well and a terrific day.
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Glad to see that you are happier at the moment, keep up the discipline.
Hopefully will continue to try.