2020 is off to a lazy start! But I guess that's ok
It is still nice to look around the main floor of the house and not see a bunch of work to do. Though the dog has now spread his toys from one end of the house to the other lol. My arms are a bit sore from the shoveling yesterday, that snow was heavy! Especially the stuff at the end of the driveway.
Kiddo made two new years resolutions yesterday, he wants to be a better football player (he's never actually played) and he wants to better control his anger. We fight about that a lot, at 10 I think he should be able to not break things when he gets mad, and yet he does, then he beats himself up about it. Which perpetuates the cycle. So my resolution is to work harder at staying calm during his outbursts and not making it worse. Which is a big struggle for me too.
I have to admit it's nice to see others on the decluttering train, makes me feel like I'm not such an anomaly. Just to my family of minimalists I guess! My parents don't keep things so perhaps I do because of that. Who knows. I do need to keep the momentum going though, if I want to have a lot gone before we move. I'd rather not have to pack it and move it. But not today
Today is a relaxing day and I will start again tomorrow. Perhaps an hour or two every weekend. I know I can get a lot done in an 8 hour day, so I'm sure I can do as well breaking it up over a few days. I'd like to get the guest room done (it's the dumping ground of stuff we don't use any more or have grown out of in the case of kiddo), then the basement, and then our rooms which are the smallest pieces at this point. I may set up a pick up from the Diabetes association though I don't like their affiliation with Value Village, it is certainly the easiest way to get rid of stuff.
This year is about Change. I start a new job in a few weeks (same employer, different location and work), Jackson will not need daycare any more soon (waiting for the worst of winter to be over so he won't have to walk to school in the super cold), and we hope to move to a new place. I need to add some exercise/walking/yoga and better eating habits to that. More veggies, less chips
More water, less coffee. And the prize at the end is a cruise! Where we will climb Dunn's River Falls in Ocho Rios. I went on a cruise with my parents close to 30 years ago and my dad climbed the falls, I didn't and have always regretted that so this will be making up for it. I can't wait.