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[jack]

The good news is, I've been unusually productive this month. Nothing special, but I've done a lot of things that need doing, like looking at houses, sorting finances, and tidying the kitchen.

I started with flylady, though couldn't stomach the emails after the first few days, but started with cleaning the sink fairly thoroughly, and then keeping it like that and working outward. When something is nearly good, it's a lot easier to wipe it over or tidy it away on a whim, than when there's a big pile that needs doing.

Also, there was the thoughts about the house, which just took over completely last week.

The bad news is that between houses and adventure games, last week those days at work where you don't really get anything done turned into every day.

The good news is, it only took one day of depression to break out of it, and start doing *something*, which I think is back on my way up. (Remind me to still be working in a couple of hours.)

The really good news is that my response to coming home depressed was to immediately start on little bits of housework to feel productive again. That's a useful adaption to have.

The further bad news is that I was way too tired after waking up at 8am lots of days, and grumpy and irritable in the Carlton :( But I think I cheered up since.

Comments

[oedipamaas49.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean about flylady: there is some worthwhile stuff there, but far too many emails. So they just end up getting filtered into a heap that I'll never read. Ah, well.

"The really good news is that my response to coming home depressed was to immediately start on little bits of housework to feel productive again. That's a useful adaption to have."

*nods*
Five minutes of cleaning can make me feel self-satisfied beyond all relation to the amount of time/effort I put into it.

One of the advantages in working from home is that I procrastinate on job-work by doing housework, and procrastinate on housework by doing job-work. I win both ways :)

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

One of the advantages in working from home is that I procrastinate on job-work by doing housework, and procrastinate on housework by doing job-work. I win both ways :)

LOL. That's the right balance if you can find it :) It happened occasionally when I was revising, but more often I end up doing some third thing...

[captain-aj.livejournal.com]

my response to coming home depressed was to immediately start on little bits of housework to feel productive again
Phew, glad I'm not the only person who does that. I feel somewhat normal now!

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

LOL. I though it seemed the sort of thing normal people *would* do, rather than us... :)

[bookly.livejournal.com]

I really like the flylady system, but I agree with you about the emails. The flylady community on LJ fills in a few of the gaps (like the daily missions) for people who have unsubscribed. There are also some cool before-and-after photos and links to websites with cool photos. :)

[bookly.livejournal.com]

The flylady community on LJ fills in a few of the gaps (like the daily missions) for people who have unsubscribed. There are also some cool before-and-after photos and links to websites with cool photos. :)

Er... but you might already know that.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

And it's not just so many, it's that they rub me up the wrong way. I signed up when I decided there was no point criticising unless I could do better by myself, which wasn't the case. But I started filtering out even the relevant ones by about the fifth day, but by that time I'd made a start and *was* doing stuff and keeping up stuff I'd already done.