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DAY THIRTY-TWO: Decluttering is a Cluttery Business

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Monday. 5:00 a.m. wakeup time. Not fun. In fact, the 5:00 a.m. wakeup time is going to drive me to suicide one of these days. I hate it that much. And I am not exaggerating.

I sold two items on eBay yesterday. One of the buyers paid today, which meant that after work I wanted to print out a shipping label and pack up the item for mailing. Sounds easy enough. But this is me we’re talking about – well, that I’m talking about and you’re reading about – so nothing is ever easy. Continue reading DAY THIRTY-TWO: Decluttering is a Cluttery Business →

DAY THIRTY-ONE: Slow Going

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Little visible progress toward anything today despite hours spent on caulking and patching. I more or less finished the necessary pre-painting work in the main bedroom and the kitchen and I started on the bathroom. I was not able to mark very many things off my weekend list. I find it frustrating to leave projects half finished.

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List: 24 August 2014

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DAY THIRTY: A Rough Start

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I woke up feeling irritable, frustrated, and depressed and the feelings just got worse as the morning progressed. I started to jot down a list of things to accomplish this weekend. I expected the list to have three or so things on it. Quickly it expanded to over twenty “must do” items.

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List 23 August 2014

 

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DAY TWENTY-NINE: Friday

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I’m having a difficult time summoning enthusiasm about anything, even though Friday afternoon has finally arrived. Work is done for the week. I will have two days away from that place.

Just for the record: the state budget department recommended this week that the Department of Education reduce its administrative overhead by ten percent. The Department of Education responded by saying they would try to reduce administrative overhead by two percent, and would make up the difference by cutting special education services. Continue reading DAY TWENTY-NINE: Friday →

DAY TWENTY-SIX: What’s Up With the 100 DAYS Stuff?

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What’s with this 100 Days thing? It’s pretty simple, really. I started this site to try to catalog changes I want to make in my life. I decided, somewhat randomly, to try to keep track of what I accomplish over the course of 100 days toward making significant changes in my life.

I was inspired to start the blog by Continue reading DAY TWENTY-SIX: What’s Up With the 100 DAYS Stuff? →

DAY TWENTY-FIVE: Deletion

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Today I deleted one of my two eBay accounts, the one I use for buying. Yes, I can still make purchases on eBay using my selling account, but this way I will be more likely to think more carefully about what I buy.

I also deleted one of my two web hosting accounts. I don’t know why I had two hosting accounts. I had grand visions for creating a vast internet presence at one time. I moved all of my domain names to the account I’m keeping.

On the way to work I stopped at Home Despot and picked up a few supplies for the ongoing house project.

I had planned to write a longer, more detailed DAY TWENTY-FIVE post spelling out in detail the idea behind the 100 DAYS project, but I ended up fooling around with web site databases and re-installing WordPress and stuff, and now it’s late, so the long post is not going to happen.

DAY TWENTY-THREE: Screenfest

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Re-screened six window screens. Started repairing yet another decaying window frame. Tried patching some broken molding along the ceiling in the kitchen, but I don’t think it’s gonna work very well. I know what I need to do a better job of it. Doesn’t sound like much, but it took all day. These “fix-it” chores are time-consuming and frustrating because every task consists of an endless number of tiny, tedious steps.