Who do you become when you have time to?

[flexagon]

Everyone seems to be doing home improvement projects this long weekend (miyyu, a_kosmos and nevers, I'm looking at you). We've done just one thing... I went to Home Depot and got us a 36" by 60" mirror, which is now mounted in our hallway. It was just the right size of project -- shopping and installation and cutting the box up for recycling was all done in one afternoon, and it's a very visible improvement. We feel all efficacious now.

That's the tip of the productivity iceberg, but guess what I haven't been doing? Getting rid of stuff. The minimalist voices in my head are quiet. I've listed out the items that I still own, in moderate detail, and thought of a couple of things I'd like to get rid of, but nothing is super annoying anymore. It's nearing the end of Stage One.

My interest in knitting has reawakened after a long dormancy, and I've been doing development on my side project too. I become so much more myself after a couple of days off work, if I get to stay at home.

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[apfelsingail.livejournal.com]

Yep! I'm so excited to just have all of my floors done, and all of my rooms painted. I'll be able to just forget about it, you know?

On minimalism, it's kind of cool that you aren't feeling driving urges to get rid of things right now. You seem to have cleared out TONS of stuff, and it makes perfect sense to take a breather.

[flexagon]

I think I've gotten to the place I initially imagined, with minimalism. It's actually pretty similar to your having floors done and rooms painted... a certain stage has been reached. Kudos to both of us. :D