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grumpyduck

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9. As far as cleaning up,
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 05:35 PM
Sep 2023

I do what a girl friend many years ago did. Her house was immaculate, so of course I had to ask her how she did it. She said she just took care of stuff when it came up, i.e., instead of waiting until cleaning day to clean up something or put something back, she just took care of it when it happened. I've been doing that for years, although not as religiously as she did.

Right now I'm going thru a huge project cleaning out old stuff and papers. So I decided I would tackle it for half an hour each day, as in set the timer on my phone for half an hour and then go do something else. It's the old question of how do you eat an elephant. One bite at a time.

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So I thought I was depressed... [View all] grumpyduck Sep 2023 OP
Thanks for food for thought nt XanaDUer2 Sep 2023 #1
Me too h2ebits Sep 2023 #2
I'm 67 and having the issue, also, slightlv Sep 2023 #8
As far as cleaning up, grumpyduck Sep 2023 #9
Yeah... its the one bite at a time that gets me! slightlv Sep 2023 #10
Just a few thoughts... electric_blue68 Nov 2023 #11
good point stopdiggin Sep 2023 #3
Yeah, that's a good part of grumpyduck Sep 2023 #5
I notice I feel better when I'm busy Freddie Sep 2023 #4
I don't recall any moment in my life where I've ever been bored. hunter Sep 2023 #6
Good to hear. elleng Sep 2023 #7
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