[onebyone]

Hi

Just wanted to say out loud I will put the clean dishes away and clean the dirty ones before I leave this morning.

UPDATE: all dishes done except those in progress-having breakfast now. 1st batch put away, new ones drying.*bonus surprise* DH decided to store his dehydrator above the cupboards so I now have a cupboard space that is easily accessed (the key here) to store cooking pots in! yay!

I also took a jpg of my new bathroom corner.

Rock on decluttering buddies.

[helping rachel]

OnebyOne, Your bathroom sounds wonderful. Good job on starting to organize all your art files on your computer. What talent to have a website and blog.

Lexxiss: Way to do the 1-2-3 even in a hurry. I loved hearing your DH is doing the dance with you!

Had a fantastic day of cleaning yesterday. I scrubbed showers, bathtubs, floors, toliets and vacuumed the entire house. It feels good just to sit here this morning and have a cup of coffee. I am starting to work on a personal art journal today, so I made space for that. I already started laundry as the coffee was brewing and just a have few pick me ups.

Talk with you all later.

[Lexxiss]

Hi declutterers!

It's a snow day. As I look at the calendar it's less than a month until Spring and the wind down of this decluttering challenge. It is a good day to stay home and make some more progress forward.

onebyone, I love the pic of your new cabinet! It is really beautiful and I can see why the store clerk commented on your purchases! It is very clean and stylish!

Tami (helping rachel), wow! That's alot of cleaning for a day! I'd be interested in hearing more about your personal art journal.

ME:
"Linens" and linen closets...etc. Since onebyone mentioned purchasing the new and matching towels....I've been thinking it's time to go through my kitchen/bath towels AND my bed linens. It's time to look and reevaluate.
Goal:
1. to keep 2 sets of sheets/pillowcases AND put all the rest in thrift!
2. to sort out any bath towels that are stained/torn/worn and either turn them into rags or donate to the local animal shelter.

In addition this morning I;
~ looked around
~ made a list
Today I will focus on that list and probably add some more to it. With the FL procrastination list in mind, I have already disassembled my final defunct laptop. IT's now ready for recycle. I'm going to try for a few more of those procrastinated projects today. (BTW- that one took less than 10 minutes)


Interesting work experience I thought I'd share. Monday when I got to work our "main" waitress cooler had broken and all it's contents emptied out. It houses lots of stuff to be super accessible; all juices(apple, orange, cranb., grapefruit, tomato), milk, bloodymarymix, creamers, choc.milk, cut lemons, whipped cream for hot choc, and indiv.sour creams. Well, Monday was very busy and all these items got spread between 3 other coolers. Milk and OJ in salad cooler, lemons and sour cream in beer cooler, everything else way back in the big walk in cooler.
It was such a difficult day....when you made a hot choc. you had to run to the back cooler to put whipped cream on top...then again for a refill....it was just crazy. Same for a cocktail...glass here, vodka there, garnishes in a 3rd location....so much wasted effort (of course, out of necessity for the day)
It got fixed Monday night and I put everything back in place yesterday morning. It was such a powerful reminder of the power of routine and the importance of having "stuff" organized and accessible.
With everything back in place, work yesterday was a breeze. I transfer that information to my home environment. When I declutter and in the process find permanent locations for items I choose to keep my daily routine is so much more manageable.

[helping rachel]

OnebyOne: I love your new cabinet and towel colors. The candles add an extra touch.

Lexxiss: I needed to hear your story about work. It reminds me of how much anxiety I get when I don't know where something is. It does take so much longer to go on a wild goose chase to find the basics vs. knowing where the designated home is.

I am constructing a project for work via my life.....What does it look like to take care of the Soul. As I call it-- "soul tending". I am working on the cover right now and will let you know of the insights and parts that come forth. My journal entry started out with a request to my Master Carpenter that knows the condition of my soul and what needs restoring, cleaning out and simply the parts that are blocked from the flow of agape love. Flow is my word for the year so that ties into letting flow into the parts of my self that need resources.
I take daily time to tend and hold compassionate presence with a friend each week to process issues.

I was thinking how this ties into the decluttering process we have been in. Things that I have absorbed from others that aren't needed. I painted a box yesterday that hold my beliefs. I am preparing truth cards to go in there as I have a foundational amount. What is important for me is to take it from truth to belief. Candace Pert, a Ph.D.who was in the PBS series, ]What the bleep do we know? and Healing and the mind, talks about how we can be stuck in old behaviors from unexpressed negative emotions. She goes on to say that by learning to bring your awareness to past experiences and conditioning--memories stored in the very receptors of your cells-you can release yourself from these blocks, this 'stuckness'.

To put in simple terms, recognize the "storied conceptualized self' from the past and challenge it with how you want to show up today. We re-author what it looks like to live as a healthy person vs. someone who eats when and whatever they want. We re-author what is looks like to live as a cluttered procrastinating person to one that has a daily routine with actions that support what it looks like to have a functional home. Congruency.....my thoughts are now my beliefs with actions to back them up. I am living a new "story" with new neural pathways (habits/thoughts/actions) to support my values.

I bet you wish you never asked!!!!!

Hope you have a blessed day.

[helping rachel]

Old Clutter: Labeling plastic bins in Craft Room.

New Clutter: Put my new stamps, paints, and craft items in the proper storage space.

Clean: Frig-- pulled a bag of spinach out today that was nasty. Time to clorex that bad boy.

[LuLu01801]

hi everybody!!
I've just finished reading the Beck Diet Solution and I really enjoyed it and I'm excited to dive into it.
I began reading it a few weeks ago, before I went away on vacation, so it really wasn't a good time to start (I went on a Caribbean cruise!!).
now I'm back and I've made my Advantage Response Card.
I've got my Weight Watchers meeting at noon today, here at work.
I need a Diet Coach and wonder if that is what this thread is about?
are you all coaching each other?
or is the moderator the coach?
I would like to be a part of an current active thread on the Beck Solution and hope this is it.
thanks for listening and I appreciate your guidance on getting started.
LuLu

[Newlifestyle]

Hello,

I am back.
I missed you and look forward to chatting again soon.
I am off to read all the posts.
This is what I posted on the other site. I can explain more if anyone is interested.

Hello everyone, I am back. Oh how I have missed you all.
My counselor thought it would be best if I trusted real people as I went through my counseling. I tried to convince her you are all real people. She felt I was practicing avoidance because I didn't feel like dealing with phoney people. She thought that because I have never met any of you maybe I was hiding behind a computer. I agreed to try it her way. Did I mention I did not enjoy this one little bit. I missed you, and all the support you give each other and me too. It felt like forever. I am done with her for now and I am doing well. It felt awful because she asked me to give up one of the major supports I have, my beck coaches. Did I mention I am so glad to be back. I tried to explain that this exercise caused stress in my life, it did not help me, other than to understand I enjoy this site and I feel I need to be here.
I will try to catch up on all the posts.
Have a great night and I look forward to being back.
Ann

[BillBlueEyes]

Hi LuLu (LuLu01801) -

Yep, the monthly check in thread is where we serve as Diet Coach and Diet Buddy to each other. It's a group thing. The moderator (me) is just one of us for coaching - except that he has the power to remove all the Spam that shows up from Nigeria and the world.

This particular thread we're posting on now is about decluttering - one of the Beck Strategies that affects a bunch of us. Feel free to join it.

And also do come over to post on our Monthly Thread where we do our Diet Coach/Buddy thing.

[Newlifestyle]

Hello all.

I shoveled for an hour this morning
emptied the dishwasher
folded laundry
Found some toys and books to put in for donation.
Now I am off to help out at school.

Have a wonderful day everyone.

Take Care
Ann

[Lexxiss]

Hi declutterers!

A rough start to my day. I asked DH for some help this morning and he stormed around...no gratitude there. I'm not sorry I asked because some of this IS his responsibility but he broke my very old and favorite coffee cup in the process...one his sister made for me years ago. My reality is that NOT doing stuff is not going to move me forward OR replace my mug.
cleaning-done
old clutter-must put disassembled computer in recycle box...it's sitting on a counter in the laundry room
current clutter-will do my best today.

Ann, welcome back!

[onebyone]

Hello Declutterers

Plan for today:

Old Clutter: do the 1st three boxes from my mountain obscuring light from the window ______

Current Clutter: break down empty boxes in middle of kitchen floor _____

Clean: clean surface of stove. It's really icky. ____

End of Feb. So great.

[helping rachel]

Lexxiss: Sorry to hear that you had a rough start to your day. I dedicated my art page to you today. My truth was this.....

All things change when we do.

Act as what you do matters because it does.

We have to get off our duffs and move.

Do one thing for yourself and one for the good of the whole.

How do you want to show up?- You only have today.

Thinking of how you are such a support to so many. It matters, your actions toward your mom and DH matters. Deborah was such a leader in the bible, you wear that name well in your own sphere of influence with the one's you influence. Hope you wake up tomorrow with a blessing and better start to the day.

OnebyOne: Love seeing your 1-2-3sending good vibes your way.


Busy day with work. Made dinner, hosted a ministry meeting for 10 tonight. Cleaned kitchen and area when meeting was done. Will work on projects tomorrow. Maintaining the basics which makes my life so much easier! Ran on the treadmill today even though I was squeezed for time.

Ann: So glad you are back with us. We are here to support, listen and encourage you. We are not an illusion. Most of all this is a "Safe Container" to pour our process into.

[Newlifestyle]

Hello Ladies,

Debbie, sorry to hear you had a tough day yesterday. I hope today is much better. I thought of you this morning before coming here. I woke up at 3 am, not sure why. I have been up really early. Oh yes back to thinking of you. I was thinking I don't feel like doing any thing right now but I thought of you mentioning that even 5 minutes of doing something could make a difference
Old Clutter- 15mins in basement getting more toys books for donation
Clutter - kitchen cabinet full of mugs that are never used - some put in donation bag.
Current clutter- sons shorts on the floor -he was trying them all on to see which ones fit, (we are going on vacation)- ones that fit folded and picked up off the floor, ones that are too small, in donation bag.

Clean- bathroom for 5 minutes, not done but a start.

Tami, I love it - "Soul Tending" - a truly amazing concept. Thank you.

Onebyone- I love your bathroom cabinet, seeing the towels makes me realize I don't have matching towels. I could put a bit more effort into making my house more pleasing to one's eye.

Lulu - welcome.

Bill- waving to you?

Where are you Julia?

Waving hello to everyone. Come and visit,

Have a great day everyone.
I need to go finish cleaning the bathroom now.

Take Care
Ann

[Lexxiss]

Hello friends!

Thank you for such encouraging words. I took those words to heart.

Ann(Newlifestyle), I recognized this morning the power of OUR online group. I was still in bed and DH was hollering at me from downstairs that coffee was ready. I'm still upset with him. I read the posts here from my Iphone and said to myself get up and get going. I doubt if my counselor would have taken that early morning call. lol As many years as I've posted here at 3fc I feel I have so many "true" friends and have met one in person. I'd gladly meet up with any of you any day.

Well, my morning has turned into a rush...it's snowing here so my mom needs a ride to Denver...an all day process....she has a meeting 10-3.

Even so I've decided to move forward.
I didn't want to do anything this morning but I made the bed, tidied up the tv room, put some current clutter away in my office and did the dishes. credit. It will make me feel better when I get home.

Take care everyone!

[Mountain Mamma]

Originally Posted by Newlifestyle

Hello,

Hello everyone, I am back. Oh how I have missed you all.
My counselor thought it would be best if I trusted real people as I went through my counseling. I tried to convince her you are all real people. She felt I was practicing avoidance because I didn't feel like dealing with phoney people. She thought that because I have never met any of you maybe I was hiding behind a computer. I agreed to try it her way. Did I mention I did not enjoy this one little bit. I missed you, and all the support you give each other and me too. It felt like forever. I am done with her for now and I am doing well. It felt awful because she asked me to give up one of the major supports I have, my beck coaches. Did I mention I am so glad to be back. I tried to explain that this exercise caused stress in my life, it did not help me, other than to understand I enjoy this site and I feel I need to be here.

Ann

Ann, glad you are back. I tried to respond in the other thread but it was closed (is it March already?!).

Not real people?! Does your counselor think we are highly trained dogs with opposable paws or something? Well, I am a REAL person! and I look forward to chatting with you and other real people!