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Hello. This is rather like jumping into an ongoing jump-roping game, with 2 ropes in opposite directions.
I'm looking forward to feedback, support, ideas, and some gentle encouragement to do just 1 thing a day, if that's all the capacity I have.
To introduce myself: I'm a disabled/ retired psychologist and loved my career until Gastroparesis, Fibromyalgia, and several other chronic diseases took me down 7 years ago. Like most Fibro people, I thought my time and energy unlimited, and multi-tasking was taking it easy. I'm also a life-time subscriber to psychotherapy, which keeps me relatively sane. I'm working there on my need to have things around me for emotional safety - a barrier from pain. Lots of things. I'm also a magpie who can't resist a sparkly anything. I have multiple hobbies, with all the tools and supplies, which I haven't been able to do these 7
years. I'm also a collector - name a book in psychology and I have it. Especially mythology, history, humanity, religion, spirituality, reference, writing, art, poetry, etc. 3 of the 6 rooms of our home have bookshelves, full. And the halls. It takes a professional to outdo me on cooking and baking equipment and supplies. In the past 15 years I have raised my teenager granddaughter, also a collector and messiness expert, had several other young people live with us, changed my home office first to Jessica's room, then a guest room, now a storage/guest room, had the ceiling collapse (Chicken Little was right!), and been bed-ridden for almost 3 years, and am now mostly confined to my recliner and motorized scooter.
My husband is an aesthetic.. Early in our marriage he asked when I was going to clean my desk. I replied, astonished, "I just did." I would ask him when he's going to USE his desk, but I know he does. (I made sure before accepting his proposal that he could live w/ my clutter, and he does well.)
How many of you are also OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)? These 2 often go hand-in-hand. They do for me.
I'd like to have a neat, orderly (read "pretty") home, but being in one drives me to distraction. I'd love to have a butler who could bring me whatever I need when I need it, but I set up for my jobs and projects, which makes for a lot of "stuff" within arm's reach, so I don't have to disturb anyone nor forsake a project.
How many of you have read George Carlin's book on Stuff? I found it a wonderfully entertaining and educational take on, well, Stuff.
I do 'too much' of most anything, including writing/talking, as you can tell if you've gotten this far. So I end now and hope to hear from at least one other member. Thanks for the chance to vent. Linda CZ
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