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My "get up and go" has got up and gone!

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PinkCosmos Tue 11-Aug-26 15:26:53

I have all kinds of things I need to sort out but just keep procrastinating e.g. paperwork, the junk under the stairs, the clothes in my wardrobe, the loft .......

I am not a hoarder but I need to seriously reduce the amount of stuff I have. It just seems so overwhelming.

I have watched Marie Kondo and a few other decluttering videos. I know what I need to do. It's just getting started.

DianneAngel Tue 11-Aug-26 15:22:06

I don't have any get up and go. I can't do anything in this hot weather. People say this too will pass. I wish it bloody well would. We all get these nothing days. Hopefully you will feel better soon. At least it is cooler next week. Take care of yourself. Take a little trip out on your car to somewhere nice with a good cafe. Isn't deciding what to eat so relentless! hugs

madeleine45 Tue 11-Aug-26 14:32:38

I usually find that I have a variety of things that I want to do, whether it is getting a job done in the flat, or going out to meet someone or doing something. So that usually shapes my plans as I jiggle the day about , to let me do the thing I most want to. Often that will also mean I have plans for the following few days too. There are plenty of jobs that I could/should be doing right now, ranging from beginning a list of things that I want to get rid of, to having a ruthless sort out of paperwork. At the moment not expecting any visitors either, which tends to be the spur to getting going.

Often I look up the Radio Times, and rejig things to fit in with something I want to listen to, while I am sorting. This afternoon I am only in the negative state of knowing all the things I dont want to do, but cannot even think what to have for dinner. The kitchen got sorted but that is all. It is quite an odd feeling for me, and no doubt there will be a time in the near future that I will wonder why I didnt do this or that.
I remember my mother, if I was in a similar mood, picking up and putting down things, would say if you cant find something to do, I will find you a job to do. Ah well I shall wait until the day cools down a little and have a bit of a walk, and look for my "get up and go" Reading the posts on GN most of you are having no problem, thinking of things to do.