Right, 2x 13 hour shifts done, the grief of loss, our house hit by a literal bomb of the ingress of another household's worth of stuff... where does that leave me?
So many things have happened in the last two to three weeks. When it rains it pours.
The only thing that I have been able to do to STOP myself from being completely overwhelmed is the repeat to myself, kinda like a mantra - Small Jobs. Small Jobs. Small Jobs.
You see, there is just way too much stuff to do around the house. Added to that, my posting on Hive has really lagged behind and I needed to start catching up on that too. So the whole philosophy and mantra that I am writing about right here - it applies Verbatim to posting on Hive.
I have been getting more people onboarded to Hive. I have been guiding people. But new and old. Newbie and experienced, there are just some people who quit along the way and there is nothing we can do about that.
Anyway... back to the task(s) at hand.
There is too much stuff to choose from. It literally paralyzes me and stops me from being able to do a single damn thing.
When faced with such a predicament, you need to do only one thing: Look anywhere, you can start in the kitchen, or from the front door. Find a task. A small task that you can do within a few minutes. A task that does not have any sort of prerequisites and stop yourself from finding a reason why you cannot do this job.
And then do that job.
Then you find the next job and you do THAT job.
The more you do, the clearer the place and the workload will become and all of a sudden you will be able to focus on the things that are left over and have a better understanding as to what you need to focus on next!
If you cannot chose something to start on, just look for something that is EASY. And then DO it. This is because success breeds more success. The more you get done, the better your motivation will be to continue and get more of the jobs in the house done.
The above picture is an example of a very sad and tender task that needed to be done.
This guitar belonged to my wife's late father Garth Mobey. It is being cremated together with his body and book that was dear to him (Let's see if you recognize the book).
I needed to remove all the metal bits.
That meant removing the clips for a belt as well as all the frets on the guitar. I will keep them for now as they will be what is left as a sentimental thing. Perhaps I can make something with them.
The other thing of sentimental value that is being kept from this guitar are the tuning pegs. They have been transferred to our son's Guitar, which needed new pegs.
Instead, he gets grand father Mobey's tuning pegs. That guitar, passed from my wife to my son also hold sentimental value and as such it has now become quite a meaningful relic to us.
Well, this post concludes another Small Job that is doable and had been completed. I can now schedule this post for tomorrow morning.
And then move on to the next small job and start regaining some control and peace in this household.
Thank you for reading this post!
