I got rid of 2 bikes today that were in the garage for over a year that were for some friends. They didn’t have room but never tried to make room in their storage. So, I told them to pick it up or I will give it to someone that will use them. They were originally mine. I am serious about clearing things out of my house. Tired of it being a large storage unit. My goal for the garage is to use the space to create things. Of even use it to store the car. Crazy, I know.
I have been dedicating more time to clearing things out every week. Moving the declutter staging area from inside the house to the garage. This will bring dramatic change to the area being worked on and move the stuff to the garage where I can easily separate and load it in the car to drop it off at goodwill. I have a lot of empty bins that I can use to sort things out. The change will be good.

 🌧️ 60°F – 50°F 🙂 | #Seattle 

Got to work bright and early. I want to start the week strong and get as much done so I will have time for when I work from home to do exercise during my work hours. Going to see if it improves my day. I will also go outside just to get out of the office.

 ⛅ 67°F – 54°F 🥱 | Seattle 

 Finish the front yard and mostly the back for winter. Today was my son’s first time mowing the lawn. He had a lot of fun doing it. I find it relaxing to do it and will miss doing it for a bit. I cleared the gutter and installed the new lights on the house for the holidays.

 🌤️ 70°F – 56°F 🥱 | Seattle

I went to my daughter’s friend’s birthday party at Defy. It’s a trampoline center where you can jump and run around obstacles courses. We all had fun, met a few new parents in the neighborhood.  Spent the rest of the day outside enjoying the weather. 

 ☀️ 80°F – 56°F 🙂 | Seattle

Hectic day at work. We need another person on the team badly. We are holding up but if one person is sick or needs some time off, it all collapses. We should get a new person next month. I will need to train him after his schooling.

☀️ 71°F – 50°F 🥱 | Seattle 

Long day. We didn’t have enough personnel and had a service issue. Tomorrow should be better. I took an early lunch to get medicine for my daughter. I scarfed down food while I was working to make up for lost time. I got everything done at home and at work. Enjoyed the rest of the day with her outside. We read till she fell asleep next to me.

 ☀️ 64°F – 53°F 🥱 | Seattle 

 Not too much to say today. Just a typical Tuesday. Weatherwise it rained in the morning and was overcast for the rest of the day.

 🌧️ 60°F – 53°F 😐 | Seattle

I felt good this morning. Getting rid of that clutter in the garage feels gratifying. I feel a sense of accomplishment. I still have much to do but it was a very big dent. The yard is mostly cleaned out. This week I am going to do all the small things.

My plan during the week is to do my normal household duties and include something small in addition. Spending about 30 minutes to get something done. Clearing out the last part of the camping gear or pulling summer stuff down outside for winter weather permitting. The weather should clear up tomorrow so everything will be dry before I pack them away. This weekend I will drop more stuff off at Goodwill. I will include this in my morning weekend ritual as I do grocery shopping.

Another thing I am going to do is go for a walk. My son wants to go too. So, it will be a nice walk and talk time we can do through the week and not just on Saturday.  I just need to get active and start to lose 8 pounds and start building muscle. Like everything in my life, I have been putting it to the side for way too long. I just need to get into the habit of doing it, once it becomes a habit, I just do it without thinking about it.

 🌧️ 70°F – 50°F 🙂 | Seattle