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Day 256: You Can Get a Lot Done By Being at Home All of the Time

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

I do love being at home and just pottering around doing whatever takes my fancy. Although I feel this way (and therefore staying in has and will continue to suit me fine), I appreciate that there are people out there … Continue reading →

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Day 254: Lots of things Went My Way Today, Apart From Damaging the Alexa Cable

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

Today was one of those days where things just went my way. Don’t you just love it when that happens? I feel that it’s important to acknowledge successes, however small they may be, so here goes:

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Day 252: Planning Some Jobs Around the House, and Learning to Witness My Intense Feelings Without Fixing Them

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

As I’ve mentioned before, we have a few jobs to do around the house and garden that we can’t or don’t want to do ourselves and so today we got a builder round to go through each one to see … Continue reading →

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Day 242: How Does Clutter Make You Feel?

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

During my ‘quiet time’ session this morning, I started drawing my cup of water with a slice of lemon it it. As I drew the circle for the rim of the cup, I remembered the song All My Life’s a … Continue reading →

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Day 240: Sketching, Clearing Space and Working on Habits

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

My daughter joined me in the conservatory this morning during my quiet time. I had spa music playing and she said that the atmosphere was really nice. She seemed to want to chat about this and that so I went … Continue reading →

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Day 237: Tackling Another Cluttered Cupboard, Led to Two Hours of Reading Old Journals

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

I have a week off and I didn’t start it with a headache which is certainly a first. I must be doing something right. My new regime of spending an hour or so to myself in the conservatory every morning … Continue reading →

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Day 236: Sorting Out Spare Room Cupboard Leads to an Evening of Fun

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

I’m assuming that I’m not the only one with a junk cupboard or two, or three. Anyway, in our spare room we have two cupboards and the one that I decided to sort out today hasn’t been sorted out for … Continue reading →

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Day 235: A Solution to Feeling Stuck… and a Roast Pork Dinner

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

Following on from yesterday’s theme about hiding behind things and feeling stuck, I want to share with you something I listened to on Mel Robbins audio book Take Control of Your Life. She talks about being stuck and how people … Continue reading →

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Day 234: Clutter Sketching Forces Me to Slow Down

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

I sat for ages this morning just looking at one area of the spare room (which started off messier than the below picture I might add). I knew that I needed to listen to someone energising and upbeat, so I … Continue reading →

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Day 232: It Took Me Less Than 3 Minutes to Clean a Vacuum Cleaner Roller Brush

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Sandra Madeira

Being my morning off, I caught up with some housework. As I was vacuuming the lounge, I noticed that the cleaner wasn’t picking up very well. On checking the brush roll today it had soooo much long hair wrapped around … Continue reading →

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