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six-of-ravens · 3 months ago

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in my eternal quest to add structure to my life, ive decided to take a leaf out of my aunt's book* and schedule an Errand Day one weekend a month.

the purpose of Errand Day is...errands, before they add up and become one Big clusterfuck that's an even bigger pain to deal with. for example: take the stuff I'm giving away to the thrift store (before it colonizes the storage room). take out the annoying recycling that can't go in the blue bins (currently fighting a war against the invasive species of thrift stuff). replace the air filters. get birthday gifts. replace clothes as needed, instead of trying to work around the issue for a whole season bc I won't bite the bullet and try on pants. even fun things that i put off because they're outside of my regular stomping grounds, like going to the used bookstore.

no excuses, no heel-dragging. just take a morning and do all the shit that needs doing. don't let it add up and become a whole Thing. the Reward for Errand Day will be either a fancy coffee or lunch, depending on how long it takes and where I end up.

*my aunt and her partner have a theme for each weekend: one is budgeting, then deep cleaning their house, then meal prep, and finally a "fun" weekend where they do something new like go to a street festival or a new restaurant. i could never be that coordinated, but I think in part it's a solid idea.

#trying to fight that Adulting Feeling of there always being some stupid shit you need to do that you just know won't get done #until 6 months later you get annoyed or desperate or anxious enough to self-motivate #im in an eternal battle to schedule enough of my life to keep me afloat mentally but not so much that i constantly feel like im failing #anyway that trip to the mall last weekend was SUCH A RELIEF i crushed like 4 or 5 random things id been putting off doing #like did you know you can just. buy pants???? you can just do that. you don't have to beat yourself up for months #i do like to TRY thrifting first when it comes to clothes but sometimes its just like. i need jeans thay don't make me feel like a sausage #and the thrift store near me doesn't have changing rooms and i just need this to be OVER i don't want to buy 5 pairs and return 3 #which I'll forget to actually return anyway #so yeah Errand Day is about Getting Shit Done and not overcomplicating it to the point where my inner monologue is a crying two year old

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