PadawanOfHappiness

I go through phases of energetic de-cluttering and then fizzle, really what I have is a serious case of start-itist.  I have been looking around my house and it is overwhelming the toys, the clutter, the paper, the workstations that are ok, but not the best solution. Right now I am trying to capitalize on my energy and have started in one room to prepare it so that is is better organized and more conducive to using the space as a dedicated space for the kids for distance learning.  This is my happiness hack, de-cluttering is giving me a sense of happiness and calm. I took this messy table and worked with my young Padawans to clean out some of the papers, broken toys, and random things.  We tosses, returned things to their proper place, and put things in bins. I then assembled larger shelves to make the table higher and therefore more useful, the kids can stand, or they can sit on a stool. To finish this project I need to do a bit more de-cluttering of papers, and add a fe...

In case anyone was wondering I am no longer mad, I wasn't even really mad yesterday but I forgot to post anything.  But things worked out pretty much as I expected, I vented my frustrations and acknowledged that I was mad and it helped me release it.  The reality is that holding it was hurting me and venting it while not allowing me to change anything in the past, and probably not really affecting things in the future, it did change me and that was the most important thing. For me I find that the more I take a few minutes (or a day) to just be mad and understand why I am mad helps me work it out of my system.  I embrace it and pretty much let the fire of mad run its course and burn out.  Sometimes I blog about it and other times I will use music therapy and listen to an album that I define to be angry and by the end of the album my fire has pretty much extinguished itself.  My go to album for years has been Jagged Little Pill but there are others that work a...