Offload #1

I’ve got too much on my mind that I want/need to do that I don’t have the time/energy to do.. and it’s day 20 of my cycle so it’s overwhelming and exhausting and my head is swimmy.

Stuff I need or want to get done:

• Picking all the stuff we need for the new bathroom and making sure not to forget something (like blinds, shelves etc!).
• Finishing tidying the garden and picking the plants to fill in the big gaps.
• Drawling a plan and logging the plants I have identified in the garden.
• Finding a not-too-expensive holiday for September time by a warm pool somewhere to actually relax with some books for a week. (It seems like September is not actually any cheaper than the summer holiday months any more!)
• Attempting to fix the scratches on the car from when some twat keyed it 14 months ago…
• Finishing my cat portraits.
• Finally doing something with the piles of photographs and empty scrapbooks I have on the craft desk.
• Finally selling/donating old clothes and shoes.
• I have two Rolife kits and an embroidery kit to make from Christmas.
• So many books I want to read.
• Doing more jump rope and slow jogging to be healthier and stronger (I did this twice this week and felt great but now I’ve had my energy crash 😒)
• So many blog post ideas I’ll probably never write even half of :
  • Listing the board games I’ve played and actually enjoyed
  • How I use Obsidian these days
  • My scrapbooking
  • My home library and LibraryThing
  • I really want to finish my self portrait in books draft
  • Thoughts on frequent topics in my brain: shame, social media, being child free, body image
  • Recipes I’ve been enjoying lately
  • A little light literary analysis of Persuasion by Jane Austen.
  • Finally writing some kind of explainer for my book rating system

But I’ll probably just go for a walk and then lay on the sofa this evening. If we’re lucky I might finish the half a book review I have in my drafts for A User’s Guide To Make Believe.