Reorganising

[juliet]

Have just had a bit of a friends-list purge. This is because LJ is starting to feel somewhat out of control (in terms of quantity) and it's making me feel stressed. This I do not like. Yes, I'm aware I can use views to help this, & I'm doing that as well (notably taking out things like the news feeds, which I find useful but would rather have more control over when I see them; but also starting to use a reduced default view, though hopefully I'll mostly read most stuff anyway). Anyway: nothing personal, & all that.

I've generally been feeling a little stressed, and unfocussed, and other such words, lately. This is Not Good. I have been contemplating ways of getting rid of this.

gemoon's, I'm thinking that I need to rethink my mornings. Currently I get up & potter around the house for about an hr, a significant chunk of which is spent reading email/LJ while eating breakfast (which slows down breakfast, of course). I think a better bet might be *not* switching the computer on, eating breakfast faster, and fitting in a 20min walk round the park (possibly before shower/breakfast, in fact). Might help me settle my brain better; whereas dealing with email & LJ tends to unsettle it. I can always check them when I get in to work. Theoretically, of course, the bike ride in ought to allow for a little contemplation time, but in practice I'm too busy concentrating on not being squashed.

I'm feeling unfocussed at work; I seem to be seeing it as a space to have to myself and potter in, and having to fight against that. Also Not Good. I think partly this is because I'm not getting enough time/space *out* of work hours. So I think I need to have another go at making sure I spend at least one evening a week (and probably part of the weekend as well) at home Not Doing Much. Not necessarily on my own - having other people come over would be fine, as long as they didn't mind me pottering around doing things - and possibly including useful stuff like washing up, tidying a bit, etc, as well as knitting/reading/playing with computer a bit/etc. I think the other part is too many distractions - LJ (see above) and also email. Might *finally* be time to filter incoming mail (other than for spam) into separate folders for lists. I'm also wondering whether having some personal stuff around (other than my mug - I dunno, a postcard or two or something) might help me feel more settled.

There's some other stuff I need to think about, about how much of other people's responsibilities I'm taking on, but I need to talk that through with the people concerned, really, rather than wittering about it on LJ.

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[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

[hugs] Good luck at getting things more sorted - I can empathise.