As we transform from sharp cold to grey misery, I have hope of returning to the outdoor pool. The ‘Grumpy Swimmer’ will transform, like a swan, into an ‘Angelic Aquanaught’.
I am not in touch with too many people from my school days despite me still living in the dwelling I grew up in. However, CJ has been the first one of us to turn 59 this year and she has done it today. Due to see her in early February with another pal who I haven’t see in 30 years, although we have always kept in touch. I will soon have to change this to the Diary of a Sixtysomething Nobody! Oh my goodness, how did we all make it this far?
I haven’t made too many healthy moves today. In fact, hardly been out of the doors. I have been ‘death cleaning’. It will be the death of me, I know that. It hardly looks like I have done anything and yet much has been sorted into ‘boning’ (English translation: burning), recycling and keeping.
I am led to believe that the Swedes have invented a thing called ‘Death Cleaning’. This is encouraging you to clean your house so that you don’t leave it to your relatives to do after you, well pop y’clogs. As I have had to actually ‘death clean’ (well one of the residents is still alive but now in a care home) two four bedroom houses in the past year or so, I am really convinced the one thing I don’t want to leave anyone such a monumental task. The thing is though, I have the remnants of their death cleans in my house plus I still haven’t finished the tidy from our extension work and there is also all the detritus from the now closed office in the other place. It is overwhelming! The photo below is of my home office.
Luckily, I am too poorly from all the death cleans to work in the office, even if I wanted to. I will get there, one painful piece of paper and file at a time.
I won’t moan because Dr Rangan Chatterjee tells us that it isn’t good for us if we do it too regularly.
I am not sure about this. Perhaps it is because there is a difference between getting something off your chest rather than just moaning. I suppose moaning without having a strategy to solve the issue isn’t so good for you but there is nothing wrong with standing on your soap box every now and then and just letting rip. Well not in my book anyhoo.