Living in a small apartment has made me obsessed with storage options, shelving, and pinterest. I have three bookshelves full of books, two of which are stacked double deep. I have a cast iron shelving unit designated for kitchen supplies and another massive shelving unit up on the wall that my boyfriend built for more storage. I have a lot of stuff but I have recently realized that when I am on vacation where none of my stuff is around, I feel so much more at ease in those spaces. As a result, I am trying to clear out some of the unnecessary furniture that I either inherited or acquired due to its freeness. I've removed the coffee table that was about three feet too big for the apartment and the next thing to go is the futon. I am so ready to get rid of this futon that I am wondering if I even need something to replace it. I am torn between a leather loveseat that has a pull out bed, a Lovesac, but I am not above getting some big floor cushions and just hanging my hammock on the wall for people to lay in if they want to stay over at my house.
I love the breathing room I feel like I have when there is not all the emotions attached to "stuff" in my house but it's also hard to get rid of things that have sentimental value.
Has anyone else ever struggled with this? What are your solutions?
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Top 10 Ways to Distract Myself and Waste Time
These are not in the order that I prefer to distract myself, in fact, they may not be in any order at all. If they are in order, it's the order of how often I do them.
1) Watching Netflix
This is such a waste of time. I get nothing out of this, but sometimes I just need to check out; however, I check out way too often.
2) Facebook
Not a lot of positive reasons that this takes up so much of my time; however, it is extremely helpful to keep in contact with my family and friends that I don't get to see very often.
3) The beach
This is actually an alright way (in my mind) for me to distract myself. Being out in the sunshine, hanging out with my dog, and getting a bit of exercise in can't be all bad. It is especially good for me to clear my head and relax!
4) Spending time with family/friends
I've been doing a lot more of this lately. While it does "distract" me from getting homework done, there's a lot to be said for family time.
5) Attempting and failing to do projects I find on Pinterest
This is fun to do and usually ends in huge disasters and messes.
6) Photography
Gratifying.
7) Sleeping
Seriously, I wish I just powered down everything else and did this more often.
8) Working out
I always feel SO good after working out. I just need to remember this when I am watching Netflix!
9) Cooking
Experimenting, fire, food. Does it really get much better?
10) Taking an excessive number of showers.
When I am really unmotivated, sometimes the only thing that gets me motivated is taking showers. It's almost like restarting the day, I guess.
Reading used to be on this list, but school has ruined reading for me at this point. I look forward to the day when reading will once again top my list of procrastination techniques.
I am trying to get motivated to move working out, photography, and the beach higher on my list. Perhaps the solution to that problem is to move sleeping higher on my list.
1) Watching Netflix
This is such a waste of time. I get nothing out of this, but sometimes I just need to check out; however, I check out way too often.
2) Facebook
Not a lot of positive reasons that this takes up so much of my time; however, it is extremely helpful to keep in contact with my family and friends that I don't get to see very often.
3) The beach
This is actually an alright way (in my mind) for me to distract myself. Being out in the sunshine, hanging out with my dog, and getting a bit of exercise in can't be all bad. It is especially good for me to clear my head and relax!
4) Spending time with family/friends
I've been doing a lot more of this lately. While it does "distract" me from getting homework done, there's a lot to be said for family time.
5) Attempting and failing to do projects I find on Pinterest
This is fun to do and usually ends in huge disasters and messes.
6) Photography
Gratifying.
7) Sleeping
Seriously, I wish I just powered down everything else and did this more often.
8) Working out
I always feel SO good after working out. I just need to remember this when I am watching Netflix!
9) Cooking
Experimenting, fire, food. Does it really get much better?
10) Taking an excessive number of showers.
When I am really unmotivated, sometimes the only thing that gets me motivated is taking showers. It's almost like restarting the day, I guess.
Reading used to be on this list, but school has ruined reading for me at this point. I look forward to the day when reading will once again top my list of procrastination techniques.
I am trying to get motivated to move working out, photography, and the beach higher on my list. Perhaps the solution to that problem is to move sleeping higher on my list.
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