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I live in a small old mill town nestled into the Pennine hills in Yorkshire with my long-suffering husband of thirty some years. I have two beautiful daughters who have flown the nest (most of the time!). I paint and draw (a little) when time allows, make and bake sometimes but not often enough and garden and grow things as much as possible. I recycle and up-cycle, hate waste and I couldn’t live without my time planner and lists.
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I love your idea of a stocktake of your home and life. There’s probably so much stuff and so many unfinished or unattempted projects lurking in corners of our homes, that just don’t see the light of day from one year to the next. I may try a day of stocktaking before I go back to work and see what it uncovers. It will probably add to my list of aims for the year, but it was always fluid anyway.
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It is quite frightening what you find lurking!
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That sounds so well thought out. You are so right that small steps do lead to permanent changes. I will look forward to reading of your progress and will also have a look at the books and blogs you have recommended. Sarah x
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Hi Sarah – I have a number of things I need to get done this year and hope that by making a little progress on each I might get some projects out of the way. My first one is setting a budget which I am working presently – it is quite alarming how prices are rising at the moment – all our cost cutting measures are being overtaken by the price hikes!
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I bought Small Move, Big Change after reading your post the other day. Although I got a bit bogged down in the second half of the book I thought the first part was really useful and I got a lot from it, so thanks yet again!
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This author appears on the microsoft visiting ‘lectures’ on you tube but I found her book easier than trying to listen to her – I would not have got as much from her ideas had I just listened to the you tube version!
There are parts in that book where she gives examples and I laughed as it was like she was describing me sometimes and that really made me realise how some habits you develop are just crazy! The concepts are good but some books can be a bit of a trial to get through – and if they could get to the point much sooner would be much shorter!
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I like your idea of taking photos now so you can compare how your home and life look at year end! The Power of Small is a nice summary. It reminds me of a phrase I’ve been thinking a lot about lately, “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”
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Funny how things keep on playing in your mind. I thought of many different words but this phrase has been dominant so I will stick with it.
I like your phrase about the perfect!
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