Oh, this is all a bit new and different, isn’t it?
Been trying to write a follow up to my first blog post and I’ve
lost count of the number of times I’ve sighed, stopped, electronically
scrunched up the page and chucked it with a frustrated harrumph into the bin. You
want to get something out, you feel the urge to express yourself, but by Gove
it just doesn’t want to come.
Bit of a metaphor for life right now, then. I know I’ve said
we’ve figured out how to step off the treadmill, but as the Italians might say,
tra il dire e il fare c’é di mezzo il mare. Or in other words, easier said than
done. All our savings are tied up in the house, so the only way to get at them
is to sell the house. That means getting rid of the clutter, doing all those
little annoying bits of DIY you’ve been meaning to do for years but never quite
got around to it, tidying up the garden (something else that’s easier said than
done), convincing The Child that no, selling your home isn’t the end of the
world, yes, most of your toys will come
with us, and yes we might just need to do something about all the animals.
We have a lot of animals. At last count we have something
like 20 chickens, 6 ducks, 2 geese, 11 rabbits, 3 cats and 1 dog. Yes, they do limit
our flexibility a bit. Yes, we might eat most of them. Yes, it’s going to cause
all sorts of heartache and pain with The Child. No, we won’t eat the cats and
the dog.
All minor stuff, though, really, and so very necessary. Been
back at work for the past three days after a week off and I’ve only just
managed to hold off doing something completely silly. I have access to implements
of murder. I could do some serious damage with my oversized stapler. So far I’ve
limited myself to simply using it to staple random bits of paper together, rather
than, say, beat my team members to death with it or staple a post-it with the
words ‘Ow, this really hurts’ to someone’s forehead. But it won’t be too much longer.
I really do need to get going. Push forward. Press the
button. Action those to-do points. Grab that low hanging fruit. Make the most
of my results driven ethos and deliver some outstanding results.
*sigh*
They say the hardest part is deciding to act. No it isn’t.
The hardest part is actually doing anything.
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