Challenge: Put out the Dumpster Fire December 🧯🔥🗓

[Rhubarbsoda]

Resisting the urge to put everything down and instead focusing on things that reasonably can be done and that I’ve been ignoring for so long I don’t even notice them anymore.

• Go through books in the dining room bookshelf and get rid of the ones I’m never going to read (really need to be honest with myself about that!)
• Go through the box of junk and get rid of what’s actually junk
• Sell textbooks
• Take donation bin to the donation place
• Take extra dog food to the pet food pantry
• Put dog crate and what remains of the other box into the storage locker.

ETA:

• Buy some new socks and turn ALL the ones with holes into rags

[bucketsofrain]

• Go through my clothes and send them to ThredUp/drop off at Goodwill (covid permitting the drop off).

• Go through New Yorkers and get rid of ones I don’t want (my mom gives me her old ones and they have really piled up)

• Actually send out all Xmas gifts this month

• Drop off some food at local food pantry

[IDoMe]

For December, I want to make a master list of house projects, in one place, and prioritize it in the following ways:
-maintenance urgent
-maintenance less urgent
-dependent on other projects
-we can do
-we can do but might consider hiring out
-we definitely need to hire out
-dependent on weather
-not dependent on weather
-for aesthetic
-for function
Avoiding adding cost estimate on purpose, because I know myself and will get hung up doing research and my list won’t get created!
I’m putting this in my journal as well. If anyone has any other categories to organize by, feel free to post in my journal!

[flan]

I think my biggest dumpster fire of 2020 is that I delayed various doctors’ appts I needed but didn’t do because of the pandemic. I won’t get them in in time, but I should at least plan out the visits / find the providers to contact come Jan 2!

Another fire is holiday gifts.

Last fire is to get rid of extra kitchen appliances that are taking up space - sell, gift, give away by end of year!

[Bracken_Joy]

DOING THINGS.
-dentist appointment tomorrow
-doctors appointment next week.

BONUS accidentally convinced a friend to make an appointment she’s been putting off in the course of angsting about making my own appointments.

[flan]

(abbreviated)

1. plan out health appts & providers for 2021
2. figure out gifts for the holidays
3. rehome: air fryer, bread maker, something that’s sitting in a corner that I can’t remember (EXACTLY why I need to do this), like… 5 pie dishes

This challenge is already working:

Ordered some baby gifts for coworker!

[iualia]

Ooh I love a good monthly goal list.

Objectives:

• Set up my office/craft room and unpack the things. This includes: get window coverings (blinds?), obtain a lamp, put my fabric stash away, get a trash can, clear all of the piles of stuff off the floor
• Cancel my storage unit (we moved out but apparently have to go in person to cancel the account, grrr)

…that’s it! The first one is obviously the bigger piece, lol.

[lambypamby]

I have some :

• Doctor’s appointment to get rid of bc method I don’t like
• Dentist’s appointment for cleaning
• Cancel US phone service

All of this is way overdue! I won’t overwhelm myself with every little thing I’d love to do before end of year, but stick with the important stuff.

[anon33871319]

I’m going to:

• Finish this assignment
• Haul my meatsack back to Maine
• Get my car, pack my crap, drive my precious baby 600 miles south
• Not get COVID

[Meowkins]

My goals:

• sign up for a dance class online
• continue consolidating my investment accounts
• read a book, because I wanted to read more this year!

[flan]

@Meowkins

• sign up for a dance class online

fun!!

@Meowkins

• read a book, because I wanted to read more this year!

I have finished The Great Library series and can recommend.

[katscratch]

My biggest dumpster fire: housematenant

By the end of the month all his things will be gone and I will have scoured, scrubbed, repainted the room, and moved back in to an actual bedroom.

Maybe a rug purchase. The one I had in there is now in the dogs’ room.

Stretch maybe changing the light fixture.

[flan]

@flan

Ordered some baby gifts for coworker!

Whew, didn’t realize how much of a fire this was. The baby came early. Today!

[anon33871319]

Update

1. Complete Assignment:
1.1: Submitted Officer Evaluation Report
1.2: Signed Deck Logs
1.3: Signed Oil Record Book, Garbage Log, ODS Log
1.4: Passdown: Inventory accountable property ($27,129,008, goddamn)
1.5: Passdown: Inventory controlled substances
1.6: Passdown: Inventory ballistics & magazine
1.7: Passdown: Command Inspection
1.8: Passdown: Bridge familiarization walkthrough

2. Haul Meatsack
2.1: Got Orders
2.2: Called SATO
2.3: Emailed orders to SATO

3. Pack Crap:
3.1: Called move coordinator to schedule pickup
3.2: Called Waste Management for mattress pickup
3.3: Coordinated mattress removal w/ landlord-friend
3.4: Landlord-friend found ammo I’ve been successfully hiding for 3 years. Dang

4. Not get COVID
4.1: Edge case not yet encountered
4.2: Secret CoC party may/may-not have been scheduled.
4.3: Watch this space.

[nnls]

@nnls

• declutter wardrobe
• try to get approval for flexible work roster. Currently I am unhappy with my work roster, so hopefully I can get approval to change it.

Editing to add two more

• call bank to try and reduce interest rate on mortgage (havent done this since last rate cut)
• 17 more vegetarian days - to get me to 100 for the year

Update

• called bank, interest rate is going down! Yay
• had 2 vegetarian days since. 15 more to go
• flex work submitted, having a catch up with supervisor Tuesday. But might be too early for an update

[Greyweld]

I have done nothing but pick up nosing and air purifiers and I am already very behind. Oh well

[meerkat]

I have also done nothing. Maybe next week.

[plainjane]

I thought I hadn’t done anything thus far, but it turns out, I have accomplished one thing on my list.

@plainjane

• schedule an appointment with my dr to discuss next steps for my knee
• make sure I’m up to date on my benefits claims
• max out rrsp/pre-set the regular rrsp contribution beyond the amount work matches
• get my rrsp in QT out of cash and buy some ETFs already
• seam my lariat sweater

[rural]

I’ve continued to just not as planned. Even mostly managed the no guilt apart.

This method may be causing me to get a few things done. Almost finished with Christmas shopping.

[AmandaS1989]

@AmandaS1989

I’ve been able to check off a few goals this year but here’s what I have left:

• Keep Duolingo streak unbroken (554 days and counting!)
• Drop off bag of donated clothes at Goodwill
• Clean off that giant black metal shelving rack and get rid of the shit I don’t need (I’m looking at you, old textbooks and CPA exam study books)
• Pay off my no-interest promo credit card with my ot/vac payout check in December. That’ll save me $70/month.
• Continue to put $60 per paycheck into HSA
• Contribute $1,200 to tIRA ($1,070 so far)
• Contribute $500 to Roth IRA ($460 so far)
• IF we get that bonus at year end and I have enough money after taxes, I will pay off the loan for the car trailer. That’ll save me $80/month.

Keeping that Duolingo streak going just fine. I put the money in my HSA and IRA for this paycheck. Just waiting a few more weeks for the ot/vac payout so I can pay off that card.

Didn’t get around to dropping that bag off at Goodwill or cleaning that shelf yet. I’m being lazy right now.