I had a box of mail I’d been avoiding dealing with since basically May of '20. I went through it tonight and actually called Wells Fargo for help resolving my account.
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I finally did the mending - track pant holes fixed, sweater sleeves and hood attached ( it looked ready for the garbage), hair towel elastic back in a loop. The sweater may look like Frankenstein but I love it.
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Another annoying task I had SO remind me twice - my “home” cell phone I never use but keep so SO can have cheaper rates - I FINALLY changed the voice mail to advise I rarely monitor it and redirect callers to the cell phone I use. This is the phone number all the utilities, blanks, etc have, and most eye doctor who will be calling me when my new glasses are ready.
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I finally got around to filling out a W4 extra tax withholding form. I kept on putting it off since I didn’t have my partner’s paycheck info as well as my latest one. Finally buckled down this 1st day of the month to do it. Taking care of business (TCB)! 
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I emptied the dishwasher after 4 days of avoiding it and just hand washing dishes in the sink. It literally took less than 10 minutes.
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Selected my insurance for the next 12 months and decided to go with the more expensive version that covers massage and physio and glasses (work runs our insurance July-Jun for some reason). So I definitely need to do new glasses before Feb.
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Scheduled a dental cleaning (@anomalily please praise me 
I didn’t require your strong arming this time)
Scheduled a fertility clinic restart appointment with my old doctor
Tried to call about a medical bill that was miscategorized. Left a message.
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Posted a bunch of stuff on Buy Nothing. Once it’s gone I can post another round!
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I waxed my car earlier and parts of the car had streaks of wax residue. I kind of thought “Oh well, waxing isn’t for me” and just washed the car normally and couldn’t got those streaks out.
I finally did some research and it turns out one needs to do something counter-intuitive-- add more wax and then buff again!
There is a solvent or something in uncured wax so it’ll melt that residual wax and then you can buff it out.
What a relief. 
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Purchased a non-stick saucepan. Threw out the old one. Next up is getting a stainless steel ones in a couple of sizes.
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Final update:
I’m done!
-The recycle books and papers are in the bin.
-The shred stuff, hardware, and office supplies are in a bag in the trunk ready to go to work Monday
-Keep work papers and books are in my work backpack to go to work Monday
-Keep home papers are consolidated into one big folder and put away. I’m calling that good enough!
Update:
-bag is filled with stuff to take to work to shred
-books are sorted into a keep pile and a recycle pile (for old certifications where the book doesn’t support the current standard anymore, otherwise I would donate)
Now I just have to take another pass through the “keep” stuff which I’m proud to say is only about a third of the original pile!
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make sure I really want to keep it
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sort stuff to keep it home versus at work
Home:
-training/certification records,
-old resumes since I don’t think I have digital copies of everything)
-old reviews since those may contain content I’d want to reference if I ever update my resume.
Work:
-Hardware crap
-Papers supporting current work
TBD: books that are reasonably current- most will go to work but I need to make a final decision
OP:
I’m going through a mass of work and work professional paperwork and books from old training to figure out what to keep and what to shred. I’ve been putting this off since I hauled it all home in March 2020. My goal is to clear out my cabinet so I can move it and use it for a different purpose. Unfortunately I’ll have to haul a lot of paper back to work to put in one of the big shred bins because shredding it at home would take forever!
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Cleaned out the car. Found 2 pairs of shoes, 2 jackets, a beret, 3 umbrellas, 2 purses, 2 pairs of sunglasses, a towel, 4 plastic water bottles (gross), 5 Star wars themed luggage tags that were given to me as a gift 3 years ago and countless crumpled up receipts.
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I finally took my car in for a transmission fluid and filters change. Next week I have a spark plugs appointment. I really enjoy this new mechanic shop I found since I dislike the local dealership which I feel has ripped me off in the past.
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Called the paediatrician’s office to get a copy of the receipts so I can submit for a refund!
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- found and contacted another chimney company for a second opinion
- ordered new deodorant
- filled out a stock rights agreement for new job
- rewarded myself by ordering shoes with a gift card
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- called the credit card company to ask why my card is blocked but APPARENTLY the credit union is the source of the block so I have to call them during their business hours
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Fertilised the lawn.
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I’ve been putting things off out of pure laziness. I did most of them this weekend. It’s much more fun to lay on the couch with a book than clean up the mess the concrete guys left. And clean up flower beds. And dust a bunch of shelves. And…
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Today I started Adderall.
I can’t believe that I spent so much of my life trying to come up with coping mechanisms to deal with this when I could have been on medication. I was diagnosed with ADHD as a kid but have never been medicated. I know there can be a honeymoon period with this medication while getting used to it (It’s more potent while your body gets used to it), but I really have never felt this good.
I took my first dose at 11am this morning and I have gotten so much done today. Things that I’ve put off and everyday things around the house. I’d see something to pick up or put away and I just did it. Most importantly I wasn’t plagued by my brain telling me that I’m not good enough and I wasn’t feeling stressed or anxious because I couldn’t focus. I did not dissociate and stare at my phone or watch tv for hours on end. I have a to do list that feels easy to accomplish and I know what to start with and what to save for later. It’s not a giant pack that I carry around like a burden wondering how I’ll ever get enough done at one time to just lighten the load. I see a light at the end of the tunnel! I can actually see myself getting caught up for the first time in the past 3 years.
Back in school, classes would end before I’d get around to doing an assignment sometimes. That paper or project that I never did would disappear and I would have a new class and a blank slate. Out here in the world that doesn’t really happen. It just adds up and or you catastrophically fail.
I lost one of my clients this month. I couldn’t keep up with all my editing work on my own, I was falling apart from anxiety and I just shut down. I couldn’t pull myself together long enough to finish the last hour of work I needed to do for them and couldn’t bear the thought of emailing them to tell them it was late. I just slowly let myself fail and by the time I got back to them they had moved on.
It’s a cycle that I’ve been wanting to stop since January. The pandemic destroyed so many of my coping mechanisms and added in so many more layers of stress. I get so weighed down by anxiety and crippling executive dysfunction that I can’t do things for hours or days. It took around 6 months to get my testing done because there were no appointments available for months and another couple weeks to get my official diagnoses and meds.
I’m so thankful to see the other side now and feel what life can be like.
(Sorry this is so long, it all just kinda came out. I’m feeling a lot right now. My partner has been enough of an emotional sponge for me today, I had to talk somewhere.)
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That is a big deal 
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