I've discovered my "default" setting.......

I read once "the time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
I'm really enjoying sitting on the sofa, reading Gransnet and watching TV. I have been busy while sitting here though, I'm making crochet squares to make a throw for the chair in the summerhouse.

I've lots of jobs that need ticking off..but the weather is gorgeous..so my time is being spent in the garden..which is looking beautiful..extended my veg patch..painted garden furniture...and instead of the usual brown...went for purple berry colour....love it......inside jobs must wait ...and if the weather changes..I might tick some off my list...Might!!!

What's the point? No one is coming over and it will just need doing again soon lol

I have been put to shame when reading what my friends on Facebook have achieved during lockdown, when I've done almost nothing.

But I have to keep reminding myself that actually, I'm still working full time, so although I am at home all the time, I don't have the same inclination or motivation free time as my friends.

I have tidied one sideboard though, so that's my achievement

Can I join up too? My mum always said that the road to the bad place was paved with good intentions but still I dream of all the things that I could and should be doing. I have baked two or three times which is two or three times more than I’ve done for years but I hear all the talk of deep cleaning and sorting and wonder why I can’t get myself motivated. Next door DH has cut his grass, painted their fence, washed windows, washed and cleaned out both of their cars, pressure washed their paths/driveway and today when we came home from walking our dog, he was rubbing down their garage door. Now he has it painted. They can sit out and enjoy their well tended garden. My DH has cut our grass but that’s it. When I go into the garden I just see so much that needs done it just overwhelms me and I turn back inside. I know that when it’s over I’ll be annoyed that I didn’t use the time better but that doesn’t push me either. I need to give myself a shake!

Another serious case of CBA here. I am so glad I am not alone! The sun keeps shining and it seems a shame to miss the opportunity to sit in A sunny corner of the garden and read. Thought I might read serious and improving books but I can't seem to rise above undemanding tosh. Dog is getting a lovely long walk every day - he's exhausted - and when we get home from that it's back to sitting down with tea and a book. Started baking so now we have cake every day at cup of tea time, so the plan to lose weight is on hold. Plan is now that success will be measured by still fitting in to my clothes. Can't have a hair cut and bothering with make up seems a bit pointless, but I am still clean and I do put on proper clothes. What an achievement!

CBB to go and get dinner but I'm hungry

Just to add a serious note, the ONLY thing that works for me is taking a minute each evening to make a very short list of "things to do" tomorrow, and I mean very short!

The one for tomorrow has:

Change towels

Put on a load of washing

Defrost lamb (that is cooked lamb, not a small fleecy animal, although in a previous life I may well have had a hypothermic one in the warming oven of the Aga)

I’ve got a list. It’s the same list I wrote at the start of lockdown and the only things crossed off it are things like change bed and wash towels that keep getting put back on again anyway.

Today I have washed a duvet, vacced up the loose feathers from said duvet, made two phone calls, sent four texts and read a bit. I’m ready for a bit of a lie down now.

Definition of lazy - visualising yourself doing something and then not bothering. I do it all the time

Maggiemaybe rip it up, start a new one with small, achievable daily tasks! Enjoy the feeling of satisfaction when you cross them off!

I started off really well. DH too. We gardened, baked and cleaned, even moved a bit of fence. But now inertia has set in. Did a jigsaw today.

It's funny how I can take long walks, spend hours cooking and gardening - yet I'm always exhausted at the thought of finishing any DIY or decorating.

Housework/cleaning, what's that? There's only me here and I'm not expecting visitors. I've recently become much more aware of my motivation (or not) for doing things.

And - I've honed my relaxation skills too!

I have done sod all except read, knit, and make the dinner. (Dh clears up the kitchen.). A bare minimum of housework, a walk every day, that’s about it. I did plant some little plug plants yesterday, but that was a one off.
The house typically only ever got a really serious blitz anyway when guests were due, so unless we have guests any time soon.....

This is such a great thread, so reassuring. I've slowed down almost to a complete stop at home. Am floating through the days, enjoying Escape To The Chateau, watching their diy instead of doing my own! Can still function ok at my allotment though, presumably because it doesn't feel any different there - everyone has always had conversations from 20 feet or so distance anyway.

Since my previous post, I’ve had a nap while Dh got the dinner, eaten said dinner, taken a photo of one of the cats and now I’m settled on the sofa again.

Sometimes, if I do something unexpected that wasn't on my list, I add it onto my list just so I can cross it off.
While not much else gets done.
My SIL observed the other day that I'd probably be coping okay with lockdown as "I'm good at pottering" He has a fair point.

I'm so happy I found this thread. Some days I find myself feeling quietly competent and all I've done is the crossword and had a shower. Mind you the whole shower thing is quite a palaver.

Oh that really made me laugh SueDonim!
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I add it onto my list just so I can cross it off. absolutely stellar GrannyLaine?

Me too Jane10 (being happy on here). There are so many motivated and busy people on some threads! I feel totally inadequate.

But not in the least bothered ...

Ah, now, here I might just be able to claim a halo! (Or perhaps not? )

Only 1 TV, and that's in the sitting room. Don't go in there much during the day, usually in the kitchen/dining room (me) or the home office (Mr P) so TV doesn't go on until after the Archers!

Jane10 doing the crossword is essential! Brain exercise and all that! I've also developed a liking for the Letter Logic in the Telegraph.

My own shower this morning ended up being quite traumatic, I (think, pretty sure) I discovered a skin tag in an odd place (wasn't there yesterday) so I will have to ask Mr P to take a look, as even adopting an odd posture and a carefully angled mirror, I wouldn't be able to see it

I'll pre warn him, so that he can mentally prepare..........

Perhaps some of us have just channelled our inner cat?

.... though I don't think I shall ever be able to lick my bum.