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Today was a beaut of a day after all that incessant cloud and gloom. Really motivating me to gtfo from my unit because even when there is sun I hardly see any of it in my living room. So it was good that I was out all day today, took some lunch to a lovely low key event then went to my aunts to fuss over removing silicone residue from the bathtub for hours, super zen. It is so good to be working with my hands and helping someone else. I'm going to plan to do that as much as possible at my aunt's in WA. Need to break the screen addtction...
Sounds lovely. Did you come to a decision about what to do with your stuff while you are away?
Yeah, I've decided I'll keep my current rental for now and treat it like glorified storage I can live in and don't need to pack everything to fit into. As cathartic as it would've been to leave Vic free from the past in some ways, I think I would've been putting too much stress on myself to pack everything, find storage, movers, rehome my indoor plants, then come back and crash at a friend's place until I find another place, move again... I need to cut myself some slack.
I'll try other ways of motivating myself to move somewhere better for my psyche rather than falling into a rut when I get back
Yeah that sounds like a wise plan