A New‑style Monday

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March 25

I rose at my normal time and took Julia to work this morning. It might be a day off, but after a few weeks the novelty of having a lie-in while she struggles on her two bus trip to work has worn off. It's a rehearsal for retirement - I can either show some discipline and do stuff, or I can decline into a grumpy watcher of daytime TV. It's a tricky choice but I have decided to do things while I still can.

After that I will become a grumpy watcher of daytime TV. Grumpy is easy enough, but I may have to pay for some better TV.

Second, I made a drink and set to with a submission for a poetry magazine. It involved editing a few poems that had been returned (it's strange how you can see improvements once they come back).

I then relaxed with another drink and read a few blogs.

It's time for lunch next, using more of the Sweet Potato and Chilli Soup.

After that, the plan is to do some decluttering and do another set of submissions but experience suggests I will probably watch TV and fall asleep for most of the afternoon. This life/work balance stuff is quite tricky. I've been decluttering for weeks now and only succeeded in moving a few things around. One small bag did eventually move as far as the bin, but it's not an impressive record and Julia is talking about having a go herself, meaning that more of my carefully collected treasures will be at risk. Once she gets going she knows no mercy where my stuff is concerned. Her own stuff, however, seems to spread throughout the house, because you always need wool and fabric bits and half-finished cross stitch kits . . .

That, it seems, is a Well Known Fact.