Andrea Dawn Writes

I got my clothes done per the KonMari method.  Then, I broke a little with her her order of things.  We (myself and my husband) got the backroom set up as a playroom/library.  We cleared out a closet that I had been storing clothes and are now storing items with greater purpose.  Due to our limited space, in order to get the tiny kitchen done, I need to get the dining room--which actually isn't my space but belonging to the family member with whom we live--done.  That means taking bins and boxes to Goodwill and the Friends of the Library Book Den. We need to hang up her pictures and get her trash and recycle that she has allowed to collect on surfaces taken care of.  Also, she has things that belong in her room hanging out in the dining space. So those need to move.  She has described how she wants the space set up, so that means we need to do it for her.  (She has been diagnosed with severe, long-term depression which has dramatically impacted her over the past 30 years.  We h

In 2019, I want to start making money from my writing.  In order to do so I first need to address the physical and mental clutter that has been holding me back. Then I need a plan to write, edit, secure art work, publish and market a series of self published titles.  I am going to work on having this all together and books published by the end of the year.  The Physical Clutter: I mentioned in my previous post that we have moved a lot.  While times have been rough for us, rental prices have soared in this city.  San Francisco was the only booming economy during the recession, which lead to property prices rising past what people could afford.  That drove people out of the Bay and into the Valley.  As more Bay Area transplants arrived in Sacramento, rental rates have skyrocketed.   So the space in which we are currently living is much smaller than where we've lived before.  In other words, a clutter attractant.  This has driven some pretty intense mom-guilt which definitely t