Needing Motivation Or Accountability

Melonie said, The itemizing personal item part of the insurance has become overwhelming, to say the least.[/quote[

If your insurance company is like mine I got X amount of dollars and a form to fill out if I felt my items were of more value. That is the overwhelming part so i always just listed high-ticket items.  Your claims adjustor might be able to offer some help.

Joe Hallmark wrote:I don’t know what your personal item coverage is but typically it’s considerably higher than what the actual contents value was. Most insurance will give you half without itemizing. If you had over coverage there that would knock out a ton of stress. Sorry about the house, that’s awful.

I would also be telling a story about an ahole rooster I used to have. If he’s dumb enough to attack you he will harass kids.

I understand wanting to spread your time to different things such as the less stressful garden. You already know 100% free time has to go to chicken housing. I would look at it separately instead of needing a bunch of chicken house. Start with the smallest project and complete it to knock out a win and gain some momentum.

Good luck! You have a busy spring but give all focus to one project at a time and you will get it all done!

Anne Miller wrote:Sorry to hear about the fire.

You have a lot on your plate so it is understandable that this can become overwhelming.

Somehow over the years, I have learned to prioritize what is most important.

Melonie said, The itemizing personal item part of the insurance has become overwhelming, to say the least.[/quote[

If your insurance company is like mine I got X amount of dollars and a form to fill out if I felt my items were of more value. That is the overwhelming part so i always just listed high-ticket items.  Your claims adjustor might be able to offer some help.

I used to be great at it. Something has changed. It may be residual of cv19 , maybe more trauma added to my brain, maybe my forties. I've restarted some supplements to try to help focus.

Joe Hallmark wrote: You already know 100% free time has to go to chicken housing.

Melonie Corder wrote:

Rabbits. I have a rabbit that was loose for awhile and may have given birth once back in the hoop. She just roams the floor because I was short cages. IF she has kits in the tunnel they are about to start emerging so I need to trap them and relocate with mama. Then I have two tractors to build and want to butcher three more adults before too much longer. We just put four in the freezer a week ago. Those furs need to be thawed and tanned as well.

Garden. Of course this is where I want to spend my time now. Hoping the soil will soothe my mind. I'm dividing a large previously tilled area into layered beds, hoping to have that done today. I've been working on it here and there.  All my small tree guilds need the dead cut back after winter still. I did get the currants pruned and strawberry beds cleaned up in the past couple weeks. We are also building a fence but that is weekends only while my other half is here.

Home. We had a fire last year and are in the middle of rebuilding. The large amount of choices to be made boggle my mind, I wasn't ready for this adventure at all. We loved our old home and there is no way to get it back really. The itemizing personal item part of the insurance has become overwhelming, to say the least. We are super blessed to have had proper coverage, as well as many other resources. It's still depressing to sit down to every time but it needs to be completed and so it's on the list. The mental health issues the situation caused have taken a huge toll on my productivity in all areas.

Garage/Detached shop. After the incident mentioned above it's become our defacto home. We are staying at a neighbors but have so many things there. It desperately needs cleaned and organized. This will most likely be last priority, done during the heat of summer or on a stormy day.

So there it is.  I'm really trying to spend some time on the coop today in between homeschooling and running to ice skating. My hand is healed now and we are down to days before I need to play musical chickens so I think it's what is needed next. I'll try to get some pictures up in the comments.

Michelle Heath wrote:Thankfully I've never experienced a fire but have had plenty of setbacks over the years.

I've come to realize that if something is going to get done around here, I will be the one to do it.   My hubby is great to help when I ask but to willingly tackle something that needs done--not so much.

I'm currently chicken-less due to the fact that coyotes are rampant and our former chicken house (garden shed now) is just too far from the house to offer any additional protection from predators. Plan is to build a smaller chicken house closer to our house using lumber from an old building we recently tore down,  I've learned the hard way to have accommodations for animals in place before introducing the animals.  Otherwise it's a scramble to get everything completed and just creates more stress.

Unfortunately I can't seem to transfer that line of thinking to the garden as I'm always creating new spaces to accommodate the plants that I have grown or acquire.  For instance,  my paste tomatoes are waiting for their bed to be completed before I can plant them.

Staying focused is a major problem for me as im a bit of a spontaneous soul.  However I constantly remind myself that if I want it done, I need to just get if done.  Also many projects get thwarted by lack of funding.   We are self-employed and to us that means that we are not guaranteed a regular paycheck and some months are better than others.  I'm a firm believer in reusing materials, but sometimes projects get held up by purchases that need to be made.  My hoophouse is officially into the second year of not getting setup due in part to changing how I want to do it but mostly because I need to make enough money to finish it.

I just had a frustrating week in which other obligations kept me from my home, garden and family for the most part.  I was feeling particularly aggravated until I went into the nursery area I have fenced off and too, marvel in all of the plants I've raised from seed, all the cuttings that are flourishing and all of the clearance plants, shrubs and bulbs I took a chance on in their playing dead state.  Although it will be a great deal of work getting them all planted, just knowing that they are thriving is a great morale booster.

So when things aren't going the way you intended or you're feeling overwhelmed,  find a happy place in you home or garden and just relax a bit.  It really does help.