Somehow, I’ve maintained my ability to do complete my errands & chores as they come up. What I’ve realized is that many of my chores are time-based.

Checking the mail and cleaning the litterboxes are daily. Vacuuming, mopping, laundering clothes and towels, cleaning the kitchen, watering the plants are weekly. Tossing spoiled food, washing bedsheets, and cleaning the balcony are biweekly. Replacing my loofah, dish sponge, cleaning the vacuum filter, replacing the water filter are monthly.

As much as I’d like to do complete my to-do’s each day, it seems as though there is more for me to do the next. For now, I’ll ride the fact that I’m no longer procrastinating my chores & errands and I actually want to get them done and out of the way. I don’t know what’s changed. My dopamine response? I used to dread doing errands and being tired every day after work, now suddenly I’m peppy, energetic, and want to clean as much as possible. But why? What changed? Is it simply my mindset? A placebo effect? Why am I no longer lazy and procrastinating?

There has to be more to it than just my mindset. The feeling of being busy and getting a lot done in one day? I have no clue. I’ll try to figure it out as I go.

Maybe I’ll never know. Maybe I’ll get burnt out and revert to my prior procrastinating and lazy tendencies. Maybe it’s the regaining of independence, enjoying being out and about on my own if needed. The peace and solitude. Maybe.