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I May Yet Go Read Home Therapy
Mar. 31st, 2023 07:56 amI was pretty skeptical of the intake form, and the only really specific thing I could come up with that I would like to change is how my office works for me. And I was like, but it’s a closet that I used to hide in. Why would I go back to that?
And then I got to thinking, _when_ did I stop using my office? Mostly, the iPad with keyboard I’ve had for a bit now is so good that going back to the laptop, even with the separated monitor and keyboard, isn’t really an improvement except in a couple specific ways. I’d actually _like_ to go back to the laptop for some things (notably, updating the website works my better on that, and I’d like to make some additions, deletions and changes to my online cookbook). I bought the iPad during the initial pandemic lockdown, so that was the likely starting point. It wasn’t just the iPad tho. I couldn’t hide in my office and also provide schooling support. I wound up spending a lot of time on the iPad roving around the house being available for different types of requests. For over a year. No wonder my habits changed!
Also! I changed my office a lot from being a place to do work while not being around the noise of the rest of the house to being an enjoyable den when it was so hard to go out and about and do things without a lot of strategizing and planning and testing and negotiating. I might need to make some changes so that it doesn’t remind me quite so powerfully of that period of time.
I probably would have thought my way through this without the spark of the book, but certainly, if your habits have (or have not) changed around the house and you’re trying to get some insight into why, _Home Therapy_, or at least the intake form on the web associated with the book, is an effective starting point that can help you identify specific, actionable changes and develop a plan to get from where you are to where you want to be. Really, what more can you ask from a decluttering-type book.
And then I got to thinking, _when_ did I stop using my office? Mostly, the iPad with keyboard I’ve had for a bit now is so good that going back to the laptop, even with the separated monitor and keyboard, isn’t really an improvement except in a couple specific ways. I’d actually _like_ to go back to the laptop for some things (notably, updating the website works my better on that, and I’d like to make some additions, deletions and changes to my online cookbook). I bought the iPad during the initial pandemic lockdown, so that was the likely starting point. It wasn’t just the iPad tho. I couldn’t hide in my office and also provide schooling support. I wound up spending a lot of time on the iPad roving around the house being available for different types of requests. For over a year. No wonder my habits changed!
Also! I changed my office a lot from being a place to do work while not being around the noise of the rest of the house to being an enjoyable den when it was so hard to go out and about and do things without a lot of strategizing and planning and testing and negotiating. I might need to make some changes so that it doesn’t remind me quite so powerfully of that period of time.
I probably would have thought my way through this without the spark of the book, but certainly, if your habits have (or have not) changed around the house and you’re trying to get some insight into why, _Home Therapy_, or at least the intake form on the web associated with the book, is an effective starting point that can help you identify specific, actionable changes and develop a plan to get from where you are to where you want to be. Really, what more can you ask from a decluttering-type book.