Getting things done

When I was a kid we used to stay at an Uncle’s holiday house every year after Christmas. After my mum had single handedly prepared Christmas lunch for up to 15 people she would then clean it all up and prepare to leave the very next day for two weeks holiday. It always made me angry that she would be stressed out trying to clean up the house before we left. It was a holiday after all – we should just walk out of the house and enjoy ourselves.

Now that I’m getting ready to leave for Europe in just three weeks time what am I doing to get ready? Getting through jobs that have been waiting to be done for the last 6 to 12 months of course. As an adult I now understand that coming back from a holiday always involves mixed emotions. Sometimes I’m relieved to be home – sometimes I’m not. But coming home to a house that is a shambles is never a good feeling. And whilst I have coped with walking past the painting that is hung 20cm too far to the right for the last 10 months, I couldn’t cope with the idea of walking in the front door in 5 months time and seeing that painting still there. So today I moved it. It took 5 minutes of course. Holidays are a great motivation for getting things done. Now to book that accommodation…