Yesterday afternoon I had the urge to read Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice*, an urge I couldn’t resist, no matter how tired/down/blah I was feeling. Of course this meant I had to go and search through some of my boxes in the shed since I didn’t have the book on hand. Fortunately the boxes are not difficult to find and me being the compulsive organiser have everything well labelled for occasions such as this. P&P was found without much fuss, along with a few other things.

I ended up going through a couple of boxes that had some of my ornaments, framed photos and things like that. I haven’t seen a lot of this stuff in over a year so I was really pleased to dig it out, so much so I picked out a few things to add to my room. I am very strapped for space so I can’t keep many ornaments or anything out since there is no shelving, but I think I have used what space I do have to show off some of my favourite things.

After I gathered what I’d found I began cleaning, tidying and slightly rearranging my room. I felt so good for having done it, and my anxiety levels went down as a result. Christine commented on my post yesterday about lack of enthusiasm saying that tackling the tiniest tasks first is a good way to breed motivation. She is right, of course, and I knew that before but even the tiniest things seemed ginormous. However, after doing more to my room I feel that I have made some progress and now want to get some other things done. I guess it was the little spark I needed, coupled with Christine’s reinforcement (thanks, Christine!)

*I’m really having a Jane phase at the moment. P&P is the only novel of hers that I own, but I have three film adaptations of her work on DVD and they all happen to be some of my favourite movies. I’ve been watching them all a lot, lately.