Get a grip on yourself!

), Okay, the days in the house are beginning to suck big-time.  I have cleaned out drawers, watched endless amounts of television.  I have also tried to be constructive--I have taken my cell phone contact list, eliminated some people I haven't heard from in years, and put photographs on most of those remaining.  I know it is stupid but I want to remember them until dementia sets in!

Then I thought of an old slogan in my household in Charleston:  Get a grip.  I am going to do just that till winter passes me by.  I looked to the computer for information and they gave me ten ways to do that:  Pen it down (I do that already!  Focus on one thing. Budget some spare time.  Stop controlling everything. Don't overworry.  Take short breaks.  Cut out the non-essentials.  Buy time  (If someone else can do it, let them!)
Just say No.  Enjoy the weekend.

So how does that help me get a grip!  I need to write down what I want to accomplish today --even little bitty stuff like carrying out the trash and then marking it off.  So at the end of the day, I know that I have accomplished something.  I can't just sit at home all day and feel sorry for myself when my life has been good all along and will be when this enforced sitting at home is over!  Get a grip!