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A+ for Stardew Valley graphic. Also your comment on alcohol made me laugh because you are right. Nothing good happens after 3 drinks and it's something I need to remind myself of. RE: your goals list - awesome list by the way. What board games do you have?

I am very much out of sight out of mind which minimalism helps so much with! And as I eventually want to have a tiny home (speaking of, I saw you're considering van life which I see a lot when seeking out my tiny home inspo!) it's a good idea to start living that lifestyle now to ease my way into it. The shoulds... I have so many shoulds. One of my semi-old interests that I'm trying to get back into now was the Society for Creative Anachronism (think pre 16th century LARP/renfaire). I have SO MANY things left over from all the different areas of that hobby and yes, some of them I would like to get back into and some I am just holding on to because I feel like I should hold onto them. I will definitely consider your words when I clean out that area. Woo, a fellow fan! Hihi

Firstly I would just like to let everyone know about an amazing website for habit trackers and other planner things that my sister just informed me about - https://www.101planners.com/ They have free bullet journal printables that you can customise and it's all free. Go forth and spread the world for non-artsy folk like me that like pretty journal layouts but can't manage it themselves! Well, now you've given me more future worries I'm a pescatarian (and insectarian) that also tries to avoid meat replacement, mostly because I'm not sure on the manufacturing and ingredient process of some of them and I haven't had time to read up on it. And I haven't read how much of a difference there is with climate impact between faux and real meat (as compared to vegetarian diet vs meat diet). I'm also apparently a little bit weird in that my diet choice is based off "if I personally wouldn't be able to slaughter that kind of animal, I shouldn't consume its meat". And thus it came down to fish and insects. I'm happy to see more non-live animal slaughter meat products on the market so long as they're manufactured ethically and sustainably though but you raise some interesting concerns. I imagine there will be some difference in how everything is produced between companies but as there's nutrition labels people would be able to make individual choices.

I have taken all my before photos but I think this will be part of my overall challenge and not just cleaning up for Zero Week. I would post them all here but then I found this Minimalist Mindset Strategy Guide https://nosidebar.com/downloads/Minimalist-Mindset-Strategy-Guide.pdf and I want to go through each space and follow the guide and then I'll post the results to that

Thanks! I have The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon out from the library so I'm going to try and get through it so long as it proves interesting. It's only 800+ pages... it'll be fine, right? At some point every year I reread all my Tamora Pierce books. The four I read over two days on a whim were her Protector of the Small series. And now I really want to reread one of her other series... but... new book.

We shall be the light in your dark days.

Sorry, not sorry. My plans for this challenge are much the same as last but I'm changing them to intentions. I find that my brain doesn't seem to enjoy it when I say how much of something I want to do, so I am keen to find out that if I change the wording, will I end up doing more than I previously did? ZERO WEEK PLANS My environment looks like shit run now. Commence Operation Clean. Maybe take before and afters? CHALLENGE PLANS My intentions are: Walking. Do it. Minimise my caffeine intake I bought some caffeine free herbal teas and rooibos in preparation for this. Read Came to the realisation I don't read anywhere near the amounts I used to. Then last week I consumed four books in two days (ones I'd read before). In this challenge I need to read new to me books. Good luck peeps!

I've been around, just no posting from me. It's just been... hard. I come home and sit at my computer and don't feel I have the capacity to do anything right now. Every time I sit down to write words fail me. Sometimes I wonder if it's because I use the computer (or the phone, or the television) too much. I'm nowhere as creative as I used to be. The forum update is kinda pretty. Though, I still wish there was a 'like' option that was like the Facebook care one so I'm not liking people's posts of anguish It's the weekend now and it's the first weekend where I have no set plans and I think I'm gonna spend this clearing out my life, giving myself permission to let go of things and setting myself up for the life I want to live.

I think mine was the frustration of trying to find comfortable walking shoes now that I have orthotics and it just made my brain check out. So, I haven't been walking much but still mostly good on some other goals. I think this has prompted me to sort my shoe issue this evening - go through the three joggers I have to see if any work and if none do, go shopping during late night shopping tonight. Thanks!

If I could vote for you, I would!

I've hit a bit of a plateau week but I'm talking myself through it. Thinking of dropping my skating and biking goals and focusing on the stuff that's more important to me.

I'm not American (Australian) but I bought myself 1 rum and coke and had a comfort dinner and called it a day.

Wait, how has it been so long since I posted?! I will not lie to you Nerds, yesterday was a shit day for me. Possibly the weather? Either way I self sabotaged a lot but today I was right back to goodness! I commented on my Discord that I'm having more high moments than I used to but also more frequent but less intense downs. Not sure if it's just the effect from feeling more highs though. Last Week: Week One 25/10 - 31/10 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Stick to the meal plan for my major meals. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Take a 30 minute walk three days a week. Yes Yes Yes Once a week, ride my bike. Yes Go roller-skating twice Yes Every morning make up my bed. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Spend five minutes a day writing fiction. Yes Yes Yes Yes (kinda) Yes Yes Yes And so far this week: Sunday Monday Stick to the meal plan for my major meals. Yes Take a 30 minute walk three days a week. Yes Once a week, ride my bike. Go roller-skating twice Every morning make up my bed. Yes Spend five minutes a day writing fiction. Yes I haven't made as much of an attempt at starting NaNoWriMo as I would like. Apart from the five minutes each day I may have to keep it to a mostly weekend thing.

There would be a new Godzilla TikTok craze, that’s for sure.

Prodding Perth members to please return to the fold.

That's what my mom says about me, and I'm her third!

It sounds like you already have pet mice then?

A small gift of $1 million please. I'm a bit of a minimalist so I'd probably prefer consumables, especially if it's something I'm not likely to buy for myself. Maybe a good/decent pen? Small consumables or tools for personal hobbies would also be handy.

Bad mental health evening (and my morning was so good!) Tried to get myself psyched up for a walk but some. thing. was. wrong. and my brain went into unhappy mode. I did manage to stick to my meal plan and put my bed up this morning so I achieved those goals, and it's not quite fiction but I'm counting it so here's my sad rambles. 5 Minutes with my depression A rambling by Purelee. It comes on slowly. A quiet breeze drifting the brain fog in and out until my mind is covered with it. All the plans I had before me evaporate. I can’t. I cannot do them now. My brain struggles to make the connection between wanting to do something and physically doing it. Like a Sim that has an immoveable object in the direction I want to go. My brain sounds an error and removes the plan. So often I sit there. Just sit. And watch. And not do anything. I can’t. I grow monosyllabic. I curl inwards and seek the comfort of my bed and something to watch. To distract. No amount of pleading with my brain makes the fog go away. Only when it wishes to. Seemingly random, on a whim, it will roll out and be gone to come back some other day.

A barbecue truck sounds amaaaazing.

One of the things I forgot to mention is that before this challenge started... 2-3 weeks ago I chopped 21 inches off my hair. I went from being able to sit on my hair to it just grazing the top of my shoulders. IT IS GLORIOUS. Trying (and failing) to maintain my long hair was weighing so much on my mental health that I didn't even realise until after it was gone. And my short hair is all curly and cute! And I'd love it as my profile picture here instead of super old medieval me photo but hey, 50kb ONLY So I guess I'll just continue to be medieval. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Stick to the meal plan for my major meals. Yes Yes Yes Take a 30 minute walk three days a week. Yes Yes Once a week, ride my bike. Yes Go roller-skating twice Every morning make up my bed. Yes Yes Yes Spend five minutes a day writing fiction. Yes Yes Yes Today I stuck to my foods - showed my ratatouille off to everyone at work, because it's a miracle I'm actually cooking. It was delicious and garlicky and I loved it. I also shocked myself by getting out of bed at 5:30am to go for a 30 minute walk. I've come to the realisation that I'm gonna need to work hard to manage those 42 kilometres. But I shall do it! I also wrote more bad fiction. It sucks. But the more I write, the better I'll get! ... I hope...

Oh wow, those views are gorgeous!