Moving...
Finalized everything today... now I just have to move to Boston at the end of the year.
So now I have something new to obsess over. I obsess. A lot. I like obsessing over stuff. It's kind of fun. My obsessing has lots of stages.
Stage 1: Beginning of obsessing. This typically includes getting lots of information "just in case." Trying to get basic information and a general idea about the lay of the land. In the case of moving this includes but is not limited to getting initial moving quotes, researching different areas that I could live in, finding out what the drive to work/airport would be, and writing out extensive "to do lists" that I have no intention of fully following. Finally doing some "spring cleaning," again, "just in case."
Stage 2: Semi-Hard core obsessing. (Current stage.) Includes freaking out and thinking "I'll never find anywhere to live," "I won't be able to afford any of this," and "I'll hate my roommates."
Stage 3: Hard core obsessing. Includes extensive research about all my options. Actual action begins to take place. Includes but is not limited to emailing a million people about apartments, trying to find a nice place to live, planning trips to see apartments, running the numbers, acting on some of the extensive "to do lists," includes extensive "spring cleaning" getting rid of anything that will not be immediately useful, extensive time spend organizing everything that I own, beginning of packing up stuff that I don't use on a regular basis, and lots of charitable donations.
Stage 4: Action phase. Otherwise known as "I've spent way too much time and effort on this already and I don't care how much it costs anymore - I just want to be done with all this crap and move on with life." Includes making decisions un-researched, leaving things up to chance, and refusal to do anymore work/research. More interested in results than plans.
I'm sure that I will get everything done... it's just a matter of how much time I'm going to spend on it. If I had less time I would still get the same job done. But because I have more time it means that I'm going to spend that time obsessing over everything.
This is not necessarily a good thing.
I guess I have a long month ahead with organizing myself and throwing out all the stuff that I moved last time and haven't even touched since.... *sigh*
So now I have something new to obsess over. I obsess. A lot. I like obsessing over stuff. It's kind of fun. My obsessing has lots of stages.
Stage 1: Beginning of obsessing. This typically includes getting lots of information "just in case." Trying to get basic information and a general idea about the lay of the land. In the case of moving this includes but is not limited to getting initial moving quotes, researching different areas that I could live in, finding out what the drive to work/airport would be, and writing out extensive "to do lists" that I have no intention of fully following. Finally doing some "spring cleaning," again, "just in case."
Stage 2: Semi-Hard core obsessing. (Current stage.) Includes freaking out and thinking "I'll never find anywhere to live," "I won't be able to afford any of this," and "I'll hate my roommates."
Stage 3: Hard core obsessing. Includes extensive research about all my options. Actual action begins to take place. Includes but is not limited to emailing a million people about apartments, trying to find a nice place to live, planning trips to see apartments, running the numbers, acting on some of the extensive "to do lists," includes extensive "spring cleaning" getting rid of anything that will not be immediately useful, extensive time spend organizing everything that I own, beginning of packing up stuff that I don't use on a regular basis, and lots of charitable donations.
Stage 4: Action phase. Otherwise known as "I've spent way too much time and effort on this already and I don't care how much it costs anymore - I just want to be done with all this crap and move on with life." Includes making decisions un-researched, leaving things up to chance, and refusal to do anymore work/research. More interested in results than plans.
I'm sure that I will get everything done... it's just a matter of how much time I'm going to spend on it. If I had less time I would still get the same job done. But because I have more time it means that I'm going to spend that time obsessing over everything.
This is not necessarily a good thing.
I guess I have a long month ahead with organizing myself and throwing out all the stuff that I moved last time and haven't even touched since.... *sigh*
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