Wednesday and Decluttering

I did not have a good sleep last night. I don't know if it was because of the weather or because I just couldn't sleep. I kept on twisting and turning, hoping to get a good position that would take me to dreamland, but was not so successful. And when I finally did, I was suddenly gasping for breath. I woke up panting and running out of air. I panicked for a while and was about to wake up my husband, but opted to just calm myself. I went out for a glass of water and stayed in the kitchen for some time until I was okay. I went back to bed and woke up at 6 in the morning.

I think I only had a couple of hours of sleep, but that did not stop me from doing my laundry. I had it soaked yesterday for me to easily hand wash it. I did it easily peasy, like it did not take me an hour to finish all of the whites. I told my husband to send the colored ones to the laundry shop nearby. 

I had a quick nap after lunch and quickly grabbed my phone to check my notifications and read accounts. After making a post and reading a couple of articles, I went on with what I really wanted to do today: decluttering.

decluttering

1. remove unnecessary items from (an untidy or overcrowded place).

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I have been meaning to declutter everything in my cabinet as well as my daughter's. My last was before the pandemic struck, and that was 2 years ago. Deym! I have this habit of keeping things like worn-out clothes, especially if they have sentimental value to me. I just could not throw them out. So now, it is time for me to tidy things up before it looks like, "Ukay ukay," hahaha! especially my daughter's things. Gosh, she's one hell of a burara. She has so many clothes. She loves buying clothes. But she had no idea how to organize her belongings. Before, I kept her things organized in her cabinet but got so tired of doing it because once she got her things, it was total chaos again. And one more thing: she has plenty of clothes, but she wears the same clothes over and over again, even telling me that she has nothing to wear anymore. *facepalm*

After an hour of decluttering, I found my Samsung phone. My Tito gave this to me as a pasalubong when he was still working abroad. How did it end up like this?

Well, my husband went out with his friends and got into a fight. He brought my phone with him because his was broken. This was my first smartphone and I was so happy when my Tito gave it to me, so I just could not throw it out.

While these were given to me by my friend Daphne, phone cases. We had the same phone, which is the Oppo F5. We all bought it on the same day: me, Madel, and Daphne. But Daphne's was broken and she had no use for it, so she sent it to me through LBC together with other souvenir items that she got from her last Singapore tour.

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I am not done with my decluttering. I had to suddenly stop because I was surprised when my daughter cried. She was in front of her laptop when I heard her crying, and I asked her why. Then she showed me her grades, and she got 2 in her major subject. She told me then that the professor on that subject was not lecturing them but just giving the activities without teaching them. I told her that it was okay, it was just a grade. She then told me that she was disappointed in herself, that she thought she had done her best but still got 2 for the grade. I hugged her and gave her a tap on her shoulder. I was out of words, kasi naiiyak na din ako.

I feel sad for my daughter. I can feel her disappointment. Ever since, kasi, she really wanted to have good grades, and that's what made her belong at the top of the class. And now, having a grade of 2 really saddened her. I told her, "Okay lang, yan, importante pasado. And di galit si Mama kaya don't worry."

She then stopped crying and went back to her activities. Last week, she told me that she wanterd to go back to her previous university in the next school year. She said that she hardly had enough learnings because most of her teachers now, is always absent and would just send them school activities to answer. I told her if our situation gets better, I would transfer her to her old school. It is a private university so the tuition fee is a bit pricey. Well, let's just cross the bridge when we get there.

The decluttering will continue tomorrow....

Date Published: March 16, 2022

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