Streamline your life

I'm getting older.

And I'm not my children's primary

caregiver or parent.

Should I fall sick long term,

I still want to remain independent

in many ways.

I don't want my kids to feel burdened.

I know they are reluctant to care for me

because I'm an absent parent mostly.

I can call for a housekeeper that charge

by the hour to clean my house.

That's probably going to be once weekly.

But necessary daily chores like

cooking and laundry needs to

be simple and easier.

I can depend on the machine

for laundry.

And I can always use the slow cooker.

The only worry I have is not being

able to clean myself on my own,

or go having to depend on others

because of immobility.

And living on assistance of others

financially and physically is not

something I can accept easily.

So I am now very picky.

I only wear specific type of clothes.

It has to be feminine yet evergreen in design, fits my body type,

easy to clean, quick to dry and 

comfy in the hot weather climate 

or rainy season.

My clothes should not need ironing

and should last me a long time.

I'm picky with food too.

I love my Malay gravy with rice.

But I only have a few specific

gravy that I rotate every few days.

It's mainly because of my stomachache

but also because the gravy I cook is 

from an instant gravy paste.

In doing this, I know exactly how much

I'm spending per month.

And if I choose to eat out, my

groceries won't be spoiled and 

go to waste. Besides, it's also 

considered meal planning to me.

Meal planning saves time, effort and

mentally easy.

To keep my weight in check,

incase I need to be carried around

because of immobility,

I take long walks or play badminton.

I hate the gym.

Recently, I go through my whole flat.

Everything that doesn't fit into

my current life, I got rid of.

I don't want to be dead and leave

behind junk for others to clean up.

I've watched people passed on and

left behind mountains of things.

I'm still not done with this task yet

but I'm getting there.

I also bought A4 coloured paper.

I paste all my printed photos on them.

Then I sent them to the shop to be laminated. I fancy photo books but

I prefer old school collages.

I had to laminate them for a reason.

Sometimes when I have my relapse,

I have the tendacy to destroy photos.

Some photos are old and I can never 

get back the memory.

I put the laminated photos in a

clear pocketed folder.

I am choosy about what memories

or photos that I hold on to.

Right now the folder is not even full.

I love books but I decided that

I'll only keep books that are my 

regular reference books.

These are my Islamic guide books.

I have less than ten books.

I got rid of many books already.

If I can emotionally detach myself

from things I owned or not be paralyzed

by the sheer amount I have,

I'll probably be done right now.

I overthink too much maybe?

Once I'm done, it should look like

I had just moved in.

It should look clean and tidy.

I intend to keep it that way till

I fall gracefully in forever sleep, I hope.

This is why I call myself the 

unintentionally minimalist.

Had I cross pass minimalism many

years ago and implement it in my life,

I would have saved tons of cash and not

be highly miserable.

Well, getting old have gotten me

a new set of goals apparently.

~When you set right your intentions,

your intentions will make you do right.~

@chirpbirdee

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