Monday, March 9th 2026
2026 Goals Week 10 of 53
Lenten Focus Day #19
This website’s new build, establishing my own online shop, and every other business’esque task have taken a backseat to this Lenten Focus – the progress is creating peace.
Following that quiet voice just feels right. Whooosaaa…….
Lenten Focus :
Forty-Three Days of Dead Weight Excavation
43 straight days of 90-minute sessions.
Daily discipline dissolves overwhelm!
Tuesday, Day #13:
Woke up to an Etsy sale. Nice!
I had become a bit disheartened with Etsy and mostly ignored the platform this last year. But I had listed some vintage Mikasa dishes from the storage unit as replacement pieces.
Boom. All the coffee cups and saucers sold.
Unfortunately, I miscalculated the shipping. My mistake. I didn’t want anything breaking, so I used a double-thick corrugated box, a mountain of brown paper, and enough bubble wrap to protect fresh eggs.
Oh well. First dishes I’ve sold. Live and learn. I’ll calculate the shipping better on the remaining pieces.
Still, I’m really liking this Lent Focus. It’s moving items out of the storage unit and reviving my love of the resale “game.”
Wednesday, Day #14:
I did it. The desk.
Yes… that Craigslist desk. And yes, it was exactly as bad as I thought it would be.
Particle board is not designed for resurrection.. it’s one and done.
Seriously, fake press-board is not meant to be screwed together, unscrewed, and then tossed into a pile and eventually re-screwed together. Bought new, it probably would have taken me twenty minutes to put together.
But because of their annoying blip, it took two hours and required wood glue, and toothpicks in stripped holes of the press-board. It also required patience, and a steady reminder that this is Lent and cuss words are technically discouraged.
But… it finally resembles a desk.
Though, I doubt it will survive moving to a new location.
Someday the annoyance will fade and this will become a funny story.
Someday.
Thursday, Day #15:
I realized the reseller storage unit no longer feels like a burden –whoa, huge.
It’s not about perfection. It’s about progress.
Friday, Day #16:
The hanging photo contraption thingy is live!
Behold! the Storage Unit Photo Stage.
One gray flannel blanket, one broomstick contraption, and suddenly everything is ready for its close-up.
I’ll make a video later, but in the meantime… here’s the recipe:
Take one cheap broom handle, ends removed .. braided rope running through the hollow broom handle .. duct taped ends of the broom .. carabiners tied to the ends of the rope .. a gray flannel blanket clipped at the sides .. an over-the-door clothing hook…..
Saturday, Day #17:
A bigger unit may be on my horizon.
While working in the storage unit today, the manager came by doing her building check. We started small talking and since I have two 10’x7’s, she pointed a 10’×15′ unit which happens to have a cloudy window allowing in natural light. Saaa’weet!
Same floor, same style door handles I use for my new broomstick contraption, but enough room to add something I’ve been wanting: a real packing and shipping station inside the unit.
We set a time to talk on Monday and look at the numbers. If the numbers work, I’m grabbing it. Then! I’ll run to Home Depot for shelves and move everything from the two units into the one in one or three focused days.
Two small units becoming one organized workspace… an unexpected twist in this Lenten Focus, nice.
Sooo, Monday’s post might, probably be announcing an upgrade – whoot, whoot!
Sunday, Day #18:
The Unsung Hero…
Yesterday I pulled a jump rope from a box and noticed a single drop of water.
I wasn’t sure where it came from. Maybe my hand. Maybe a stray coffee drip. But… I doubted it.
I looked up.
A sprinkler head sat directly above the spot where the drop had landed.
So I did what any sensible storage archaeologist surrounded by cardboard boxes would do…
I placed a bucket under the area and went back to work.
The funny part is that I had completely forgotten I even owned the bucket until two days earlier. I found it while digging through the unit and decided it could serve as my trash can.
Today I walked into the unit and a few minutes later I heard it.
Plink.
A drop hitting the bucket’s liner bag.
Mystery solved.
Given the winter we just had, I’m not surprised. One weekend the building’s heating system failed and it was 21°F inside the building. I called the emergency number, but by the time the message reached the manager the fire system had frozen and flooded several units and the elevator.
So I’m guessing the sprinkler system is still a little stressed.
The leak isn’t serious. One drop every now and then.
But I’m glad the bucket is standing guard beneath the sprinkler head.
Tomorrow I should be securing a larger unit anyway. Instead of buying new shelves right away, I’ll simply move the items away from the sprinkler area.
In the meantime, the bucket keeps watch.
Every operation needs a hero.
This week… it’s a bucket.
Today . Monday, Day #19:
Today was a steady work day… quiet progress moving things forward.
Stopped by the storage unit office to meet with the manager about the larger units, but we must have just missed each other. No problem. I left a note and we’ll connect soon.
Meanwhile, the legendary bucket continues to faithfully catch the tiny drip, drip, drips.
Some days are breakthroughs, not this morning .. it was just simply showing up and doing the work.
It was a good day to have a mellow day.
24 more days of this Lenten Focus.
Enjoy a lovely week, my pretties.
And remember…
…daily discipline dissolves overwhelm.
– Kimberly
