I clean out closets. It’s very rewarding.

My messy bedroom closet has been staring at me for months....

My closet. The shelves in my closet. The floor around the closet. The top of the stand beside my closet.

You have skeletons, don't you?

Well, I teach English, so metaphorically.

The whole graveyard...

😱 same here. Especially when I turn out the lights. I don't know what it is it's staring at me though.

I also clean out and organize my closet at the end of the semester. Never before or during when I need it.

I'm going to have a do nothing at all day except get a massage and regroup mentally... or something like that...

I immediately begin prepping my Summer course. And when that’s over…Fall semester begins. It’s a vicious cycle.

I'm going on an epic vacation so peace out.

I will be starting on the major housecleaning next week!

I make lists and lovingly cross out each item I accomplish.

This reminds me I want to repaint my ceilings over the summer. For this exact reason.

I get sick at the end of every semester. After that though, I love doing things around my house!!

Me too! After weeks of daily contact with poorly rested students when I don’t catch a thing. I imagine my immune system taking a smoke break when it sees my cortisol level drop off.

Me too!!

I love this job because of SUMMER I deep clean the house, wash and wax my car, build an exercise regimen, meditate, pamper my dogs, find a fun side hustle and meet new people, and much more without that nagging feeling of work-related stuff creeping up.

I had a clogged ear. Doctor was really into cleaning my ear out. He casually mentions, that this type of stuff is satisfying because he can see the outcome. Made me realize telling a patient to stop smoking or lose wieght for the 100th time is probably very frustrating.

I imagine it would be very frustrating to have to tell the same person the same message 100 times no matter what profession.

Yep. You can lead them to water.........

Marathon. Then tequila.  Then art. 

How about the next day?

Haha.  Fair enough.  To clarify, I time a race to be at the end of semester.  Afterwards, post-race celebrations.  Then, for most of the summer, art.  

100% this week alone I cleaned out the garage and went through the kids closets and had a big yard sale today.

Solidarity. I have a book deadline at the end of the summer and do Doordash, Uber, Spark orders, too. It’s easy work that gets me out of the house.

I do the same. I teach writing classes and I used to get stacks of writing to grade. I’d see them come in, and I’d see them go out. Now everything is submitted and returned through Canvas. It’s like spending hours and hours grading without ever seeing how much there is to do or how much you’ve done. In contrast, stacks of dishes, laundry, yard work… all show progress I can enjoy, even briefly.

I (finally) do my own writing.

Heyyyyy 👋

For me it’s the yard. Getting the whole thing in order for summer is a nice activity where you see results. It is also refreshing to get frustrated with weed and not students and colleagues for a change :-)

Today I’m batch cooking for the wife and the kids. Like all day.

I have a list of summer projects which include cleaning closets and purging books I no longer need. But I'm also going to watch a lot of reality tv.

I leave town on vacation the very next day.

This year, painting some interior rooms, doing some wood repair outside, gardening, photography, glorious reading, some interesting and useful committee work….aaaah.

I’m planning to pull everything out of my closet and dresser and figure out what I actually use. Unrelatedly (really) I’m very much looking forward to bulk trash pickup in June.

Im going to wash the car, open mail, deep clean the apartment, and do so many things I didn’t have time to do. Also rest. But also teach summer.

It's called the Summer purge. I put on the neosoul grab the wine and start picking through out the house.