July 2025 Review
Hello.
I drifted away from note for a bit, and my July review remained a draft💦
Let's not get discouraged, but instead switch gears and do the review.
Things that went well
・Continuing decluttering. Replacing the table
We finally replaced our dining table, which had become too small since the twins were born and we became a family of five!
Since my husband had been using the original table since he was single, it was hard for me to make the decision, but I felt this round table was perfect in terms of both design and price, so I decided to take the plunge and replace it.
Lunch with colleagues
I received an unexpected lunch invitation from someone, and five of us, including myself, went out to eat.
They are in the same headquarters, but since it was basically our first time meeting, I was a bit nervous, but I gained a lot of good insights, and I'm grateful to A-san for inviting me✨🥲
Although there were some downsides, like having to temporarily move to a floor further away due to the main office renovation, I feel like I've finally started to grasp the big picture after four months on the job.
Now, I'll just come up with ways to boost my own motivation and check in on it periodically.
・Decluttering!! Making the house a comfortable space
I have been disposing of children's items, especially those that take up space, as needed, but when we decided to replace the table, I organized the unwanted items in the house.
A Nikon camera I bought nearly 15 years ago was bought for 3,000 yen by an on-site purchase service, and three baby gates were taken away for free...
I felt that talking with the on-site purchase staff was a good social learning experience in a positive sense.
We had a bottle of Hakushu whiskey in our house.
It looked like it could have been sold for 10,000 yen per bottle, but my husband put a stop to it, saying "Don't do that!!", so we gave up, but it was a good opportunity to re-evaluate our belongings.
Things I couldn't do, points for reflection.
・As usual, I am neglecting my writing work.
The reason for this is probably becauseI am barely doing any morning activities.
With last year's lifestyle rhythm, morning activities felt like I had found a new joy in life, and I was able to make it quite a habit, but as my life changed, my rhythm changed, and my wake-up time tended to gradually slip later and later.
Now that I've gotten a little used to work,I'll use morning activities to polish myself to the next level. Yes. I'll start tomorrow!
I decided.
・Shock!! I realized I missed a tax return for hometown tax donation (Furusato Nozei)..
I am careless sometimes, but the one thing I really messed up was failing to file my husband's Furusato Nozei tax return.
Even though I had already handled my own Furusato Nozei one-stop tax filing at the end of last year, for some reason, I hadn't done it for my husband...
Around this time, I was working frantically after receiving new orders as a writer.
In a sense, it might be unavoidable that my memories are hazy, but I feel pathetic!!
Fortunately, it seems I can still file an amended tax return now, but e-Tax is confusing no matter how you look at it, and since it's for my husband's portion, the fact that I can't complete it on my own is another troublesome aspect.
However, I will somehow persuade him? and get it finished within August.