Growly cat, I think you hit the nail on the head re: small scratches. I've been making my own litter boxes out of the large plastic tubs because one of the cats likes to perch on the edge and go on the floor - the tubs have large sides so she can't do this, but I think they don't last as long as a normal box. I will have to look into the carbon litter.

Blue-eyed Mama, 90 minutes a day is a lot, so I can really see why you would be unmotivated to start. Would it be possible to take a baby step of just 15 minutes in the morning and 15 at night? I am having a hard enough time just with that, personally.

Lavendersage, I also do the buy supplies/don't finish projects thing. I've gotten much, much, much better about it, but I still find it difficult to let go of some of the unfinished projects - and I have so many seasonal projects but not really enough space (or time) to do all of them.

I'm on here this morning looking for motivation to do something. Pile of clean laundry on the couch to put away. Dishes to do. Food to preserve. Garden to harvest. It's really overwhelming at the moment. I stupidly made plans with multiple people, one meet up after another, when what I really need is a day at home to catch up.