Transitions - Learning To Adapt

I am struggling to feel more grateful about what's being done in this house. I am currently in the process of selling off my home, and am living in a rented property right now. It's the first time I am doing this with my kids in tow.

The landlord here is aggressive about enhancing this property for the benefit (1) of raising the value of his place; (2) for the renter's better living condition.

But honestly speaking, I am a very private kind of person. I appreciate my privacy and peace of mind. I don't need many needs in life, a simple woman with simple needs. And the landlord insisting on 'improving the property' with renovations and makeovers is driving me insane.

There's dust everywhere, renovators are basically in my face all the time, and the landlord insists on invading my privacy. In fact, I feel that there's a security breach of some kind.

But if I were to look at it from another point of view, I should be grateful that I somehow get to enjoy the new additions. Yes, I am cranky and fazed.

There are ways to look the other way, breathe and simply appreciate the bigger picture I suppose.

1. To take this with a lighter heart. To not make this a personal thing. To sit there and have a chat with my inner fears and emotions.
2. Think more positively. That I do not have to spend money on making these renovations and although, at the end of the day, it isn't my home, I get to enjoy the benefits without forking out a cent. 
3. Adapt to other people's needs. Having lived in my own home for more than a decade, I'm more accustomed to living life the way I want to live. Nobody is standing in the way except for a few people who are inevitably a part of my life. But I don't live alone on this planet, no matter where it is that I call home. 
4. Forcing myself to focus on one task at a time. With so much cleaning to do, I am forced to focus on one thing at a time. I was facing a very swamped week, so, I was overwhelmed. Emotions were running high and I felt, at times, like shouting at the top of my lungs, for these people to get out of my face, my home and my life. But when I tune into one task at a time, I find myself calmer. 
5. Stop comparing my previous life with my now-life. I found myself complaining a lot about this new place when I compare it with the life I used to live when the house was my own. In a lot of ways, I've come to terms with the fact that things have changed. They're different and I either sink or swim. I choose to swim and swimming means stopping negative thoughts, criticism and comparisons to the past. 

I need to raise the bar when it comes to tolerating the shenanigans of others. There are bad people, good people and then the middle-ground people. 

These middle-ground people are the ones that I often struggle with and I guess, learning how to cope with them and their invasions is a part of the learning process. A part of the journey.