I started this blog on Monday, and today is Sunday. So with this post, I’ve been blogging for a week now.
I’m proud of the fact that my bed has been made everyday. I used to think that there was no point in making your bed, because you’re going to get back in and mess it up that night. I . . . was . . . wrong. It feels nice. We don’t lose the sheet at the bottom of the bed, and the room just looks better. Even though the perimeters are still cluttered, it looks so much better to have the big old bed looking nice.
I’m also proud of the fact that I have kept my sink clean every day this week. Even Saturday and Sunday. For me, that’s huge. I always start the week with a huge deficit because the kitchen is a disaster zone after the weekend. Since my minimal routine is always hanging by a thread anyway, the routine-free weekends send it out of control.
I’d like to add another thing to my routine for this week. When I started thinking about this, my mind began to spin with all the MANY things that I need to add. But, since I am determined to be in this for the long haul, I am going to add just one daily non-negotiable and hopefully others will also get done. I am going to sweep the kitchen floor every day. This makes a huge difference in the feel and look of the kitchen, but somehow it never crosses my mind until it’s so bad that it would be huge task and it wears me out to think about it.
So there we have it. I’ll keep you posted each day.
Hang in there! Keep working at it one day at a time. I just finished reading the book It's all too Much by Peter Walsh, the guy whose on Oprah sometimes. It has helped me clear things out!
Good Luck!
I just found you today. I LOVE this. I’m trying to start reading at the beginning so I’m not reading your current stuff yet. I’m super messy and have tried tried and am still trying to make it better. You give me more hope. I never thought to blog my progress. Hmmm… Great idea!
The only thing I’ve never had a problem with is making my bed. It feels so good to get into smooth sheets and blankets at the end of a tiring (or not so tiring) day. I may have trouble getting through the mess to get to my bed, but the bed’s always well made.
I was never a bed maker until I got married. My husband makes the bed every.single.morning! He usually gets out of bed after me, so he’s the one to make it. But on days that I take a nap, I make the bed afterwards. And it is nice to walk into the room and see a nicely made bed.
It is! Isn’t it?
I completely get the weekend thing. I feel like I “deserve” a day off chores, but it ends up being two days. Then on Monday everything comes crashing down. -Tabitha
P.S. How do you make “porcupines”? I’ve never heard of them–just beginning to cook the last couple of years–and I don’t even know if you’re supposed to put cooked rice or uncooked.
Here’s the recipe! https://www.aslobcomesclean.com/2011/09/my-mushroom-gravy-recipe-or-nony-exposes-her-kitchen-cop-out/
after i noticed “sweep the floor” on the surviving summer checklist, i thought it made so much sense that I moved my broom to a more accessible location so that I’d be more inclined to sweep. so far it’s only worked once, but that’s a start, right?
It’s totally a start!
What’s with making the bed in the morning? I’m a total slob and hoping to get inspiration by reading you and FlyLady. She’s all about making the bed first thing too.
Don’t you know how much you sweat during the night? Between one and two pints per person. You need to leave the bed to air.
Make life easy – buy fitted bottom sheets and duvets. Let the bed air for at least two hours then just fluff the duvet up and smooth over at your leisure.
Ok, I know I am a bit late to this blog, but that is likely because I get distracted too easily. Love the blog & I have preordered your new book! I can’t wait to get it. I ordered the ebook version as I am guilty of having far too many piles of books.
One of the biggest distractions I am guilty of is the internet & reading blogs, recipes or getting lost on Pinterest for hours. I have unsubscribed from a lot of blogs, like you I haven’t read many of them for months. I am just keeping the ones I know I read on a regular basis (that for me means weekly at least).
I know the anxiety that comes with being a slob/messy person, so I am really looking forward to following your journey. I have to add 1 thing to the top of my list (if I don’t I never get anything done) I CAN’T GO ON MY COMPUTER IN THE MORNING! My only exception to that rule needs to be checking for an important email that I am expecting. If I don’t follow that rule all my other good intentions end up on the back burner.
Great blog, now I need to go & put my clean dishes away, put a load of laundry in the washer, finish cleaning my kitchen……. I did make my bed already this morning, so that is one job done!
Hi,
I’m a super messy lady living in the UK & really have to become super unmessy so I can sell my house & move somewhere more affordable. Anyhow, I’m not sure how I found your blog, but the emails keep arriving & I’m reading & enjoying them! I love the blog because you don’t preach & speak as one the messy ones trying to mend her ways. In fact you’re not at all like that obsessive Japanese woman whose methods do not suit me at all! Keep up the good work (you’re doing great), I shall continue reading while doing my bestest to unslobbify! J x
I’ve been listening to your podcasts, and then I decided to start reading your blog. The more that I get to know you, the more I realize that you are a LOT like me. Thank you for your motivation and your wonderful ideas because they actually work for me. Thank you😊!!!
I just found your blog (thru Pinterest, I think). I feel like I usually start over again every day. Since things are still waiting to get done from yesterday…or last Thursday, I know I could use some help and motivation, and, there you are!!! I will thank you in advance because I haven’t started cleaning yet, but I am reading a lot of your blog-ideas and I am getting more hopeful that I too can unslobbify my little corner of the world.
Sweep kitchen floor everyday. Got it! That is a great idea. No fixed routine either, but with your ideas, I sense a change in that. Thanks again. You are so awesome!