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December 22, 2009 By Dana White | 2 Comments

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I was so frustrated this morning, but I’m feeling much better now. Nothing psychological, I just cleaned the house. It’s amazing how that works.

I think I’ve said this a thousand and a half times, but I’m amazed at how much easier cleaning is now that I’ve done a lot of decluttering. I sent the kids to work on their rooms and they were actually able to do it mostly on their own, since there’s now designated places for things. I do say mostly, because of that somehow invisible pair of dirty undies that I had to point out six different times.

After they cleaned their rooms, I “let” them do some paid jobs, like cleaning bathrooms and sweeping the front porch, back patio, etc. Well worth the 5.50 I spent.

Again, in the past I wouldn’t have trusted them to clean the bathroom, since it went so long between cleanings that it was a HUGE job. But, even though I haven’t done the daily wipe-down in over a week, it hasn’t been that long since it was thoroughly cleaned, so they could handle it.

Since my dream is to not only re-train myself, but to train my children correctly in housekeeping, this was encouraging. It’s impossible to teach them the basics of wiping down and picking up when I let it get to the point where you need a hazmat suit.

I’m doing a lot of thinking about my personal goal/theme for 2010, so stay tuned next week as I’ll share my plan.

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  1. celina from canada says

    December 30, 2009 at 9:00 pm

    umm hello…is your name celina, are you me???

    i am on the same path as you are…can't wait to read all the old posts…

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  2. Strugglestoo says

    September 19, 2012 at 2:26 pm

    I’m SOOOO glad to see you getting your kids involved in keeping their share done, too – it is just not possible for one woman to pick up after 5 people!! YAY. — yes, I’m super late to the party but I’ve been biting my tongue to see when you finally got the kids doing their fare share – and I agree, they can’t do it without some organization so see how well all your hard work paid off!! Good job and congratulations.

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