It’s a new week, and I’m very motivated to make some real progress. Last week was crazy, and pretty much nothing happened in my de–slobification process.
And . . . my garage sale is coming! I’ve set a definite date and I have to do it then or I’ll be getting into the hot weather of June. I went to a sale once in August, around 9 a.m., and the lady was telling the people who came that EVERYTHING was 10 cents. Seriously. She was hot, and she just wanted stuff gone. At 9:00!
So, as I was thinking about all I’d love to accomplish today, guess what slob-thought went through my head?
“I’ve got to work in the garage . . . the kitchen will just have to wait.”
Grrrr. The kitchen wasn’t even that bad. I cleaned it up last night after our dinner with the in-laws, and all it needed was the normal post-breakfast dishwasher-loading, counter-clearing/wiping, and sweeping. Thankfully, I called myself on the idiocy of that thought, and cleaned up the kitchen anyway. It took all of about 10 minutes.
If I had given in to what used to be my normal way of thinking, the rest of the day’s kitchen mess would have been piled on top, and I would have felt even more justified making the same conscious kitchen-neglect decision tomorrow. And on and on through the week, until the kitchen was unusable and I had to spend an entire morning working in it.
And who has an entire morning for that when they’re getting ready to have a garage sale?
Also, today I’m working on laundry . . . since, you know, it’s Monday. I didn’t get the head start last night like I’ve been doing in past weeks, which is a little frustrating, but I’m determined to get it done.
Maybe, just maybe . . . with my new mindset, having a garage sale won’t mean that my house is a total disaster when it’s over.
Heather says
Good for you! That willpower to just get it done now when you really want to go do something else… that is the key. Such a struggle sometimes! It’s too easy to put off the daily maintenance.