Ok, I’m ready.
I just (literally) dug out the chart with my non-negotiable tasks on it. Now, I’m talking myself into getting up and making sure that I’ve really done all of these things before I start typing out my list. I’m great at thinking “Surely I did that.”
8 minutes later – I’m back.
Things I did before I started writing this post:
Made bed.
Emptied dishwasher.
Swept kitchen.
Cleaned up kitchen.
Did a (more than) 5 minute pickup.
Checked kids’ scary bathroom for clutter and wiped it down.
Last night I ran the dishwasher.
Things I didn’t want to do, but did because of this stupid motivating post:
Closed cabinet doors.
Checked other two bathrooms for clutter, found some.
Wiped down other bathrooms.
Hung up and put away clothes in the master bedroom.
Also today I:
Dusted and vacuumed
I’m glad for the chart. The house looks much better.
Don’t forget that today is the first Focus Check Friday! Hurry! I’m guessing that you may only have 72 hours if you want to be one of the first three linkers!
Hi, you mean I have to actually do the housework? 😉 I’m really good (or bad depending on the perspective) at thinking about stuff (also known as analysis paralysis), but the doing part, well…….
I am trying to take the approach that something worth doing is worth doing badly. If I take the worth doing well approach I get a bit stuck/frozen/overwhelmed/ sure I don’t know what I am doing. Thanks for letting me know that stuffing up isn’t the end of the world.
Hi! Just now finding your blog/podcast…love it! Your brain is the same as mine…
One thing I haven’t seen (gotten to yet) is where meal prep/cooking fits into daily tasks. Over the years I’ve realized I have tine management/lack of time awareness when it comes to cooking. I’d think: what should we eat for dinner…come up with a recipe (check!), then make sure we have ingredients (I had to actually make this a deliberate thought ha!)…yes (check!)…but then I’d get to dinner time and somehow expect everything to magically be ready to prepare. Like as if Blue Apron had been dropped into my kitchen. Ha! Then I’d realize there was a LOT of prep: chopping, marinading, boiling, etc and come to the conclusion I didn’t have time to get dinner on the table in time for whatever kid activity landed on that night. Then we’d be stuck trying to find something quick to eat. Or I’d call my DH in a panic asking him to pick up dinner on the way home (and feel like a failure of a housewife for not being better prepared). In a perfect world I’d have the week’s menu planned and prepped but this doesn’t work with my brain and personality. And it’s overwhelming to think this is just ONE daily task….!! I’d like to go back to work this year (part time) but want to get my routine down better so my house doesn’t fall apart if I do (it doesn’t take much!). Right now my thought is to meal plan Sunday, then check for ingredients, then at the very least figure out how much propel is involved and put more involved recipes onto nights when I’ll be home longer. The after school 3:30-5:30 hours are my crazy taxi mom times!! Work in progress for sure.