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Distractible Me – Daily Checklist and Laundry Day

August 30, 2010 By Dana White | 3 Comments

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I’ve made some progress today.  It has been one of those days when things click along mostly like they are supposed to, and I have time to do some real deslobbifying.

Last night, even though I was tired after our kids’ musical at church, I made lunches, put out clothes, started the dishwasher, gathered and sorted laundry, and started the first load.

This morning I made the bed, emptied the dishwasher, changed over a load of clothes, and even had my Bible Study time . . . before the kids got up!  Generally, my routine is to have my study time after I drop off the boys at school, but somehow I had some time before they got up, and since I was planning to head to the store straight from the school, it made sense to go ahead.

Then . . . while the kids ate breakfast, I swept.

Weird, I know.

And it is now not even 1:30, and my last load of laundry FOR THE WEEK is in the washing machine.

Bizarre, I know.

But I’m still me, the distractible slob. There have been two different periods today, one lengthy and one short, when I have become distracted and completely forgotten about the laundry.  Usually it is due to removing a load, taking it to the folding spot, and then seeing something . . . or remembering something . . . or just generally thinking about something other than laundry.

Anything will do.

This is why the Laundry Day works better for me than trying to do one load a day.  I’m distractible, no matter what.  But knowing that Monday = Laundry helps me stay on track.

When I did one load a day, I was equally, if not more distractible, and there was nothing to bring me back to focus.  The day went on and it never occurred to me that I hadn’t changed over the load until the next day when it was time to put in another load.

*FYI, Laundry Day probably won’t work for you if you’re on a septic system, as it may overload your system. Sorry!

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Please note that “Distractible” is not a word, according to Blogger’s spellcheck.  But since Blogger does not consider “blogger’s” to be a word, I don’t really care what he/she/it thinks.  Like any modern-day spelling enthusiast, I went into a Word document and typed “distractible” and no red squiggly line appeared underneath.  That is good enough for me.

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Filed Under: daily checklist, laundry, My Survival Techniques | 3 Comments

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  1. Elissa says

    August 30, 2010 at 7:08 pm

    When we watched UP my husband likened me to the dog who yells Squirrel! in the middle of the conversation. I pretend it's just part of my charm but would love to be able to stay on track!

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  2. Nony the Slob says

    August 30, 2010 at 7:30 pm

    Haha Elissa! I loved that movie, and I'm hoping my hubby won't read your comment, because I'm sure he'd day the same thing about me!

    And I totally agree that it is part of our charm!

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  3. kay says

    February 24, 2015 at 8:04 am

    Well, I’ve just had a look online as I see myself as distractable. Apparently it is an alternative. Oh, the joys of English. I read a red book. The invalid’s form was invalid. I consider myself ADOS, attention deficit oh shiny!
    http://pauillac.inria.fr/~xleroy/stuff/english-pronunciation.html

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