You’d think I was going to write about two different people who are on opposite ends of the adaptability spectrum.
Nope.
Just one person.
Me.
I’m on both ends.
Lately, I’ve been whining about analyzing the effects of changes in my routine. My brain and body seem to physically resist the changes I’m forced to make.
And yet . . . in other areas, I adapt without even thinking about it. I go with the flow. Roll with the tide. Ride the waves. Or any number of other water-based-analogies.
Like in my laundry room pictured above. Last night, as I was starting on Laundry Day, I found myself getting annoyed because of all the bending and maneuvering that was required to get to the washing machine.
Y’know. Because of the chair that was in the way.
The chair that some battery-needing-child had placed there.
Adapting to this obstacle, though annoying, came very naturally to me. The realization that I could move that chair back to the dining room?
Not natural. At all.
Thankfully, my brain is changing and it did occur to me how ridiculous it was to leave it there, and I moved it.
(And then moved it back to the laundry room to take a picture, and back again to the dining room.)
The common thread in both of these extremes . . . is my home.
My Slob Vision doesn’t see the things that are out of order, even when those things make life difficult. To combat this vision issue, I’ve created routines that make me see the clutter/dirt/trash-on-the-floor. Changing those routines scares me to death because I know I can’t depend on my Slob Vision to remind me to do the tasks. I have to have the routines.
Confusing enough?
And after mulling over this post in my mind last night, it occurred to me this morning that the reason I was so annoyed that I “didn’t have ANY room to move around in my kitchen” . . . was that there were two ice-chests and another dining room chair in the middle of the floor.
Harrumph.
susie @newdaynewlesson says
LOL-love the way us bloggers realize we need certain pictures after we have moved things.
Virginia (Jenny) says
My camera, really nice one, is almost busted because I use it so much for my blog.
I find myself not noticing that something is in the way and I can just move it too.
Dawn says
This weekend my issue was my crowded upstairs hallway and the fact that my one son kept tripping over one particular thing repeatedly. After about three days of this I…ta-da! Moved the item he kept tripping on. Yep, and it only took me three days. Uff-da.
Shannon L says
Its amazing how our mind works. I'm totally OCD about certain stuff and other things don't bother me. For example: my hairbrush has to be on my bathroom counter but the laundry hamper(s) in the living room don't bother me. STRANGE!
celina boulanger says
this is TOTALLY ME!!! i'll trip and gripe about all the stuff all over the kitchen floor, cases of pop, the reusable grocery bags, the step ladder, etc…a variety ….do i move them..NOPE..just gripe and keep stepping over and tripping!!!!! sigh….arg…
celina in canada
Becky says
Wow. It's like you're reading my mind…again.
I've had the feeling-guilty-because-hubby-tripped-over-something-I've-left-out-for-days thing a lot too.
Tine says
Yes, you left it out, but couldn’t he have moved it just as well instead of tripping over it repeatedly?
Virginia (Jenny) says
A question about the 52 week organizing plan. I see it's still on week 16, organizing drawers. When she posted that last week, wasn't a new one gonna start today? How does it work?
Nony the Slob says
Virginia, you can post anything organizing related. Each week, she covers something different. It just so happened that last week I did a drawer and that was what she was talking about. If you wanted direction, you could probably do whatever she posted about one week for the next week's linkup.
Virginia (Jenny) says
Oh, thank you! 😀 Good, that means I have something already. Fixed a laundry MONSTER problem.
Peggi says
So nice to know that there are people like me in the world.
NovelTeaMommy says
I just found your blog…and LOVE IT. Thank you for being so honest and sharing!! I am a SLOB. I am trying to reform. I am so coming back for inspiration 😀 Perhaps I will even bring myself to blog about it, but probably not ; )
Linda says
Ha! I have a chair in my laundry room right now, too! I can't remeber how long it's been there but the pile of towels between it and the door make it too hard to move. Also, it is right in front of my front-loading washing machine which makes it difficult to get the pile of towels into the machine to clear a path to move the chair!
Dani says
I do this. All the time. I don’t even SEE the chair/cooker/etc. Or even worse, I’ll see something that I KNOW I am going to need later, note its position…. and leave it there. I did this the other night. I was getting into bed, and needed my sleep mask. I told Hubby that it was, “On the floor in the laundry room, next to the dryer.” He very nicely retrieved it for me, and then mentioned that he was mildly disturbed that I knew where it was with such accuracy, but hadn’t just picked it up when I saw it.
…
Clearly he is not familiar with the way my brain works.
liz says
Yup, this is also soooo me.
AnnB says
This just gave me an idea. Take photos of what the room is supposed to look like once accomplished, and keep the photo framed somewhere in the room to remind others/yourself when things get out of place/parked there. You know…for now.
Lori Green says
I thought it was just me. If my routines are out of whack, I’m really upset and I couldn’t figure out exactly why but it’s because I don’t want to go back the way I used to be and I would without the routines. Not moving the chair is me as well, until I finally did move it. At one point, I would have just walked around it and it also would have collected a pile. Nobody else in my family would have moved it either. It’s all up to me and that’s terrifying as well.
Roseanna says
I wasn’t even aware that I would maneuver around things…. Once you mentioned it, I began catching myself doing the same things! Thank you for sharing yet another helpful tip to help me overcome my own slob vision!
Maren says
OMG! This is just like my house, chair and cooler as well. I had a cooler in the walkway of my kitchen for months because I didn’t want to bring it to the basement where it belongs. It has since been replaced with my husband’s tackle box, but that’s another story.
Barbara says
This is me, too. I had a piece of plastic wrapper from something or other on the floor in my kitchen for about three days, and just ignored it or kicked it to the side whenever I passed it. Day three or four I stepped dead on it and slipped and ended up stumbling all the way into the bathroom and falling into my shower stall. Spent over three months getting the wound professionally cared for to heal. Did I learn from this painful, costly error? Apparently not; I still kick stuff (temporarily) out of my way rather than pick it up and throw it out.
Marissa says
This is kind of like when I’m vacuuming and there’s something on the floor but I just kick it to the side and then have to kick it again later to vacuum that side. 🤣. Instead of just picking it up the first time around. 🤣
But also, I’m lazy and would totally sit down on that chair while taking out /put in. the laundry. And think to myself “why have I been doing this standing up my whole adult life?” 🤣
Susan McVicker says
Ugh! Our brains!!!!!!!
Rachael says
Oh my goodness, this is so me. Please never stop bringing us back to the existing posts—they keep reminding me I’m not the only one!