It was supposed to be an all-morning-long project.
But then shopping took two-and-a-half hours and bathrooms needed scrubbing.
I set the timer for an hour.
But then something-or-other distracted me, and suddenly the timer only had thirty minutes left.
I walked into the boys’ room, determined to make however small-or-large a dent I could in those thirty minutes.
But then I realized that I had to (because I’m a slob-blogger and all) take a before picture.
I spent twelve minutes looking for my camera.
And then there were eighteen minutes left before I had to start supper.
I decided to just clear that corner. Most of the pile was bedding. My daughter slept on the floor in there while she was between beds last week, and then snuck back in a few times when we had night-time storms. (This is allowed. If she’s satisfied sleeping on her brothers’ floor instead of waking me up . . . I’m fine with that.)
A little folding and linen-closet-shoving later, and the corner looked much better. Once the majority of the pile was gone, it was easier to identify things that could go in the trash and things that had a real place somewhere in the room.
When the timer went off, I happily quit and took an after picture.
And realized that I hadn’t even seen the hangers, etc. on the left until I saw it in the picture.
Yes, I see the something else that’s still there.
Oh well.
I wonder what I could have accomplished in an hour?
I’ll be linking this up to Orgjunkie.com
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I love this! I can completely relate to all of the distractions pulling you away from what you wanted to do. Only I normally forget what I was doing to begin with! Must be time to start utilizing my timer…
I love that it took you 12 minutes to find your camera. I sooooo relate to that. But look at you, knocking that out in just 18 minutes! Very inspiring, Nony. How many projects do we put off until later because we think it will take a huge chunk of time. Moral: just do it; the hardest part is always getting started. Thanks! Great post!
It's amazing how amazing how we can build things up in our minds… it's going to take forever… and then when we buckle down to it, it's a really quick task.
That's exactly how I am with the kitchen, and I totally relate to having to find the camera ~ and being a blogger so you have to take pictures lol… I hadn't thought of it that way before. 🙂
I just sat my camera on a shelf in my craft/crap room where it belongs! Good job!
I loved this post! it reminds me of the "If You Give A Mouse A Muffin" books. LOL. This is much like my cleaning/decluttering adventures too.
Good for you tackling that corner anyways instead of giving up.
Blessings
Honey
Oh yes, this sounds like me. Especially needing to find the camera before I begin! 🙂
yep, this is also me. we need to start a club! i'm not even 40 yet and i swear dementia is setting in … the kids are stealing all my good brain cells and i can't remember where i put stuff. of course, after finding the camera, i usually find that it is either full or not charged!!!!
Love the timer idea. I will have to try that sometime. Great post!
I did just this, rewarded myself with a little reading and found this post. Wow, it makes me want to do another corner!