So I’m focusing on my gameroom this month.
I re-arranged the furniture yesterday, hated it . . . and then felt a little annoyed when my kids and husband thought it was wonderful.
I know. I have issues.
Thanks for all of your encouraging comments on that post. And for your understanding. I’m guessing the annoyance came from my desire to wallow in my frustration over it not looking like it did in my head before I started.
Anyway, I thought I’d share this little small-space clean off.
A small clutter-collecting space.
Which this room has waaayyyyy too many of.
School papers. CDs. Business cards from the Savvy Blogging Summit (last July).
Who-knows-what-else . . .
This teeny flat surface has it all.
If you look closely, you can see that the time on the clock ends in 55.
Here it is eight minutes later:
Eight minutes.
Wonder what I can do in the next eight minutes today?
I’m linking this up at Money Saving Mom’s Clear out the Clutter linky.
I love this! I usually think of hours when I think of cleaning out drawers, closets, etc….not minutes. I bet I could do a lot in 8 or 10 minutes too!
This is my first visit to your site….love your photos! Will definitely be reading more 🙂
Your comment about what you can do in 8 minutes is so true. I spent weeks looking at the ever growing mess in my dining room. Never enough time. Tackled it – less than an hour. Kept putting it off and it took such a little time. You’ve inspired me – bedroom Mt Foldmore! 1 hour! I’m off!
If you haven’t backwards read this blog-try it! I just ran into myself in the comments on a post and I am Done. Boohoo:(
Thanks Nony! I think you’ve gained over 600 FB likes since I started reading-way to go!
Oh yeah, I am so going to do dishes right now.
I am so proud of you giving that room a name. Great job! I have a focusing problem and think that is one reason why I could work all day in my home and accomplished nothing. I use a no-downloading free online timer. Lots of different resources recommend 15mins but I had to break mine down to 5min. But a focused few minutes can make a huge difference, more than me just bouncing around from one thing to another. What a great 8mins you had. Your “gameroom” sounds like it is well on its way to being a great functional space for the whole family.
Hi Nony,
I am thinking about the many times I’ve felt stuck trying to fix something in my home, and proud of you for focusing on something you can do while you figure out whether the new arrangement works for you.
I followed the linky thing, looking for my organizational fix,( since I finished reading you from the beginning and I can’t get my 5 entries to get me motivated (okay 10)), and I fell on the ground laughing. I’d gotten so used to reality based organizing I forgotten the real OCD crowd out there. The first blog I wound out had a before picture that would be the best looking space in my house. We need a special slobs only link up. It reminded me how special your blog is.
I always want to “Like” your posts Slob OCD. I really miss my backward reading too!
I ended up at super perfect blog and felt the same way I feel when my extremely fashionable sister comes over. Hopeless and feeling like I lacked something that I didn’t even notice before.
HHHmmmmmm, how can things that look so pretty and perfect be soo bad for me to look at. Well, they just are not good for me or my mood and I try to stay far away them so I can focus on reality with a few choice blogs that are moderate and normal.
Nony, we need that private FB page! 😉
🙂 Thanks!
Here’s to Decluttering. I have never been soo disorganized in my life. Usually I have been on top of things, but one bad year
Thanks for the motivation. I was just looking at my table tops, thinking ugh, I will never climb out of this mess. I can handle 8 min. I can do this, I CAN!! 😉
You are amazing and an inspiration. Loved this post. Thanks! 🙂
Just a short note to say I’m also reading from the first post forward and your eight minutes sparked my eight minutes (so I cleared out a complete shelf above the stove). Thank you for the inspiration!