• Home
  • Get Started!
  • Speaking
  • Blog
    • Cleaning
    • decluttering
    • organization
    • All posts
  • Podcast
  • Books
    • Jesus Doesn't Care About Your Messy House
      • Claim Your Pre-Order Bonuses
    • Organizing for the Rest of Us
    • Decluttering at the Speed of Life
    • How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind
  • Video
  • Shortcut Solutions
    • Live Classes with Decluttering Coaches
    • Take Your House Back
    • 14 Days to Opening Your Front Door to Guests e-book
    • Make Dinner Happen
    • The 5 Day Clutter Shakedown Video Course
    • Printable Checklists E-Book from A Slob Comes Clean
    • Teaching Kids to Clean e-book
    • Giving God the Worst of Me - free e-book
    • My Book Publishing Journey
  • Decluttering Coaches

Dana K. White

A SLOB COMES CLEAN

Reality-Based Cleaning, Decluttering, & Organizing

 

  • About
  • Contact
  • TV & Media

  • Home
  • Get Started!
  • Speaking
  • Blog
    • Cleaning
    • decluttering
    • organization
    • All posts
  • Podcast
  • Books
    • Jesus Doesn't Care About Your Messy House
      • Claim Your Pre-Order Bonuses
    • Organizing for the Rest of Us
    • Decluttering at the Speed of Life
    • How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind
  • Video
  • Shortcut Solutions
    • Live Classes with Decluttering Coaches
    • Take Your House Back
    • 14 Days to Opening Your Front Door to Guests e-book
    • Make Dinner Happen
    • The 5 Day Clutter Shakedown Video Course
    • Printable Checklists E-Book from A Slob Comes Clean
    • Teaching Kids to Clean e-book
    • Giving God the Worst of Me - free e-book
    • My Book Publishing Journey
  • Decluttering Coaches
Videos
Blog
Podcast
Products & Courses
Books
About
Decluttering Coaches

Wise Words from Dr. Huxtable

July 6, 2014 By Dana White | 11 Comments

  • 112shares
  • 109
  • 0
  • 3

Wise Words from Dr. Huxtable at ASlobComesClean.com

 

My kids are currently obsessed with (affiliate link coming up . . . now) The Cosby Show. I find myself laughing out loud while I’m making dinner and they’re watching in the living room. That show really was a classic.

One of Heathcliff’s Fatherly Wisdom Speeches struck me.

Theo (my boys’ favorite) had been struggling in math. He worked hard and brought up his grade. The speech, however, came AFTER the good grade.

Dr. Huxtable was encouraging him to USE his success. To not bask in it and then let the momentum fizzle.

Sound familiar? It did to me.

He shared a story his own father/college professor/some-other-fictional-character-I-can’t-remember-exactly had told him.

It went something like this:

“Do you know that a jet uses the vast majority of its fuel during takeoff? Taking off requires way more energy than flying. An airplane uses much less fuel by taking off and then flying to its destination than it would if it went the same distance but kept landing and taking off again.”

Hmmmm. Pretty profound, Cliff.

It reminds me of this post. I used a wagon wheel as my analogy, but it’s the same concept.

If I can just maintain altitude, SO much less energy is required than if I start and stop and start and stop.

Over and over again.

How’s your summer going? I’m trying to maintain my altitude by doing the basics.

--Nony

Related Posts:

Read Newer Post How A Busy Mama Crafter Is Whipping the WIPs (in 5 Steps)
Read Older Post From The Mailbox: Guess What I Just Threw Out!

Filed Under: surviving summer | 11 Comments

Comments

  1. Carrie says

    July 6, 2014 at 7:30 pm

    Wise words! I always liked the Cosby Show. That is one I have introduced my kids to yet, so this might be the summer for that.

    Reply
  2. Kate @thebeautifulusefulproject.com says

    July 7, 2014 at 8:46 am

    Gotta love the Huxtables and their sweaters! Wise words.

    Reply
  3. Fred says

    July 7, 2014 at 9:18 am

    Dr. H. passed today’s fact checking: http://www.worldwatch.org/planes-utilize-most-fuel-during-takeoff
    😉

    Reply
  4. Theresa in Texas says

    July 7, 2014 at 9:35 am

    We really do need Dr. Huxtable (Bill Cosby) and his wise words these days more than ever! Wish there were more shows like this on TV today.

    Reply
  5. Kayla @ Shoeaholicnomore says

    July 7, 2014 at 10:08 am

    Great advice Nony! I’m glad you are keeping with it and doing the daily basics!

    Reply
  6. Jen says

    July 7, 2014 at 2:17 pm

    Hi I just last week discovered your blog….and let me say…after reading several posts…starting at the beginning of your journey…it made me feel soooooooooooo much better that I am not alone “happy dance” I am just starting to be a nonslob, lol. but your blog is great, and truly inspiring.

    Thank you for writing

    Reply
    • Dana White says

      July 7, 2014 at 4:50 pm

      I’m so glad you found us! Welcome!!

      Reply
  7. Kristy K. James says

    July 7, 2014 at 4:03 pm

    Bill Cosby is too funny! (and I love that show, too)

    How’s my summer going? Making progress some days, other days, not so much. 😀

    Reply
  8. melinda says

    July 13, 2014 at 12:09 am

    I just googled “Cleaning blogs”. And yours is still # 2! as of 1 am Sunday, July 13, 2014.
    Just discovered your blog recently. Where have you been all my life? Either we r soul mates, or identical twin sisters, separated at birth! I love reading your thoughts. |They echo mine! And like you, I thought I (and my sister) were the only ones!! I truly thank God for you. What a huge blessing you are to me, and so many others. Please, keep it up!

    Reply
    • Dana White says

      July 21, 2014 at 9:11 am

      Love it!! Thanks for letting me know!!!

      Reply
  9. Melanie says

    July 14, 2015 at 2:59 am

    I am afraid Bill is not the role model we once thought. 🙁

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Want solutions to your biggest decluttering problems?

Get my newsletter and we'll start by teaching you how to declutter without making a bigger mess.
* = required field

Popular Posts

Why-I-Have-To-Run-My-Dishwasher-Every-Single-Night-at-ASlobComesClean.com sidebar
Five Truths about a Clean Kitchen even without a dishwasher at ASlobComesClean.com sidebar
How to Clean a Messy House at ASlobComesClean.com sidebar

Topics:

blogcast Cleaning daily checklist decluttering failures figuring myself out kitchen laundry Menu Plan Monday organization parenting podcasts progress random stories reader stories recipes sponsored posts Uncategorized

  • About
  • PR/Advertising
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclosure
  • Contact
Search

  • About
  • Contact
  • TV & Media

© Dana K. White | Site by Little Leaf Design