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Daily Checklist 2/10/11

February 10, 2011 By Dana White 13 Comments

Here it is.  My promised Daily Checklist.

Made bed.

Emptied dishwasher.

Cleaned kitchen.

Wiped kitchen cabinets and table.

Swept kitchen.

Did a conscious 5 minute pick-up.

Checked bathrooms for clutter.

Did my Bible study.

MOPPED kitchen. (It’s Thursday, y’know.)

Exercised.

And it’s about 9:30 a.m.

OK, here’s the thing that I’m glad to remind myself of: When I know that I’m checking off a list, I’m motivated to DO IT NOW in order to get it checked off. 

No, I didn’t do everything on my official list.  But oh my word, the house looks so much better when I do these things.  And now, I can write a quick post on here, put up today’s main post that I wrote yesterday, and head out to do errands before spending the afternoon helping to set up the book fair at the boys’ school.  

I know I’m far from an expert on time-passage-awareness, but how exactly is it that when you get things done in a conscious way, you seem to have more time in your day to do more things? 

Bizarre.

Feel free to leave a comment with your daily checklist, either the things you did or the things you didn’t do!

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A Daily Checklist Re-Focus

February 9, 2011 By Dana White 57 Comments

It’s another Snow Day. Last week, that sent the house into chaos.  (See how good I am at blaming the weather instead of myself?) But today has been different.  I’ve consciously done my daily checklist. The goal of the daily checklist is to establish habits.  And it has established many.  It actually feels “normal” to […]

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Ten Things? Just Ten Things?

February 8, 2011 By Dana White 11 Comments

I’m not feeling very productive today.  I’ve been going, going, going . . . but I can’t see many results. And . . . I didn’t clean the bathrooms. Even though it’s Tuesday!  Bathroom Day!  I know.  Shameful. For a scatter-brain, I am strangely ruled by routine. It doesn’t make sense. Whatever.   Anyway, I can […]

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Filed Under: clothing, decluttering | 11 Comments

Clue #1 in the Master Bedroom Mystery: Good Intentions, Bad Results

February 7, 2011 By Dana White 12 Comments

Considering its pre-blog state, the master bedroom is not that bad. Still, though, my heart would palpitate if someone other than the five of us saw it.  My sense of hearing took on super-hero qualities every time one of the kids at last night’s Superbowl party walked past its door.  If I had heard a […]

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Filed Under: clothing, master bedroom | 12 Comments

Defining "Not That Bad"

February 6, 2011 By Dana White 1 Comment

I shared last week that any and all attempts at keeping the house in order flew out the window when the weather brought us four Snow Days. Not like opened-up-the-window-and-a-gust-of-wind-sucked-them-out. More like opened-up-the-window-picked-them-up-and-threw-them-as-far-as-I-could-with-all-my-might. I’ll say it.  Last week was much more conducive to reading a book on the couch while wrapped up in my electric […]

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Filed Under: Cleaning, figuring myself out, My great excuses | 1 Comment

Menu Plan Monday – The "Maybe This Week Will Be Normal" Edition

February 6, 2011 By Dana White Leave a Comment

I’m so glad that I made a menu plan last week.  Even though I didn’t want to. Having a menu plan meant that my trip to the store on Monday morning wasn’t a Random Act of Shopping.  I got what I needed for the things I was going to make. Except for the ground beef.  […]

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Oh yeah, that’s right, I AM a slob.

February 4, 2011 By Dana White 3 Comments

No cameras allowed in the house today.  It’s a complete disaster.  Not a single room has been spared from the clutter-destruction.  If I thought I was cured of this Slob Problem, or anywhere close to cured, weeks like this prove I’m not.  I had grand plans to make this fourth Snow Day in a row […]

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Storage Solutions that Don’t Work

February 3, 2011 By Dana White 7 Comments

It’s possible . . . . . . that someone is thinking, “Wow, she’s right.  That shelf is a mess.  What a bad storage solution.” The mess on the shelf isn’t actually what I’m talking about. This ain’t no organizational blog, Lady. Here’s the deal.  Today is Day Three of Snow Week.  I wanted to […]

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Filed Under: failures, organization | 7 Comments

Some Weeks You Make Progress . . . Some Weeks Not

February 3, 2011 By Dana White 5 Comments

Last week I made quite a bit of progress. I was on a roll.  Before I knew it, I’d be at a point with nothing left to declutter and nothing left to write. And then this week happened. Hubby was sick on Monday. Tuesday was a legit Snow Day. Today, Wednesday, is a why-oh-why-did-they-call-off-school-when-the-roads-are-fine-and-now-we-have-to-go-to-school-on-Memorial-Day kind […]

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Filed Under: Out of the routine | 5 Comments

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