One of the saddest stories I've heard in my role as Person Who Talks About Decluttering On The Internet was told to me by a life-long friend. I was about two years into my blogging journey, and she was one of the few people in my real life who knew I was telling my deslobification story to the world as Nony (short for aNONYmous). She shares … [Read more...]
#5MinuteFriday A Quick Pickup
For today's Five Minute Friday, I decided to just time myself doing something I had to do anyway. I forgot to have the family do a five minute pickup the night before, but we had done one the night before that. I'm saying it could have been worse . . . I took photos from all four corners of the room. All four corners, so you can see the … [Read more...]
The Reality of Handwashing Dishes for a Family of Five
I am one dedicated slob blogger, y'all. Unless you're brand spankin' new around here, you know how I feel about doing the dishes. I don't love it and never will, but I know for a fact (from experience) that doing the dishes is THE thing that will get any house going on its deslobification process. And NOT doing the dishes is (logically) the … [Read more...]
Reality Check 2/29
Happy Leap Day!!! I have three pic-heavy posts almost ready to go, but today is turning out to be wacko so they're not going to happen until later. And wacko = time for a reality-check post. The short version: We're surviving. The slightly-longer version: It's Monday, so it's Laundry Day, even though I won't be home for much of it at … [Read more...]
From Our Mailbox: Timing Myself
Nony here: I LOVE this real life example of the effect of breaking through delusions by using a timer! A reader shares her real-life results when timing herself while doing daily tasks. Don't stop reading until the end. The magic happens on Day Two. (Just like it always does with the daily tasks that haven't been daily in a while!) You … [Read more...]
From Our Mailbox: Doing the Dishes DOES Make a Difference!
From Dana/Nony: I LOVE this comment Stella left recently on this post. It's such a great example of how a system, ANY version of a system, makes such a huge difference! Dear Dana, I am proud to say that my dishes and sink are now clean nearly every single day. It's not a perfect system, I do the dishes in the afternoon and then we … [Read more...]
Not That Bad
It's been one of those weeks. Monday the kids were off of school so we traveled an hour to spend the day with friends. Tuesday I was at the school all day helping count money for the upcoming fundraiser. Wednesday I went to Bible Study. So when Thursday arrived and I finally was able to be home, I spent the day catching up on writing … [Read more...]
Daily Checklist
Today I:Made bed.Emptied dishwasher.Swept kitchen.Cleaned kitchen.Mopped kitchen. (It's Thursday.)Made to-do list (at 5 a.m. in an attempt to be able to go back to sleep, since my mind was racing).Hung up clothes in master bedroom.Closed cabinet doors.Checked bathrooms for clutter.I'm so glad I made myself walk around the … [Read more...]