Let’s Organize the House
While technically I don’t believe in setting “New Years Resolutions”, I have decided it’s high time my house gets organized. So I’ve made a plan to get my rear in gear and get this house organized once and for all.
I’ve always been good with coming up with the ideas and plans, but I lack motivation for action. It could be I’m just overwhelmed and don’t know where to start - so I don’t. Either that or I lose interest have way through my ideas and plans, or get distracted by the next big idea. Regardless, I want to stick with this goal. Plus who knows, maybe posting this in public will help keep me accountable!
So here’s the plan - the house needs to be deep cleaned and decluttered. All of it. Every single room in the house is a mess, and needs something done. HUGE jobs await me. Very overwhelming. So I’ll take it one step at a time.
On Sunday I started with the bathroom, which is my most hated of all cleaning chores. I can’t stand to clean the bathroom because it’s just repulsive to me. I forced myself anyway. After about an hour, I got the majority of it done. Still on the list for the bathroom is the closets, bathtub, and top of the water heater (the water heater has a cover of sorts…..which the top of becomes our dumping ground for stuff that really should be put away).
I’ll admit I’ve already slacked by not getting to anything on Monday. I used the excuse I went shopping and had a kid to take to dance class, thus cutting down my energy and time. Bad I know, but hey it’s a good excuse right? Ok probably not…..
What’s worked for me in the past is setting a time to do said task. I lost weight by always exercising at a certain time every day. I kept a cleaner house by always picking up between supper and bedtime routine (which turned into a habit, so the house DOES look better than it did 4 years ago, it’s just mostly cluttered now).
So that’s what I plan to do now - set a time and run with it. I pick 6pm, because it seems to be when everyone is home and can chip in. It’s a time we don’t usually have to be anywhere, and nothing else needs to be done (bedtime routines start between 7 and 7:30). I’ll pick one room, and declutter at least one area. Last night I tackled the bathroom again, cleaning off the top of that water heater. Tonight I’ll start in on the closets.
Feel free to follow along with me! You can already find some ideas for products and the like at Idea Queen (because remember I’m good with the plans, but my execution needs some work!).
