I don't really like making resolutions because I know I'll never keep them. So I tend to not make them at all. I didn't realize until today that I had kinda made one for this year. The background - my house is filled with CRAP. It's everywhere and sometimes I feel like it's going to swallow me or that I should be on one of those hoarder shows. It's not that I don't try to keep things organized, but there is SO MUCH that I don't know what to do with, stuff that I should keep, but I don't know what to do with it. It's mostly random stuff, but it drives me CRAZY. I'm so embarassed, I feel like I can't have friends over, I feel embarassed when people randomly stop by, I hate taking pictures in the house. Now, I know that you'll say I'm exaggerating how bad it looks, which I may be. But the point is it bothers me. It's such an overwhelming thing to try and organize the house, especially when my husband doesn't seem to notice or care. So my resolution this year is to do one non-maintenance thing a day, even just a tiny one. I classify a maintenance thing as laundry, dishes, dinner, all those things that HAVE to be done. I only started it yesterday and my thing yesterday was gathering all the shower gels that people have given me that I never use and giving them to a friend who will use them. It didn't take long and, cleared up some space in my bathroom and bedroom and it made my friend happy. I haven't figured out what today's thing will be, I still have a couple more hours! I shared this goal with Chris in hopes of him joining me, but I won't hold my breath.
I decided to share it on my blog in hopes of keeping me motivated, so please feel free to check up on me and ask how I'm doing! Happy New Year!
5 comments:
That's fantastic! Good luck!
that sounds like an excellent goal! One thing I heard recently about keeping goals and not getting stress about failure is that each day you remember to do your goal is a success. So if you remember four times this week that is four success points! And that's four times doing something that would have not been done at all other wise. Good luck!
That sounds like such a good goal and it sounds like you're being very realistic too. You can do it!
I can come help you if you want.
I can really relate Catherine and I hate to say this because you probably know it already- it gets harder to deal with once the baby(ies) start coming! I have made some progress but feel there is more to do. If you ever want help please let me help! Not that I'm great at it but sometimes it really helps to have back up (especially when the anxiety hits!)
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