DisMommyTX
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 7, 2015
The second law of thermodynamics states that entropy (the amount of disorder in a system) will increase in a closed system over time. Unfortunately my house is a rather elegant example of this. I am not a neat and tidy person by nature. My home is lovely and the guest areas are usually spotless (at least whenever anyone comes over), but the less obvious places tend to accumulate 'stuff'. Since I am a teacher, my life is divided into to parts: 1) the school year when I work full time and spend every afternoon/evening running the kids around to baseball, cheer, meetings, etc.; and 2) the summer when I am 'home' with the kids and seem to be even busier. I try to get everything cleaned out during the summer so that we can start the school year clean and organized, but it seems like such a monumental challenge and some years are more successful than others.
Last summer I tried something new, and it worked so well that I am going to do it again and thought maybe others would want to join in! My goal is to clean one small thing a day, every day. I aim for something that will take about 15 minutes most days, perhaps a drawer, a single shelf on a bookcase, the stuff on top of the washing machine, etc. These are things that don't get done on a regular daily/weekly basis in my home, like laundry, dishes, vacuuming, etc. Sometimes the kids get involved-- I offer to work with them if they want to tackle something in their room. I don't plan in advance or feel obligated to do a particular 'thing', just choose whatever I feel like doing that particular day. When I don't really want to do anything, I'll look around for whatever seems easiest--but I always do something. Other days, I get motivated to accomplish a more daunting area, but rarely one that takes more than an hour. I was amazed by how effective this strategy was last summer!
My husband was thrilled to hear that I planned to do it again this year
. He'll be even more excited to find out that I started today! I cleaned out the school supply drawer--it took about 10 minutes. I am looking forward to seeing what get's done by August--one small thing a day!
Want to join me?
Last summer I tried something new, and it worked so well that I am going to do it again and thought maybe others would want to join in! My goal is to clean one small thing a day, every day. I aim for something that will take about 15 minutes most days, perhaps a drawer, a single shelf on a bookcase, the stuff on top of the washing machine, etc. These are things that don't get done on a regular daily/weekly basis in my home, like laundry, dishes, vacuuming, etc. Sometimes the kids get involved-- I offer to work with them if they want to tackle something in their room. I don't plan in advance or feel obligated to do a particular 'thing', just choose whatever I feel like doing that particular day. When I don't really want to do anything, I'll look around for whatever seems easiest--but I always do something. Other days, I get motivated to accomplish a more daunting area, but rarely one that takes more than an hour. I was amazed by how effective this strategy was last summer!
My husband was thrilled to hear that I planned to do it again this year
. He'll be even more excited to find out that I started today! I cleaned out the school supply drawer--it took about 10 minutes. I am looking forward to seeing what get's done by August--one small thing a day!Want to join me?
