I'm sad to say I wasn't so SMART this week. I think part of it was recovering from vacation, summer hitting, hubby having more time off than usual, the fourth, my son's birthday...many things but bottom line is I was a SLACKER.This week I really need to kick it into gear because my mother in law is visiting next week and while she doesn't except things to be a certain way, I want the house to look nice when she gets here. Plus I'm tired of boxes just sitting in our bedroom - stuff we need to get rid of, not unpacked. Michael's room is overflowing with toys and he's grown out of some of his clothes so I need to reorganize his whole space. There's a few items in Lydia's room to go through and then our room needs quite a bit of attention. Between the boxes of stuff to get rid of & piles of things to put away it's just a mess. Downstairs isn't so bad but still a few areas that I want to take care of. Like the massive pile of I'mnotsurewhatitisbutI'mtiredoflookingatit on top of the washer, clutter in the corner of one counter and the cabinet that I still haven't organized even though things fall out every time I open it and I can never find anything. So plenty of stuff to do - I just haven't felt so motivated. Maybe my mother in law visiting will help me to work on that. What I think I really need is a schedule of some sort. When I went to work and earned a paycheck I was a fairly motivated employee and always completed my tasks and then some. Nowadays I just don't feel the same. So I'm thinking that if I have some sort of schedule and think of this staying at home with the kids gig in the terms of being a homemaker {as my job} then maybe something will kick in & I'll get on the ball. Not that my husband gives me a paycheck but all the bills get taken care of & I do have a pretty lax life compared to those moms who work in & out of the home. I'm not sure if any of this makes sense - bottom line is this: I need to get on the ball.
My new habit this week is to work on creating a schedule for myself. I really want to get this figured out before my husband deploys because then it's all going to fall on my shoulders and I don't want to get overwhelmed & not be prepared. You can check out my Joe's Goals to see this weeks progress if you want.
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Good luck this week!
5 comments:
I TOTALLY understand your feelings. I get the same way. WE THRIVE on schedules, structure! I have been thinking the same thing about how I look at my time spent at home. It's not easy but I don't get near as much done as I should be. I think I'm gonna do this too, once we move ;-) Good luck and have a SMART week! :-D
Good luck on the schedule this week. It can be tough during the summer. Enjoy your MIL's visit.
It's really easy to not feel motivated when you stay at home all day everyday. I agree that it does help knowing that someone is coming over, to get yourself motivated. Good luck to you!
"I'mnotsurewhatitisbutI'mtiredoflookingatit" - lol, I seem to have a lot of that too... Good luck with this week. My mother in law lives with us, so I can't use her visits as a motivator - but I KNOW she will appreciate it if I start decluttering!
Having a schedule...plan...seems to make everything go better. Good luck getting it created and getting in a routine before your husband deploys.
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