It sounds scary doesn't it. De-clutter. But there is just sooooo much clutter to 'de-'clutter' its a task that kinda makes me want to turn tail & hide. I'm not kidding. I am NOT looking forward to this. That was until I read the next bit under what I should be doing today.... thankfully it just said 'a few minutes at a time'. You know what, thats sounds much more achievable and alot less scary. However, the most daunting bit has now changed from 'decluttter' to 'where do I start?'.
There are some fantastic tips on how to 'declutter' here http://flylady.net/pages/FLYingLessons_Declutter.asp Now to be honest, I know that I don't have time for this step tonight. It just isn't going to happen tonight, or tomorrow night. This I know due to the schedule... maybe on Saturday I can find the time to add this to my routine.
I bought my binder yesterday and the paper... YAY for the dollar store, $3 later I had all that I needed. I even put the paper in it... :) ok, so I didn't write in it yet.... that will come, tonight I'm hoping. Last night once I got home, we took the 3 kids we had with us out for the evening to go swimming at the local rec centre. They are on school holidays, so if they don't get the chance to do much during the day we try to make up for it that night.
Tonight, I am going to settle for doing my 'basics'. Clean sinks, hot spot clean up and make my own lunch. Not to mention do the dishes... lol. Once I finish work, I am off to pick up the youngest of the 3 (5), and then head back to work for some stuff that has to be done after hours, my fiance is taking the other 2 older kids (12 & 9) to the waterpark at the mall for some 'big kid' fun, instead of them always being limited by the younger 3 kids.
Tomorrow evening is definitely going to be a write off.... after work, I have to get the 2 boys from daycare (6 & 3), then pick up my fiance & the 3 other kids and then drive 3 hrs (one way) to drop our step-daughter (9) off so she can spend the weekend with her bio dad (then get her again on Sunday). I'm anticpating that if its like last time, its going to be mid-night before we get home, so I'm not going to be getting a single thing done that night, since I wont even be going home at all after I leave to go to work..... lol.
Anyhow, back to this de-clutter thing. As scary as it sounds I think that I am going to be able to survive it. I've done well so far. I will immediately list stuff on Freecycle and if its not picked up or spoken for very quickly (within 12-24hrs) I will just pack it up to go to Goodwill. But where do I start....??? Something for me to think about over the next day or two........ in the meantime, thank god, that I'm managing to keep on top of the basics so far. This is really working, just gotta keep sticking to it, admitting my faults, accepting them and moving on...... and keep cleaning.
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