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Post by angela on Jan 29, 2015 12:59:48 GMT -5
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Post by gracious on Jan 30, 2015 13:31:32 GMT -5
... that if I wait to wash them, it becomes harder and harder to get myself to do it. Especially after dinner if I want to watch a movie or somesuch, and put off doing the dishes, the hours pass by and I can barely stand and drag myself to the sink. You will never know how much it helped me to read those words. To know that you also struggle. You do them but sometimes you struggle in the process. Thank you.
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Post by gracious on Jan 30, 2015 14:01:58 GMT -5
Unmotivated.
Unread.
Undone.
I found my last post of 0 dirty dishes was 01/09.
I have not been motivated since then to wash ALL dishes (I know intellectually that motivation follows action but the 12 year old defiant child that lives within said "I don't wanna so I ain't gonna'")
I wouldn't/didn't read the thread because I wasn't actively doing the dishes daily. Flawed reasoning but true.
It's not that I haven't washed ANY since January 9 - I would start some but never finish. A few here - a few there. But not daily. And they were beginning to look overwhelming when I walked in the door.
So today was the day. But I didn't plan on today being the day. I thought "I'll wash a few (to ease my conscience) before I go to town. And then I decided to catch up with reading the thread. And I read others struggles and triumphs and "i don't wanna's" and "try agains" and daily doing of dishes. And I kept washing even though I really wanted to quit. And I accidentally set a kitchen towel on fire in the process but I pushed on. And about 2/3 of the way through I turned a corner and coasted home but I'm here to tell you the beginning 2/3's WAS NOT PRETTY.
So thank you ladies for once again inspiring me.
I read something recently that I say to myself over and over again (being that I was raised by a perfectionistic parent):
LEARNING STARTS WITH MISTAKES.
So................
Today's dishes - DONE
GRyPiT - DONE
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Post by imamess on Jan 30, 2015 17:16:24 GMT -5
Got mine done this morning.
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Post by cleanbee on Jan 30, 2015 18:14:14 GMT -5
DW loaded and ready to run.
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Post by dayeanu on Jan 30, 2015 18:23:11 GMT -5
I'm loading dishes. A few here and there, between doing other stuff.
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Post by Arid on Jan 30, 2015 19:19:41 GMT -5
Way to go, gracious!!!
Arid
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Post by wynken on Jan 30, 2015 21:23:10 GMT -5
yay gracious. I have my heap/few from yesterday waiting. I want to use the blender flask again so I'll need to do something about that.
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Post by cleanbee on Jan 31, 2015 9:01:37 GMT -5
Ran DW last night , emptied it and the dish drainer this morn.
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Post by wynken on Jan 31, 2015 9:07:06 GMT -5
dishes washed tonight. Cleaned sink and dried it off, moving dish drainer about to do this.
wtg Cleanbee arid gracious dayeanu imamess and angela.
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Post by MrsMessy on Jan 31, 2015 9:55:56 GMT -5
I love this thread-I have last nights dishes to wash this morning-maintenance before progress in other rooms....
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Post by cleanbee on Jan 31, 2015 10:03:21 GMT -5
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Post by MrsMessy on Jan 31, 2015 12:46:38 GMT -5
Thanks cleanbee - Dishes are in the dishwasher and the kitchen is wiped down.
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Post by imamess on Jan 31, 2015 13:47:50 GMT -5
Dishes washed, stove & counter wiped down
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Post by wynken on Jan 31, 2015 19:32:11 GMT -5
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