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Post by lettinggo on Dec 9, 2008 6:30:26 GMT -5
It sure wouldn't have been better for me to work myself into exhaustion trying to get it all cleaned at one time. It took me a few months of filling one trash bag a day, but my house is now more a home, and I am not ashamed anymore.
That is a huge change for me. In the last two months, at least 7 times I've allowed people into my home. PEOPLE. IN my home.
So for me, slow but steady worked. I always suggest a time limit, or a work limit.
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Post by Ican on Dec 10, 2008 2:04:04 GMT -5
That is a huge change for me. In the last two months, at least 7 times I've allowed people into my home. PEOPLE. IN my home.
Lettinggo, That is great! Good for you!!!
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Post by lettinggo on Dec 10, 2008 9:17:07 GMT -5
Thank you.
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Post by fluffernut - now Jannie on Dec 10, 2008 12:39:35 GMT -5
I work in stages. 1. Pick up everything that is trash. Newspapers, bags, wrappers, anything to be recycled, things no one wants. 2. then pick up everything off the floor that doesn't belong there. Furniture and cats can stay, hehe. 3. then move to countertops. Straighten, dust, wipe as needed. 4. maintain good habits, like make the bed, clean the bathroom, do laundry and dishes. If I stick to this, I can maintain without dying.
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Post by gottaproblem on Dec 10, 2008 13:03:10 GMT -5
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Post by brenda on Dec 10, 2008 16:41:31 GMT -5
I do much better with marathon cleaning. I need to see the place looking great fast or I lose my will to clean. Working off the momentum is much easier for me then trying to build some.
Brenda
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Post by shabbychic on Dec 13, 2008 9:12:58 GMT -5
This is a good topic and I've been thinking about it since it started. Here's how it is for me: the big marathons worked for me in the distant past, when I was younger, had more energy, and didn't work or have so many other things to do. I could actually take a house from stage 1 or 2 to 0 in a few days and then maintain it. The downside was that I thought I had to finish before I could stop. I learned that as a child - Mom would ignore my room until it was as 2 as it could get (no 3 because no pets, although when my baby brother and sister were in the same room it hit a 4 now and then - remember inviting a friend in and there were little tiny doodie balls on the floor under the crib - but I digress). However, as a working or student Mom, I never had the big blocks of time, and things got pretty nasty. Then when I hit menopause, sometimes just sweeping the kitchen floor would wear me out and I'd have to rest. Learning from Flylady and SS that I could work in 15 minute spells, or even less, was so helpful. In a real messy room you can make a visible difference in 10 minutes. Also I am learning to maintain using little 2 minute jobs like the bathroom swish-n-swipe. But, in the middle stages of cleaning and decluttering, seems like bit-by-bit isn't enough to even keep up with maintenance, let alone make progress. Ten minutes doesn't make the difference it used to, because the easy projects are done. I am getting frustrated. So today I am going to do a marathon until I get tired - I am not going shopping or doing laundry (I have to go to a laundromat) or any errands or taking DD anywhere today. Going to clean because I am getting frustrated. Now, I am not going to clean until it's done, just give it a big piece of time so I can feel like I got somewhere. We have a lot of "moving mess" here - I haven't finished unpacking from my move in February, plus DS moved back in a month ago so more boxes. Things we need are in the boxes. If we open a box to dig out one thing, the rest of the contents start leaking. This mess is generating more mess. So, going to get OFF this computer and clean! I'm thinking I might do a big cleaning session once a month or so.
Shabby Chic
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