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Post by MamaAngie on Jun 9, 2013 10:27:17 GMT -5
I am hit or miss here on the board. Have mostly participated in Working in 3's. I like breaking things down. I also like to see my accomplishments as a whole. I have really been struggling trying to find a spark to light my fire and get things moving around here. I can usually justify why things aren't done. I'm tired from work and my silly early hours. The kids make the mess. The hubby makes the mess. This is true for many messes. But I also have to be accountable for my own messes. Then of course I want everything to be done now, which we all know just doesn't work. Starting Sunday off with a list of what I know needs done. We have a graduation Open House to go to between 2-5 today. But other than that, I am home. Sunday 6/9 HOUSE WORKUnload Dishwasher Hand wash few dishesClear misc junk from counters Put away misc kitchen itemsPut away misc found on kitchen counters to other roomsWipe kitchen countersPick up scattered toys in kitchen - 2 yo's are so helpful Fold/Hang & put away load darks Fold & put away load towelsToss out old food stuff from fridge Pull out a few misc items from kitchen cupboards to donate or store on garage shelvesPick up toys in living room Pick up toys in family room COOKINGDinner prepMake waffles for kids' breakfasts for this weekPEOPLE CAREBathe Kid #1Bathe Kids #2 & #3 (tog)Shower myself Feed all Check all little's fingers & toenails after baths - trim those neededTend #2 kid sunburn (will need to reapply) MISCMake graduation card Starbuck's for gift card (on way to party)Listen to kid #2 read -- 4-6 books (needs to catch up so she can attend party on Wed at school)Check kid #1 backpackCheck kid #2 backpackEmail kid #1 teacher
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Post by dtesposito on Jun 10, 2013 9:34:31 GMT -5
Hi MM, it looks like making a master list was a good idea, you got a lot done! I love master lists, otherwise I forget so many little things that I think of throughout the day.
diane
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Post by entropy on Jun 10, 2013 9:53:33 GMT -5
messymama - wow, you got so much done! (Taking care of three children and getting all that other stuff done, WTG! "Feed all" is only one task? Meal preparation & cleanup and bathing the kids used to wipe me out when my kids were little). I like the way you have completed tasks in black & crossed out, and the rest in red; it really makes what you've done and still need to do stand out.
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Post by MamaAngie on Jun 10, 2013 9:56:09 GMT -5
At work for the next hour, but thinking ahead to what I need to do when I first come home and later. Monday 9:30 - 10:15Pick up toys LIVING ROOMVacuum LIVING ROOMTidy coats/shoes ENTRYQuick Weeding PORCH/WALKWAY 10:15- 11:15 TEACHER VISIT for 2yoAfternoon/EveningDishesClean stove top Clear misc junk from kitchen table Fold & put away basket #1 kid clothes Fold & put away basket towels Sort pile of donation stuff --- Goodwill vs Friend at work (having baby) Email teacher Clip #1 nails (after school) Clip #3 nails (he's such a pill) -- I didn't do this yesterday. I found both sets of clippers so it should count for something. EXTRA CREDIT Start 30 day Power Purge -- 1st day is Fridge Well I had a huge headache that started Sunday night. It was dull yesterday, but I was so tired I think from #1 not sleeping enough (ever) and #2 the headache. I usually take a 1-2 hour nap on work days since I get about 4 hours sleep before work only. Well I took a 4 hour nap! I left my hubby in charge of the teacher home visit and laid down at 10 am and didn't get up until around 2. Got the dishes done and people fed a snack (late lunch.) Hubby voted Pizza Hut for dinner and I was fine with that. Back to bed at 8:30 pm which was great! I got 6 hours sleep before work. Yea!! Well on to the next day.
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Post by MamaAngie on Jun 10, 2013 9:57:15 GMT -5
Hi MM, it looks like making a master list was a good idea, you got a lot done! I love master lists, otherwise I forget so many little things that I think of throughout the day. diane Thanks Diane. It did help get me started for the day. And I got other things done while on WiT's that I probably didn't update here. And I know I booked out some extra things while working with my friend via text. Every little bit helps!
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Post by MamaAngie on Jun 10, 2013 10:00:12 GMT -5
messymama - wow, you got so much done! (Taking care of three children and getting all that other stuff done, WTG! "Feed all" is only one task? Meal preparation & cleanup and bathing the kids used to wipe me out when my kids were little). I like the way you have completed tasks in black & crossed out, and the rest in red; it really makes what you've done and still need to do stand out. haha entropy! Well I listed feed all for breakfast time only and you're right it's more than one task! In my house with my variety of picky eaters, it can really be 3-4 tasks PER MEAL! I have 14 yo special needs daughter (super picky), 7 yo (pretty picky) and 2 yo who is just all over the place. He will eat anything and everything one day and then only peanut butter and crayons another. Thanks on the compliments on the list. When I hand write/print lists I like to cross out or highlight to know it's done.
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Post by MamaAngie on Jun 11, 2013 9:36:05 GMT -5
So it's Tuesday .... feels like it should be at least Wednesday, maybe Thursday. These 1 day weekends are annoying. Here is my list of hope for the day. (Hope I get lots done. Hope I have the energy. Hope my efforts are appreciated.) 2 boxes of Good Will donation to van 2 boxes of items to donate to coworkers to van Basket/Pile of donation stuff in bedroom - sort & box DishesDining Table ClutterDesk Paper Clutter - worked on ..... tossed about 30 pieces of paperFold/Hang & put away 2 loads clothesCheck all trash cans & recycle - empty those needed - hubby didDo approximate count of items tossed/purged and update to Purge-A-Thon - approx 80 donation & 40 trash/recycleSo the dining table clutter has turned into the dining room & family room floor clutter thanks to 2 yo. Some random papers and strange misc items .... will no doubt become scattered about the house. I'll stick it on my list for tomorrow. Those rooms are my least favorite to go into.
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Post by PaperGrace on Jun 11, 2013 9:59:20 GMT -5
You can do it!
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Post by MamaAngie on Jun 11, 2013 10:36:21 GMT -5
You can do it! Thank you for the encouragement Grace! I appreciate and need it. Biggest challenge is not to poop out right when I get home. And oh if you could see the paper chaos that's landed on my desk. oy! A lot of it is kids' papers that honestly need to be recycled but can't do it right in front of them. Once I get on a roll, I may try to check in on the WIT's board today.
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Post by nekomom on Jun 11, 2013 12:42:04 GMT -5
Good job, Angie.
Cheering for you.
You mentioned EXTRA CREDIT of the Start 30 day Power Purge starting with the fridge. If you don't mind my asking, are you speaking of Hannah Keeley's 30 day power purge? I haven't been looking around the forums here to see if there is something here called the same.
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Post by MamaAngie on Jun 11, 2013 17:54:40 GMT -5
Good job, Angie. Cheering for you. You mentioned EXTRA CREDIT of the Start 30 day Power Purge starting with the fridge. If you don't mind my asking, are you speaking of Hannah Keeley's 30 day power purge? I haven't been looking around the forums here to see if there is something here called the same. Yes Neko I was talking about Hannah Keeley. I signed up a week ago and didn't get started last week. So I have all the emails saved in a Power Purge folder and ready to start my day #1 .... whenver. !! Thanks for the cheers. I am at a slow start today. Came home from work and snuggled with boy, hung with hubby, took a nap and did 1 load of laundry. Made a dash to the computer to get 2 yo out of my hair as I wanted to do another load of laundry. And I got sucked into FB! argh!!
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Post by nekomom on Jun 12, 2013 7:46:20 GMT -5
Good job getting a load of laundry done. FB and internet can be a major distraction. I know too well how it can suck up our precious time.
I just recently found out about Hannah Keeley and her programs/ministries. I signed up for her Mom Stress Cure and her Power Purge. Today I received day 6 of the 30 day power purge in my inbox, but I never finished day 1 the fridge assignment. I did clean one drawer and one shelf in the fridge. I may do one more drawer of the fridge then move on to day 2 of the power purge. If I keep waiting until I can do it perfectly or until I have time to do the bonus or extra credit I will never get it done. If I at least make some improvement or work on the day's assignment for just 5 - 10 minutes per day at least I will be making progress. Hopefully I will restart back at day 1 again after I finish day 30 to make further improvements. Perfectionism is awful. I need to learn to move ahead even if it is still far from perfect. Just making small improvements to our home each day will add up to big changes over time. It will be better than waiting until next month to get started. I am telling all this to myself, just mentioning it here to you too, since you seem to be in a similar situation. I hope I am not saying too much. I just feel like I am beating myself up and feeling like a failure because I am not following through with what I signed up for and I may end up finding the 30 day power purge sitting in my inbox folder a year or two from now and I still will not have done it. I think today will be the day that I will complete my day 1 by doing one more drawer in the fridge and calling day 1 good enough. And possibly recording what was accomplished on a clipboard or in my todo list on my phone. Anyways, I am so glad to have found out about Hannah Keeley's power purge and it will be a blessing to my life if i just find a way to use it that works for me.
Have a great day.
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Post by dtesposito on Jun 12, 2013 10:50:16 GMT -5
I wanted to mention something that helps with my perfectionist tendencies--committing to a certain amount of time, rather than a job. If I said "I'm going to clean out this drawer today" I would wait until I felt really energetic and had time to do the whole thing, include vacuuming out the empty drawer, lining it with pretty paper, and putting everything back into drawer organizers! As you can imagine, it never happened. When I started saying "I'm going to spend 10 minutes cleaning out a drawer today" I just did the 10 minutes, didn't worry that I wasn't completing the whole drawer, because I WAS completing the whole task I had assigned for myself. Sometimes 10 minutes is enough to make a good dent, or even finish something, that I would have put off or tried to do perfectly. Doing small increments of time, or else, formally breaking a job down into steps (by writing each step out on paper/computer), enables me to get started when planning to do a whole PERFECT job paralyzes me. Diane
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Post by MamaAngie on Jun 12, 2013 15:07:53 GMT -5
I wanted to mention something that helps with my perfectionist tendencies--committing to a certain amount of time, rather than a job. If I said "I'm going to clean out this drawer today" I would wait until I felt really energetic and had time to do the whole thing, include vacuuming out the empty drawer, lining it with pretty paper, and putting everything back into drawer organizers! As you can imagine, it never happened. When I started saying "I'm going to spend 10 minutes cleaning out a drawer today" I just did the 10 minutes, didn't worry that I wasn't completing the whole drawer, because I WAS completing the whole task I had assigned for myself. Sometimes 10 minutes is enough to make a good dent, or even finish something, that I would have put off or tried to do perfectly. Diane I completely understand Diane. I have to do that usually with my desk. If I don't break it into "15 minutes at desk" or a specific task at the desk, then I will either shut down and not do it because the task is overwhelming or guilt myself for not getting it done. I know I should try it with more things. Thanks for the reminder.
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Post by MamaAngie on Jun 12, 2013 15:10:40 GMT -5
Good job getting a load of laundry done. FB and internet can be a major distraction. I know too well how it can suck up our precious time. I just recently found out about Hannah Keeley and her programs/ministries. I signed up for her Mom Stress Cure and her Power Purge. Today I received day 6 of the 30 day power purge in my inbox, but I never finished day 1 the fridge assignment. I did clean one drawer and one shelf in the fridge. I may do one more drawer of the fridge then move on to day 2 of the power purge. If I keep waiting until I can do it perfectly or until I have time to do the bonus or extra credit I will never get it done. If I at least make some improvement or work on the day's assignment for just 5 - 10 minutes per day at least I will be making progress. Hopefully I will restart back at day 1 again after I finish day 30 to make further improvements. Perfectionism is awful. I need to learn to move ahead even if it is still far from perfect. Just making small improvements to our home each day will add up to big changes over time. It will be better than waiting until next month to get started. I am telling all this to myself, just mentioning it here to you too, since you seem to be in a similar situation. I hope I am not saying too much. I just feel like I am beating myself up and feeling like a failure because I am not following through with what I signed up for and I may end up finding the 30 day power purge sitting in my inbox folder a year or two from now and I still will not have done it. I think today will be the day that I will complete my day 1 by doing one more drawer in the fridge and calling day 1 good enough. And possibly recording what was accomplished on a clipboard or in my todo list on my phone. Anyways, I am so glad to have found out about Hannah Keeley's power purge and it will be a blessing to my life if i just find a way to use it that works for me. Have a great day. I think I have 10 days of Power Purge in my special folder in my email Neko. Here's a sneaker for you tomorrow .... day #7 is rest. So enjoy tomorrow!! I have read them all .... just haven't started. Suppose there is no better time than the present. I should make today #1 and get my fridge cleaned. I have to really remember that she says it doesn't have to be perfect. Just like Diane was telling me about worrying too much about getting a complete task done. And then of course remember the extra credit or bonus are just that .... EXTRA.
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