Comments on: Procrastination http://beckasblog.ivman.com/procrastination/ updates on what's happening at our house Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:40:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Carrie http://beckasblog.ivman.com/procrastination/#comment-318 Carrie Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:47:49 +0000 http://beckasblog.ivman.com/?p=796#comment-318 I do just one cleaning task a day--dust (gets scrapped more often that I'd like to admit) and laundry on Monday , vacuum on Tuesday, mop on Wednesday, laundry and groceries on Thursday and clean the bathrooms on Friday. It doesn't hurt so much to do just one thing. :o) I do just one cleaning task a day–dust (gets scrapped more often that I’d like to admit) and laundry on Monday , vacuum on Tuesday, mop on Wednesday, laundry and groceries on Thursday and clean the bathrooms on Friday. It doesn’t hurt so much to do just one thing. :o )

]]> By: Laura http://beckasblog.ivman.com/procrastination/#comment-293 Laura Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:20:27 +0000 http://beckasblog.ivman.com/?p=796#comment-293 It really helps me to remember the restfulness of the finished product instead of the amount of work it takes to get there. The work is easier when I remember that I'm doing it so I can enjoy my house instead of being enslaved to a list of should-have-done's. One thing that helped my youngsters was when we bagged up EVERYTHING in their rooms and gave them just one bag at a time to sort and put away. They had four baskets to use: IN (stuff to stay in the room), OUT (other rooms or giveaway), LAUNDRY (dirty), and TRASH. Pull one item out of the bag at a time and put it in the right bin. When a bag is empty, they put away the stuff one basket at a time. When everything in all the baskets is put away, it's time for a new bag (unless they need a break--we all need one of those from time to time!). They went into shock when all their things were put into the trash bags initially, but they quickly realized how helpful it was to have the thinking space to sort through the items methodically. I also find it helpful to have a few baskets handy for a quick room blitz in the other rooms of the house; same four categories. It really helps me to remember the restfulness of the finished product instead of the amount of work it takes to get there. The work is easier when I remember that I’m doing it so I can enjoy my house instead of being enslaved to a list of should-have-done’s.

One thing that helped my youngsters was when we bagged up EVERYTHING in their rooms and gave them just one bag at a time to sort and put away. They had four baskets to use: IN (stuff to stay in the room), OUT (other rooms or giveaway), LAUNDRY (dirty), and TRASH. Pull one item out of the bag at a time and put it in the right bin. When a bag is empty, they put away the stuff one basket at a time. When everything in all the baskets is put away, it’s time for a new bag (unless they need a break–we all need one of those from time to time!).

They went into shock when all their things were put into the trash bags initially, but they quickly realized how helpful it was to have the thinking space to sort through the items methodically.

I also find it helpful to have a few baskets handy for a quick room blitz in the other rooms of the house; same four categories.

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