Baby steps, day fourteen

[serene]

Yesterday, after getting home from hanging with the kid, I had NO energy left, and it was nice to say Okay, I can just rest, because my house may not be perfect, but it's in control, and I had already completed all my to-dos except the 15 minutes of decluttering before I left. Today, I'll get back on the decluttering wagon.



(The baby steps are at this FlyLady link.) I'm adding "(and do 15 minutes of decluttering)" to every day's tasks, because until I get rid of the clutter, I'll never get on top of the cleaning.

Day One: Shine the sink
Day Two: Get dressed to lace-up shoes
Day Three: Read FlyLady BigTent emails
Day Four: Look at sticky note (in bathroom and kitchen)
Day Five: Write down negative things you're saying to yourself, then write down positive stuff to counter that
Day Six: Spend two minutes on a Hot Spothttp://www.flylady.net/d/kellys-guide-on-how-to-use-a-calendar/
Day Seven: Pick out clothes for tomorrow
Day Eight: Make binder for control journal
Day Nine: Add a five-minute room rescue to your Morning Routine.
Day Ten: Set your timer for 15 minutes and go gather up all the trash you can find to throw away and put it in the garbage can outside. Then set your timer for another 15 minutes and sit down and put your feet up and read a favorite magazine until the timer goes off.
Day Eleven: Spend 15 minutes writing down some of your favorite inspirational phrases on a new Control Journal page.
Day Twelve: Delete from your inbox all the e-mails from FlyLady.
Day Thirteen: Find one of Kelly’s missions and go and do it.



Day Fourteen: Today, go read the essay that Kelly wrote about using a calendar.

As it happens, my work calendar, which is the online calendar I use for scheduling doctor visits, etc. (since I have to use the darn thing anyway) just got switched over to Google calendars. I don't have a personal Google account, for a few reasons, and I have been missing how easy that calendar is to use, so I'll actually have a little fun today putting all my reminders in there.

For decluttering, I had choice paralysis, so I asked James to pick something. He pointed out this box...





...and this windowsill:



In fifteen minutes, it was mostly done, and I had a little extra energy, so I finished them. The box is gone:



...and I'm liking the windowsill.

Comments

[ljgeoff]

Was that a blender on the windowsill? A food processor? Could you find a place for it in a cupboard?

[serene]

A big blender (which I Freecycled) and a smaller, Ninja multi-thing that is a blender and food processor both. I kept that, and stored it in a box in the storeroom. I use it maybe once a month, so I didn't want to get rid of it, but it really didn't need to be right there in the kitchen to use all the time.