Overdue post

So I feel bad because I haven't yet posted on the blog. I feel like I have so many things I was meaning to write and then never did and so now I'm behind and well...there you have it. I even started writing some posts but never published them.

At the beginning of the challenge I was really motivated by my master list of tasks. I happily did the task knowing that I could mark it off. Unfortunately now many of those tasks need to be re-done because life happens and now those spots are unorganized again. However, there have been some unexpected benefits of my list. The other day Aidan (my 3 year old) was having a melt down for some silly reason so I told him I was going in the garage until he calmed down. While I was in there taking my "time out" I remembered that organizing the tools is on my list. A little while later the crying stopped and the workbench was cleared. It felt so good to check something off my list during that intense moment. This 3 year old age can be exhausting!

I read the book "The Happiness project" awhile ago. Essentially the author focuses on a different area of her life(energy, family, friendships, creativity etc.) each month for a year and has specific tasks she does to try and improve these areas. and I enjoyed it as a jumping off place for my own "projects." One of the things I took away from the book was her idea of the 1 minute rule. Her rule that she tried for a month was that if a task took less than a minute she had to do it right away. It really is true that so many tasks take us less than a minute to do (put something back, pick up toys off the floor etc) and they really make the house look better and make us feel less cluttered.

This brings me to some of the tasks on my list which are to help me clear the clutter. It feels so good to go through a space and eliminate unnecessary items. I have a hard time letting go of things so this task is challenging for me. One Saturday we had a failed morning -> Driving to visit the tulips + car breaking down = unexpected time at home. David ran around the house with the boys while I tackled a few items on my list. Afterwards I kept thanking him for that gift of giving me that uninterrupted time. Since our car breaking down I have been really distracted by shopping for a new car. I kind of forgot about the list. Glad I still have a week left to check off those last items. Too bad they are the ones I was avoiding!

 

Good luck to you all!