New Year, New Habits
It isn't a resolution per se but one of the things I want to be more of this year is more organized. Seems to me that I spend quite a bit of time organizing my apartment and cleaning it up. I live alone so really, how much of a mess can I make? On a typical Monday, I have a very clean & organized apartment. But by the time it's the weekend, I have clothes all over the place, mail/paper/magazines in different spots in my house and it just doesn't look the same as it did on Monday. I would rather spend the weekend doing something fun but I find myself doing household chores instead.
In researching different ways/tips to get organized, I came across Martha Stewart's website. She has different organizing checklists such as 6 Things To Do Every Day, Weekly Cleaning, Monthly Cleaning, Seasonal Cleaning, and more. You can even print out these checklists and check items off as you go along. These tasks seem so simple that a checklist isn't needed but the satisfaction I get from crossing something off of a list is worth it. I am going to give her advice a chance and see how it goes. I am hoping that these will eventually become habits and not something that I have to think about.
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Reader Comments (3)
Take five minutes during the morning before work or before you go to bed to either hang/put away your clothes or to put it in a laundry basket. I am notorious for using my floor as a large laundry basket. I've been practicing this for a week and its been working.
I do the same thing... and then the whole weekend I'm mad at myself while I'm cleaning up/doing triage. Thanks for the check lists! I will see how they work!
Josh - good idea. I don't know why it seems that things find themselves on the floor or underneath the bed.
Leslie - I am glad that I am not the only one. Let me know if they work for you. I rather be out playing than cleaning up that's for sure.