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How Do You Get Things Done?

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(How do you get yourself to do something you want to do, but don’t ever seem to make the time for?)

I was out in my backyard having a bbq and a fire in the fire pit.  Usually my husband cooks and starts the fire and when dinner is ready he calls me.  I stay out for a little while then get back into the house.  But today he asked if I could help by making the fire in the fire pit and keeping it alive while he cooked.  I really enjoyed my time outside in my yard.  This yard is partly rustic and I love it that way because I don’t get myself out often to do yard work.  It isn’t that I don’t like to… I just end up in the house in front of the computer a lot.

That is why it was so nice to be outside.  I now want to go out and do some of that yard work that really needs to be done.  At least that is what I thought yesterday.  It is now Monday and I need to go to work.  I work 7 days a week, though not 8 hours every day.

I hope I can get myself to go out and actually do some of that yard work.  But will I be able to tear myself away from doing things indoors?  Stay tuned.

How do you get yourself to do something you want to do, but don’t ever seem to make the time for?

 

Day Number Two 3/31/2017

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(Disclaimer…  I published Day Three before Day Two   OOPS!)

Did you do anything today that you are proud of??
I did not declutter today, though while decluttering I don’t want to forget about my regular chores.
I have to admit that I don’t do regular chores much because  I have been relying on my awesome husband to do chores.  Though when that happens I live in guilt and don’t feel very good about myself.  I do work outside the house, though it is my husband’s salary that is our main income.  Then he comes home and have to clean?    Did I mention he was awesome.  (not perfect, but awesome)

Well, I am proud of myself today because when I got home from work I did the dishes, took out 2 bags of recycling, and the yard waste to the bins next to my house.
Later in the evening I fed, watered and spent a little time with my daughters reptiles.  I love feeding them from time to time.

I am also researching how to blog so I can get this live and get some accountability.  (Done)

Today was not a waste.  If I can go though the day and either declutter or clean I will be very pleased with myself.

Did you do anything today that you are proud of??

ENTHUSIASM GONE CRAZY

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(When has your enthusiasm not helped you?)

I wanted to declutter my house, though it is overwhelming and I could never get myself to do it for long.  Then about 2 weeks ago I decided that if I blog about it and get some friends and strangers rooting me on I would be able to finally accomplish it.
While taking hours and days to figure out where to blog and then figuring out how to set up my blog page I noticed I was eating less.  Ummm, I thought.  I wonder if decluttering will help me lose weight, I decided to kind of keep track of my weight in a blog and see if there is a correlation.

Since I was just starting to blog maybe I should blog about starting a blog?
But there were real life situations that will come up and since my site is titled ‘Inside Diane’s Life’ maybe I should blog about my life also.

Am I taking on too much?  Losing focus?  Getting distracted?   Sounds like how my regular life goes.

I am going to try to mostly focus on decluttering, but take a break off and on and blog about the other topics.  I also just decided I want to make some projects out of wood and may start a blog.    I have gotten out of control.

Stay with me and see if I can manage my enthusiasm.

When has your enthusiasm not helped you?

Day Number Three 4/1/2017

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I have decided to quit blogging.   April Fools.

I know you will read this past April 1st because I haven’t decided where to put my blog yet.  I now know how I want it to function, though not sure whether to buy my own website or go to a free blogging system which will give me less freedom.
I am still investigating.

I worked today and Saturday afternoons is for my family, though again today I washed dishes.  I can’t tell you how good it feels to just do that.  I also washed out our coffee pot which had coffee stains on the inside.  It is so pretty.

That is it for today.  Have a good night.

Day Number One- (my first project) 3/30/2017

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Day One….  My first Project              3/30/2017

(What small project can you declutter?  Come along my journey with me so you can help me stay motivated and maybe get motivated yourself.)

     I have read that you should start fast and big, so you can get as much done before you lose your desire.  Though most of the articles I have read and/or  watched say start slow.  Getting even a small project done will help.  It will help you get started, help you have success, help you feel good and help you get that little section of your house decluttered and maybe even organized.

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I have decided to start with a basket in my bathroom full of toiletries.  Each one of my family members have one.  We are a little family of three.  I will tackle my basket on the right.

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I believe it was in the book, ‘The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing’, she talks about putting your items in the middle of the floor and then decide where to put the items.

I  thought that would be a great idea for this project.  After doing that I decided what is really suppose to belong in my basket and what was not.

I kept about 1/2 the contents, 1/4 was in the wrong place, 1/4 garbage and one item I decided to give away.

20170330_123854Items that were in the wrong place

20170330_123820Garbage items (I reused 2 of the ziplocks)

I am very proud of my basket.  It was just one little drop of water in my big cluttered bucket, but I got that drop taken care of and am very proud of myself.

What small project can you declutter?  Come along my journey with me so you can help me stay motivated and maybe get motivated yourself.

Day Number One (the back story) 3/30/2017

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Please join me on my adventure and share your adventure with me.

I have been thinking about decluttering for quite a while now.  Many many decades in fact.  Yes, I had bouts of cleaning and organizing and even giving a few things away, but most of the time it just got recluttered.
Last year I worked a week on my pantry, which is a walk in, and I am still very proud of it.  It does get cluttered, but it really starts to bother me and I get in there and tidy up.  It is my proudest section of the house.

Though recently I am now starting to feel like I can really do it.  As in I can really start getting rid of things.  Things I hold on for sentimental reasons, like a broken cassette tape that my ex said he expressed his feelings on when he wanted me back, but he broke the cassette before I could listen to it.  I had kept onto it hoping to fix it and listen to it.  Though now being married for 27 years it feels like I can get rid of it….. if I could find it.

I have been watching the trend toward tiny houses and also the minimalist movement.  I know I do not need everything I own and everything I own is not making me happy.  I want to be happy when I get home, feel relaxed and feel proud.
So about 1 week ago I started to binge watch decluttering videos on youtube.  These are the ones I have connected with:
The Minimalist (learned about them about 4 months ago)
Gayle Goddard    (She has a decluttering Meetup in Texas that she video tapes)
Home Organizing by Alejandra  (She has a decluttering system you can buy,   though if not I like her because she mentioned that she got depressed by  her clutter.  She knows it is hard.)
ClutterBug   ( I like her energy.  Seems very down to earth and I loved the rants   she goes on…. at least the ones I have seen)
Break the Twitch    ( I have only watches 2 videos, though he mentions at not only  is physical clutter a problem, but also other clutter.  Like checking your  phone or computer a lot to check your social media and losing hours of  productive time.  I look forward to watching more of his.)
Peter Walsh    (He has a 31 days to get organized challenge.)
Life is Organized   (like her presence and she also talks about reaching goals in  general.)

These have helped me feel like I can do this.  I also like to journal and I think journaling my progress will help me to keep going forward.  I also hope to put this in a blog and be able to talk to people in my situation and who is starting on this adventure of getting their house in order.

Please join me on my adventure and share your adventure with me.