I don't know why but I have tried so many ways of making a change in the way I eat, I exercise, I control things that are "bad" for me, clean my house, get things done. Once again I start being conscious of what goes in my body and it lasts for a while, I get some results but I feel so good about it that I forget to continue the plan. I forget to watch what I eat, exercise, being conscious of my every move. Why do we do that? Why do we procrastinate? I clean the house spotless and promise not to do it again, promise to unclutter and keep it organize. Two weeks later, something happens and I am totally disgusted from the mess that we have. Why can I keep it clean?, why can I keep the weight off?, Why can I stick to my budget perfectly?, Why do we struggle?
I try so hard to keep it together and most of the time I can but it gets to a point where it is overwhelming and I have to regroup. The regrouping sometimes takes a lot of effort. Then when I take the time to plan and do everything I need to do and regroup and get my plan in action, it overwhelming!
I have not had a day off by myself at home with my mess until today, ( I work many hours a week, help at church and hang out with friends, visit family, etc) I decided I will start with my house and the ability to bring people over so that meant I had to clean. Again, started really well kitchen clean, bathroom clean and then... break... and totally lost my groove. Why? I was doing so good. So now that I am done wirting this blog I guess I will go back and attempt to start over. Wish me luck!
2 comments:
I have no advice because you summed up the story of my life!
I feel ya, sister! keeping my house presentable is a daily struggle for me.
Have you ever visited:
http://www.flylady.com
This is an awesome, baby-steps at a time way of keeping the house in order. Designed to make it so you only need to do 15 minutes a day. She starts with decluttering and moves into creating 'zones' so you don't get overwhelmed with your house.
She even has a "crisis cleaning" schedule here:
http://www.flylady.net/pages/FlyingLessons_crisiscleaning.asp
Which I use often. I am not perfect at all in this (I am still horrible at keeping the cat box scooped!) but it sure has helped me get it down to a lot less overwhelming!!
HUGS!
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