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A Room Per Day
January 28, 2010 22:34
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Tags: housework
I really hate housework. It makes my fingers feel all sore and raw, my back hurt, and it makes me sweaty and gross. But I hate having a filthy house even more. So I have a new plan.

I made myself a “roombox” (catchy, right? Like “boombox”? No?). I cut little slips of paper and wrote the name of a room (or hallway, or entryway – whatever) on each one. I balled each one up and threw them all into this leftover truffles (yum!) tin box I had lying around (ahem). Each day, I’ll pick out one slip of paper, and SCOUR that room, top to bottom.

Some will be easy (upstairs hallway), and some will be a real pain in the ass (kitchen). Most will be somewhere in between. But this way I can work my ass off on ONE room, then ignore the whole rest of the house without feeling guilty.

Now, I am fortunate (?) to have a big house, so I won’t do a room more than once every 18 days. But honestly, that’s better than my average has been using any other method!
Comments

“As The Wheel Turns” as the saying goes. Or is it great minds think alike? I played similar games with myself while raising kids and “having to clean house”. I even remember timing myself to see how long each task took. I wrote the time on my task list and found they didn’t take as long as I thought. It was all my mindset, “I don’t want to do that; I’d rather bake!” But we know we have to keep a clean kitchen. We did eat a lot of good desserts!
Keep up the good work.

Posted February 02, 2010 by Pauline
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