I have dreams of spending the day cleaning my house in a full face of makeup, perfect hair, a dress, and heels. And of course being cheerful doing it and having a spotless house. The reality, especially lately, is very far from that. The reality is my house is a mess, I rarely get out of yoga pants if I’m not leaving the house, I’m behind on all my work, and I’m exhausted, not cheerful.
I’m trying to find a schedule that will allow me to stay on top of things and feel more productive but I really am not a schedule person. Between my normal responsibilities, the new business I’m involved in and the fact that I’m exhausted from hypotension, I’m really struggling to stay on top of things.
I keep thinking if I can just get caught up I can handle everything. And this is likely true but it’s the getting caught up part that is hard. The scariest thing is May is going to be an even busier month. I’m in a wedding, we have Happyland Music Festival, it’s my husband’s birthday, it’s our anniversary, we have another wedding to attend, and I’m sure other things I’m forgetting about. Plus all of the normal things.
What I’m going to try for the next couple of days is to get my computer work done by the time I’m done with lunch or very shortly after and then spend the time until dinner doing housework. Hopefully I can keep the evenings for mostly free time. We will see if this helps or even works, ha.
If you have brilliant ideas, share in the comments below or on my Facebook. Also feel free to make me feel better by saying you are dealing with the same problem!
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Rebecca
I know what you mean life is so busy and it is hard to fit everything in! I hope you find a way to figure out the best way to balance everything! 🙂
Rebecca
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Lisa Sharp
Right? Work, housework, exercise, fun, it’s hard to fit it all. 🙂
Stephanie
Coming here from your other post. What works for me, when there’s just too much going on, is to focus on one major home thing per day. Obviously the daily crap has to get done- dishes and cooking and whatnot- but I make a list of Crap I Want to Get Done, super fun stuff like ‘wiping down appliances,’ ‘reorganize dish cabinet,’ that kind of stuff, and each day I pick out one project to do. If I have the energy/time/ability to get more done, awesome. If not, no biggie, there’s always tomorrow (and obvs, save the bigger projects for days with more time and energy, and go for the things like ‘clear out the silverware drawer’ on days when you have ten minutes and your brain is cooked). Some days, that one thing is laundry because the rest of the day is taken up with other life stuff. At one project a day, you’ll still be making progress, even though it’s a slower progress. Slow and steady. 🙂
I’ve been working on overhauling the entire house so that it’s easier to take care of as a whole. I’ve been working fairly steadily for about a month and a half now, including cleaning out my nightmare of a basement, and it’s definitely helping in some areas. I still have plenty of work to do, though, and I’m vastly looking forward to the day when I don’t have 43829957329749832 things to do every day.
Like that’ll ever happen! 😀
Lisa Sharp
Great advice! I bet your house is going to look amazing!