An innocent comment from a friend on Facebook lead to on an internet search. She wanted to know if anyone used a master cleaning list. I went searching and found hundreds of choices. I found one that I thought had potential for me.
I don't want house cleaning to continue to be this thing I do when people are coming over. I am going to stop having anxiety about people seeing my mess. Because I AM going to work towards reducing my mess. Right now getting everything done on my master list seems completely overwhelming. But if I keep chipping away at areas that need a lot of help, they will eventually become manageable.
I want to be clear that the originals came from Lovelaughterandlipstick.com. Hailey did the creating and posted downloads, which can be found here. I don't want anyone to think that I am trying to steal, pirate or copy her work.
I simplified and personalized this to my home and needs. I'll be honest, Hailey seems to be a much neater person than I am. I don't know if I could stay sane if I tried to follow her schedule to a tee.
Today was Day 2. I started on week 2, because I accidentally saved my Week 2 over Week 1 and then I ran out of black ink for my printer. Can you tell that my house is in severe need of a tighter reign?
Yesterday, I didn't do too bad of a job. Today, sinus pain and pressure hit. I brushed my teeth this morning and kept my child fed. That's an accomplishment enough for me today. Tomorrow is another day and I can try again.
I put a lot of pressure on myself to live up to some standard that I haven't articulated. All that I know is that I just don't measure up. I constantly see myself falling short. I realize that by having this list, I could very well be setting myself up for failure. I can look at the list and and berate myself for not getting every thing done. I'm sure I will have nights or weeks where I will try to go down that path.
However, as I start this I'm giving myself the following permissions:
I am not perfect, I will not complete this list perfectly.
I am a wife and mother first, it is not my job to be the quintessential maid.
I can take my time, change happens gradually for everyone; including myself.
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