ORGANIZING
Tips for
Tuesday
When
my children were young, they were each expected to keep their own bedroom neat. I specifically remember one day when my
daughter was supposed to be cleaning her room.
I went to check on her progress but she was nowhere to be found. Hearing something coming from the closet, I
opened the door to find her crouched down and weeping. When I asked her what was the matter she
replied, between sobs, “It’s just too messy!
I can’t clean it all.”
Have
you ever wanted to hide in your closet and cry?
At times it is tempting, but in the long run it isn’t going to make the
mess go away. We’ve been talking about
bringing order to our homes, and have already hit on a couple of points.
- Start anywhere; the important thing is to start.
- Start now; the time we spend procrastinating could be spent accomplishing
something.
- Start
small.
Whether the job is overwhelming,
unpleasant, or you simply don’t have the time, the key is to break the task
into smaller segments and accomplish what you can when you can.
Perhaps you need to prepare your
yard for winter. Focus on just one task,
such as raking, or one area at a time. Need
to clean your closet or your dresser? Start
with just one shelf or drawer. Pressed
for time? Work for five or ten minutes,
or whatever you have available.
As Aristotle and Mary Poppins would
say (now there’s an interesting combination!), a job “well begun is half done!”
Lisa
