You know those all you can eat buffets? Where you can start with dessert? Eat all the meat and skip the vegetables? Or have 5 different soups with 7 different kinds of bread? You only take what you want and leave the rest.
That's kind of what I did today. I wasn't in the mood for a 3 course meal of cleaning. I decided I didn't care what was important. I didn't care about the big or little jobs. I decided I would only do what I felt up to. SO. Laundry. Lots of laundry. Even more laundry. Dirty laundry, clean laundry. Sorting, washing, drying, folding, storing. Ironing. IRONING! Bleah.
I cleaned a bathroom, cleared a coat rack, washed it down and got rid of half of the coats. Nobody wears them anyway. I cleaned the kitchen. I cooked. AndI made the kids clean up. Hehehe.
It wasn't an organized approach, at the moment I wish I had invested all that time into the front room. But lets face it. I got a lot done today. If I had forced myself to work methodicaly I think I would have given up pretty soon.
I think I'll have those "all you can handle chore buffets" more often!
Realizing I was a hoarder was both a shock and a relief. A shock, because nobody wants to have a mental disorder. A relief, because my situation finally had a name. I found people who could relate. Knowing the problem helps solving it. I can step aside and look at the situation from a more neutral point of view. Why am I blogging about it? 2 reasons. 1. Putting my thoughts into words helps me think more clearly. 2. If this helps just one, who is like me, see the light it was more than worth it!
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