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Evidently I'm not currently allowed to post in FB. Sigh.
I'm trying a new house tactic today. 15 min bursts: I have a couple old 1-a-day Sudoku calendars (which I mostly haven't done, oops, but it's fun to pick them up and do a few every now and then). The backs of each day make awesome little list papers.
So: take one (do the Sudoku on it, if it isn't done yet)--make a VERY short list of 15 min of work. Set timer, do that list. Repeat a few times. But don't worry about the next 15 min. This makes the work bite-sized and not overwhelming. (instead of "clean music room" I can "remove 1 box of not-music-related-stuff from music room and put it where it ought to be", for example.)
Actually is working surprisingly well. I'm going to intersperse this with longer things (like practice sessions). But really, most house stuff goes surprisingly well in 15 min bursts. Keeping a list of this makes it clearer that I really am accomplishing stuff and not wasting my day.
Accomplished (for my record, will add to this as the day goes)
~8 minutes on treadmill (25 calories)
emptied dishwasher x2
loaded dishwasher and ran
big trash out (packing boxes from music stands I just ordered)
1 bag kitchen trash out and new one started
mail brought in and sorted (no bills this week :-)
new music stands assembled/old stands disassembled and all put in music room
1 box candlemaking equipment removed from music room to basement
1 bag beading equipment removed from music room and put with other bead stuff waiting to go to craft room
2 boxes ancient receipts/bills removed from music room waiting to be gone through and tossed
1 box seeds/shipping stuff removed from music room waiting to be moved to basement
All living room throws folded.
Guest linens removed from futon waiting to be washed, collected scattered towels and socks as well
Cat boxes cleaned (note: medication for upstairs cat appears to be helping, at least there's more, um, throughput...)
Laundry: 4 loads
Emptied all wastebaskets, trash out
Cleared out old bills/receipts from 1 box
Sorted 4 piles of recent bills/receipts & put most into storage box
Lunch: scrambled eggs and eng muffin. And the ubiquitous diet coke :-)
Bead supplies upstairs to craftroom
Vihuela foot pedal out of box. Vihuela practice done.
I'm trying a new house tactic today. 15 min bursts: I have a couple old 1-a-day Sudoku calendars (which I mostly haven't done, oops, but it's fun to pick them up and do a few every now and then). The backs of each day make awesome little list papers.
So: take one (do the Sudoku on it, if it isn't done yet)--make a VERY short list of 15 min of work. Set timer, do that list. Repeat a few times. But don't worry about the next 15 min. This makes the work bite-sized and not overwhelming. (instead of "clean music room" I can "remove 1 box of not-music-related-stuff from music room and put it where it ought to be", for example.)
Actually is working surprisingly well. I'm going to intersperse this with longer things (like practice sessions). But really, most house stuff goes surprisingly well in 15 min bursts. Keeping a list of this makes it clearer that I really am accomplishing stuff and not wasting my day.
Accomplished (for my record, will add to this as the day goes)
~8 minutes on treadmill (25 calories)
emptied dishwasher x2
loaded dishwasher and ran
big trash out (packing boxes from music stands I just ordered)
1 bag kitchen trash out and new one started
mail brought in and sorted (no bills this week :-)
new music stands assembled/old stands disassembled and all put in music room
1 box candlemaking equipment removed from music room to basement
1 bag beading equipment removed from music room and put with other bead stuff waiting to go to craft room
2 boxes ancient receipts/bills removed from music room waiting to be gone through and tossed
1 box seeds/shipping stuff removed from music room waiting to be moved to basement
All living room throws folded.
Guest linens removed from futon waiting to be washed, collected scattered towels and socks as well
Cat boxes cleaned (note: medication for upstairs cat appears to be helping, at least there's more, um, throughput...)
Laundry: 4 loads
Emptied all wastebaskets, trash out
Cleared out old bills/receipts from 1 box
Sorted 4 piles of recent bills/receipts & put most into storage box
Lunch: scrambled eggs and eng muffin. And the ubiquitous diet coke :-)
Bead supplies upstairs to craftroom
Vihuela foot pedal out of box. Vihuela practice done.