I just get cranky and every little thing annoys me. My desire is always to occupy the children with something and escape to cup of tea, chocolate, and a good moan and sob. And sometimes, it comes to that.
But, other times I remember:
- it's all fixable, given time
- taking the time to train the kids to put their shoes away today is worth it for a lifetime
- stop thinking, just do what needs to be done
- it didn't take a day for it to become like this, it will take more than a day to clean it
- just doing a couple little things will help you feel better.
- spend 15 minutes on a trouble spot, that's all it will take to make progress
- pick a room a week, hit the trouble spots here and there - soon you'll hit every room
- there is more to life than a clean house
3 comments:
You sound just like me most days! I stress and stress over how messy everything is. I told my DH yesterday that he was going to have to help out until after Christmas if I was going to get all my projects done. Believe it or not, he's been helping!
Good job Valerie! My DH is so swamped with work, it would be nice if I could help him...but I'm not a philosopher so I'm not really any help. :-) One thing I've really learned in the last year is the power of 15 minutes and that just doing one thing will improve my attitude about all of it. I was so discouraged over the house...then I took all my piles of "To Goodwill" actually to Goodwill, and the house already seems lighter, airy and more livable! :-) I haven't even cleaned anything yet!
Girl, are we on the same wavelength or what, lol! (((Hugs!))) I completely understand.
I read something on another blog:
PACE
Positive Attitude Changes Everything.
I've been trying to remember that when I feel discouraged or overwhelmed. And I'm with you on the 15 minute thing. I learned that from Flylady. It always amazes me at how much you can get done in 15 minutes and it makes you feel so much better.
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