The problem with cleaning my house is that when I get really close to one thing so I can wash it, I can see 10 more things that need washing. This is how I can spend 90 minutes working as hard as I can, cross half a dozen things off the list, and still end up with a list that is twice as long as it was when I started. The revised list includes such items as “repaint the whole house” and “buy new furniture.” Then I start fretting over the money I don’t have to spend on those projects. This is why I don’t clean as often as I should. Of course the not cleaning as often as I should is part of why I’m in this mess in the first place. Whee.
Today also brought the realization that I’m just not going to be able to get around to responding to comments made on my LJ for the last week or more. I’m also not going to get around to making comments to other people’s entries. Nor am I going to be an active forum participant on my writer’s forum. I believe this is the fault of having all the kids home all day long. It may also be due to the large events I’ve had to prepare for. Whatever the reason, I have decided not to feel bad about it. Things will settle down again next week.
The reason I put off cleaning is that I look at it and decide it’ll take me about 5x longer than it actually does. So when I get around to cleaning, I *headpalm* wondering why I let it go so long when it took hardly any time at all to get done.
We are of the same breed when it comes to cleaning.
Ditto here, too. :S
Sometimes I have to set a timer and keep reminding myself to focus on one task until it rings. Otherwise I tend to start on the 10 other things that need washing and never finish anything!
Yeah. I do that too. Mostly with dishes.
My major trouble with staying focused is that the kid invariably need something when I’m in the middle of a cleaning task and by the time I’m done with the kids, I’ve forgotten what I was working on.