I don't typically make New Year's resolutions. I am constantly setting goals for myself so I don't feel the need to sit down and make some specific ones just because it is the new year. But I also give in to peer pressure and so here is a post summarizing my goals. (I'm easy but not cheap.)
Well I already set forth a goal for THE X which I'm already failing miserably at. I promised myself I wouldn't be too hard on myself so even though I've missed a few workouts already, I'm still focused and planning on working out every day this week. In my defense though, I was out of town for 4 days and we did a 1000 piece puzzle so I exercised my brain.
Anyway, I also have recently made a plan to volunteer and submitted applications to both places I wanted to volunteer for. I have training set up for one at the end of February, but haven't heard anything back from the other place yet, which is fine. One thing at a time BU.
Finally, and really the only actual new goal has to do with my house. And my psychosis I guess. I obviously have anxiety issues and am borderline OCD about certain things. (This is a self-diagnosis. I don't really know if I qualify as OCD or if I am just a crazy bitch.) The certain thing is my house. I really, really like it to be clean. Well, duh, BU, who doesn't like their house to be clean? Yes, but sometimes when people see their house get messy, they sigh and figure out a time they can take care of it. I get fucking furious. I yell at people and throw shit around and basically go on a rampage until it is clean again. I am like a human tornado with giant teeth coming out. It causes a lot of problems around my house. My son gets sad when I go all Kathy Bates and my husband gets frustrated and pissed off. Sometimes I get to the point where I just have to lock myself away and shut down for a little bit until I can wrap my head around what I need to do. (So yes apparently crazy bitch is the correct self-diagnosis.) So that brings me back to my goal... not to be a crazy bitch. Or more realistically, figure out a way to get a handle on my house and my sanity.
I figured there would be an app for that (the cleaning but not the sanity.) I couldn't find one. I found one website that was like crazy town cleaning. It really had so much every day that I felt like it might be more overwhelming then helpful. If I can't find any others then I will give it a try. So I'm coming to you, my faithful follower, how do you manage your house?
I am kind of like you, but I'm really not a clean enough person to be as crazy as I get about it. I let it get messy and then snap and go into a rampage about how DISGUSTING we live and how CRAZY the socks on the floor make me (some of which are admittedly mine).
ReplyDeleteSo, I try to do one thing each day - vacuum (sometimes more than once a week), dust, mop, clean out fridge, etc. That way it always remains decently clean and I'm not exhausting myself with one big clean up. My mom taught me that and she IS OCD about cleaning. Her house is spotless.
Basically what Kelly wrote. I am the same way.
ReplyDeleteAs for suggestions, I was googling around because my dad actually has this kick-ass check-list thingy-ma-bobber that he got from a Real Simple magazine (read: my mom found and it remained up). It is cool because it has like a "weekly" chores list. And a "once a month" chore list. and a "once every 3 months" chore list. But then you can break your weekly chores up so you're only doing like two 5 minute cleaning tasks per day.....I can't find it online. I will go kidnap it next time I am at my dad's.
Um, I love your crazy bitchness, but because I love it so much, I have to believe that you may be exaggerating a little bit. I can't see you doing those things at all! On a side note, why is my blog not on your 'blogs you love?' Is it because of my lazy eye? I am hoping you know where that line is referenced from. And because you are the friend I can count on for knowing and loving my humor.
ReplyDeleteI channel anger into cleaning. If I get pissed about something, I clean. If I am annoyed my house it dirty, I clean. But my cleaning is more banging shit around when it do it but truly, I just channel all negative energy into cleaning. The problem comes in when I'm happy, my house is a pit.
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