My motivation is at Wally Mart. Do I really want to end up like these REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED.?
No.
I am not a big fan of going there. There is something about the place that bothers me, or maybe it is several somethings there. Does it mean I don't go there? No. I go about once a month to buy some things that I can find there, but not other places. I also do a Dollar Tree run once a month for the same reason. And at least one Costco run a month.
Setting goals really helps me. The going through closets and house and organizing is my goal for 2024. It is on my mind every morning before I get out of bed.
I do know that making lists is a great way to get things done. I've seen my aunt and uncle with a list on the kitchen counter with the tasks for the day and them being crossed off as they are finished. Some of those tasks are ones that anyone in the home can do, while some are more geared to one person or another.
Habits and routines! That is the motivation that I need. I can get into a routine, a habit, and every morning I wake up thinking about what I need to do or want to do. That is all good for me until my routine gets interrupted by going to stay at someone's house for a week or so or something else. That gets in the way of my routine. That stops my daily habit of getting things done.
The business of doing something everyday works for me until I have a distraction. My sewing, embroidery, quilt and other such projects get started and then an interruption, such as going back to work, causes me to not finish some of those projects for years and years. A few years ago, maybe 5, I finished a quilt that I had started in the early 1980's. Why? Baby, divorce, moving, life, trainings, interruptions, purchasing a home that needed and still needs work.
The business of going through closets, drawers, cabinets started for me at the New Year again this year. It is not the first time I have done this, started at the beginning of the year and made good progress, but it is the interruption of the routine that gets in my way. As I stated before, I have never finished going through my house and organizing, purging, and being done. It really does help me to have this goal though. What else is going to get in my way? Starting seedlings. Gardening. Yard work. And dogs and cats!
I am still working on the first closet I started with, but I am doing so because I am going through other closets, rooms, drawers, cabinets and boxes, and finding stuff that goes into those closet bins.
Stuff is scattered in other places. Today, it was travel sized toiletries. I found another bag with a bunch of those toiletries. I went through the new bin in the closet and the bag and cleaned out a bunch of stuff, and made it all fit in there in the one bin. I purged used empty bottles, used razors and toothbrushes that should have been thrown away years ago. I found a card from a motel we stayed in at least 10 years ago. Not a big deal, but daughter was asking about this motel we stayed at recently and together we couldn't put it together. Card is going in with all of the other cards I have. Information is also on phone. That is certainly not all that I have gotten done today, but is an example of how this project keeps me going.
And there are days when I have been so busy and distracted that there is no motivation left.
