Parent Testing a Habit: Get Organised
My habit this week, or more accurately the past two weeks has been to get organised. When I looked a little further into what this habit might entail I found that many of the suggestions were tailored around making ‘to-do’ lists. Now, as you well know, I am the master of list making, this skill (obsession?) seems to be rife amongst my fellow parent bloggers…but that’s another post altogether!
So with me already making more lists than is eco-friendly (I know they do recycled paper, what about pens?) or indeed ‘normal’, why am I not already super organised?
I’ve had to face some harsh truths over the last 14 days, like, when you make a list you’re supposed to actually do what’s on the list and, only then are you actually achieving something. Yes, it would seem I had been overlooking this fact, and instead making more lists so that I would create the illusion of organisation (oops).
In short, this weeks’ habit ended up being really straight forward, complete everything on the to-do list before blogging, watching tv, and making more lists! And you know what, it’s actually worked, my house will never be a show home but I have been tackling lots of niggling jobs, clearing clutter and doing outstanding deep clean tasks. I’ve also organised the finances, taken Erin on more outings and ‘play dates’, even my husband has noticed the difference, the other night after a long shift at work he asked “who’s taken my Erica and replaced her with a stepford wife” I’m not really sure if this was a positive statement or not, he seems none too impressed with my rigorous enforcement of the ‘pick up after yourself’ rule. Ah well…men need to be living somewhere that likens a cess pit before they decide to have a tidy round!
Next weeks’ habit: Positive Thinking (this should be interesting, my first maths assesment is on tuesday eek!)
