The Idea Blog

I should consider renaming my blog to "the idea blog." I feel like I have not been able to accomplish anything! I feel like I am full of ideas but never implement them or follow through with anything. It's so frustrating!  Like, I have a great idea to eat healthier and stop snacking...but that hasn't happened.  I have a great idea to deep clean the bedrooms...but that hasn't happened. I have great ideas to do little things every day/week that'll help  me declutter and feel more organized...but none of those have happened. Ugh! I also have a great idea to be better about reading scriptures and praying...but that hasn't happened either!  I feel like I'm surrounded by chaos and I can't do anything until it's under control. And I can't get it under control because I just don't have the time or help that I need to get it done. All I want is a clean house...decluttered, cleaned out, only own the necessities. Why is this so hard?

It hit me today as I was making my daughter lunch.  This is all my fault!  Everything!  I am a borderline hoarder and have an awful habit of not putting things away after I use them...literally, I don't put anything back! (Sometimes I do, but most of the time I do not.) So, as of right now, my goal is going to be to just fix this bad habit.  They say it takes 21 days to make or break a habit.  For the next 21 days, I am going to put stuff away.  Not to the side, not in a neat pile...AWAY! Change begins with me. Mothers and wives determine the mood of the household...if mom is in a bad mood, generally that tension effects everyone else too. For me to be happier, I need to fix my bad habits that cause me so much stress and frustration.

So for the next 21 days...basically, through May...I will be working on putting things away after I use them. I cannot tell you how many times I have left food out and it has gone bad, or all the clothes that I have folded and just put in front of the dresser instead of in the drawers, or just left all my hair and make-up stuff just sitting all over the counter in the bathroom.  I am a walking mess maker. And do you want to know what the worst part is? I get so upset with my family (husband and children) when they do not pick up after themselves! What a freaking hypocrite!

I am starting with me.  I am going to keep thinking up my great ideas, because right now, they are ideas.  Until I can prove to myself that I am capable of changing a bad habit, I don't think implementing any of them would even be successful.  I will try really hard to document my progress daily.  And I am still planning on doing other things around the house too, but my main focus is fixing this horrible habit!  If I just put things back, I wouldn't have a lot of the clutter or mess that I whine about all the time. Geez! This is not an idea...this is an I DO! I WILL DO THIS!