Well 1st step made, am here!!

[luciebythesea]

Habitual non-tidy'er! Any excuse I've used it, found it and justified it!!!

[Jan Ferrante]

Lucie, that is so fantastic! Doesn't it feel great?

Impressing hubby, that is always good too :0) Doesn't that feel great too?

I am a firm believer in progress, not perfection.

There are days that I don't get it all finished either, but if I try very hard to do at least some on those days, I am always farther ahead.

It always amazes me at what a difference a small amount of time in each room really makes too, especially if done consistently.

I caught myself putting off cleaning out a pot that had leftover breakfast porridge in it for the chickens this morning. So I caught myself and now it's clean and the chickens got breakfast too, so they are happy :0)

I'm already seeing some progress on my 'now day', can't wait to see what else I don't put off today :0)

Going out with your daughter and doing a craft counts as being productive!

In fact, it's one of the most important things, and the reason that over time, the BOOST circuit is such a blessing, we get to do more things with our family without the stress or feeling that we should be cleaning something, because it's already clean.

And as you've already seen, our habits really do spill over to family too, both positive and negative. (and me, I am SO happy to hear about your progress!)

You are really making great strides already, give yourself a big bear hug and keep us posted :0)

Have a Shiney Day!

[luciebythesea]

I did more yesterday than the whole of last week put together!! I managed...2 loads of laundry, 15 mins in my daughter's room while she was playing and getting ready for bed 5 mins in the bathroom while kids in bath: taps, loo etc then went back and rinsed bath when they got out...swept kitchen floor, stacked and put on dishwasher....probab;y one or 2 other things too!
It all added up, Ok I didn't tick every bit of my Daily Boost circuit but I impressed myself and my husband..who is not easily impressed by my previous tidying attempts....i.e. not doing it daily for him but killing myself and usually my Mum too, doing it if entertaining.
So thank you.
Today has been not as productive....yet; as have had daughter here and we went to the open-air market and did craft, though that did involve clearing the dining table first!!!

[Jan Ferrante]

I must be tired, I thought at first you were speaking french. I suppose it does have a certain exotic ring to it :0)

I wonder what would happen if you tried for a day to be a Habitual Tidy'er (that even has a nice ring to it).

Think of yourself as that for the day and see if it changes any of your reflexes or actions.

I'm going to try that too because often our (my) habits are a result of the labels that we have put on ourselves - as in I'm too tired, I will do that later (a Habitual Do-It-Later'er :0)

I'm going to try out being a Habitual Do-It-Nowzer - even though it sounds like a dog.

I'll let you know how it goes. I see big possibilities for being better at picking up after myself, my biggest obstacle.