Thread to motivate mdmc to clean up his flat

[mdmc]

post your motivation here DU!
Please!
Happy New Year!

take down the tree
do the dishes
clean the bedroom
clean the kitchen
clean the living room
do the laundry..

..
Help me to do it all DU!

[hlthe2b]

1. I've spent the past 72 hours finishing a major move...

New Years Eve was spent packing up all the last stuff I wasn't able to get boxed, sorted, dealt with before the movers took the major stuff. Took me until 10PM then had to drive the rental panel van (slowly) two hours amidst all the DUI roadblocks to my new place. And I still hadn't started the final "cleaning." So, guess what took up 12 hours on New Years Day.

Now, I'm in my new place trying to motivate myself to get up and push my very sore, tired muscles to work on unboxing, laundry, taking down my tiny Christmas tree here, and on and on.

So, if you find that motivation, bottle it and blow it my way. I had no choice to do so the past three days, but now, I'm fighting the "I deserve a rest" excuse. I think it will take a double dose of Motrin, just to make me able to walk the dog!

Uggh, what a way to spend New Years, but at least my 'exercise' resolution has been duly started!

[mdmc]

2. thanks for the reply my friend

I try to do a little piece at a time and hope I can keep going. If I get extra motivation I will send it your way..

[Downwinder]

3. Perhaps you should start a self help group.

I probably need to join. Though I don't know that I would.

I justify the piles as obstacles for my therapy to be able to navigate around them.

[mdmc]

7. today I will do the laundry..

yesterday I chopped wood for the fireplace..

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. Don't try to do it all..

pick the most important thing and get it done.

reward yourself with a little somethin... a cookie, 30 min reading.. whatever

then pick the second most important thing..

continue

by the end of the day you'll have at least half the list done, and you won't be exhausted.

A sane mind beats a clean house any day, imho.

[mdmc]

5. that seems like a good idea

I did the kitchen table, and went shopping for groceries and supplies.
I guess the bathroom is next..

Thank you for the suggestions v-l-r

[suninvited]

6. I am going to go bag up some old clothes and other items

and take them to goodwill.

I need a little motivating, too. I did the dishes and finished a very small sewing project to help motivate myself, but it didn't take.

[mdmc]

8. Do good work suninvited

peace and low stress

[hlthe2b]

9. Ok.. now that I've gotten some sleep... I can offer what is helping me...

(besides the motrin, chondroitin-sulfate/glucosamine, and those wonderfull new warm packs for aching overused muscles-- Heaven Sent after my major move-- )



I set the timer on my I-phone to one hour (or whatever time period works for you) and determine to work on my priority task. I then can take a break (no longer than an hour) or continue on by resetting the timer. What I often find is that if I am making progress, I will reset the timer and take no break. Progress, in and of itself is motivating. But that way I am conscious of the time passing and able to focus at least for that period on the task at hand.

Most cell phones have a timer like this as part of their pre-loaded clock app. If not, they are freely available for most phones.

Years ago, I used to use a cool old fashioned hour glass in my office to accomplish the same. A very visual reminder as time passes and a good conversation piece as well. (Just watch out for those "flying monkeys"...

[XemaSab]

10. Get a kitchen timer

Set it for 15 minutes.

During that 15 minutes WORK HARD and do what you see that needs doing.

When the timer pings, reset it for another 15 minutes. This is break time. During this time, you can check your email and goof off on teh DU.

Rinse, repeat.