This blog will serve to document my efforts in two areas. Keeping the house clean and organized, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle (working out and eating right). I will talk about how things are going in the aforementioned areas and will post photos. I am also seriously considering doing some video blogs, which I will also post to this blog. Please read the information below to get a glimpse of my struggles.
Home
My home is small. We have a lot of stuff. We are not the most disciplined when it comes to keeping things clean and neat.
Problem 1. Ever since my husband and I moved into this home, it's been a huge struggle to keep things tidy. We don't have enough space for the amount of stuff that we have. Last year I went through all of my belongings in order to get rid of things that I no longer needed or wanted. We had a yard sale in October! We are still going through the process of going through the remaining items to figure out just exactly how to get things to fit. Unfortunately, though not surprisingly, we have managed to obtain a lot more stuff since the yard sale.
I had in my mind this idea of how things would go. 1) We'd have a yard sale. 2) With the extra space in our storage room I'd move rarely used items from inside of the house to the storage room. 3) I'd have places for all of the remaining indoor items.
This plan is not working for several reasons. I didn't account for the amount of stuff that my husband does not want to get rid of, or has yet to get rid of. I also didn't account for the fact that my husband would be bringing more stuff from his mom's house to our house. And I understandably did not account for the fact that our close friend would be moving to another country, and that we would be taking on so much of his stuff.
So... My plan so far is to continue to move my rarely used possessions from inside the house to the storage room. I will also try to help my husband with his stuff, and in his decisions on whether or not it's something worth keeping with the amount of space that we have. We will of course, have to both re-evaluate what is actually important to keep. Now... I just need the motivation. I will document our efforts in this area.
Problem 2. How hard is it to walk dirty clothes to the hamper instead of dropping them on the floor? Well apparently, for me and my husband, it's pretty difficult. It's little things like this that make it hard to keep the house clean (other than the lack of space). It's embarrassing, I know. But that's why I need to put it out there. It's not something I've always struggled with, and it is something that I think is made more difficult by my husband. I try to keep things clean, but when it's just me doing it, it gets to be too much for me and I end up just going back to the usual routine, aka. leaving dirty dishes on the table, leaving dirty clothes on the floor, leaving out any object that has just been used instead of taking the 2 seconds to put it away. So... I will document our efforts in this area.
Body
Now, this is not as big of a struggle for me, but I would like to improve on working out regularly. It was never a problem for me until I started working full time. Over the past four years of working full time, I have slowly become better at managing my time and at exercising more regularly. I am finally at a point where I feel comfortable taking on more ambitious exercise routines. I would like to document my success and trials in this area. For me, it's not about losing weight or changing my appearance (although I wouldn't mind being a bit firmer and stronger). It's really about being healthy and feeling good for a long and fulfilling life.
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