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CherryPie
True Blue Farmgirl
935 Posts
Kimberly Ann
Puyallup
WA
USA
935 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 08:11:37 AM
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For those of us who are at home full time, how do you keep your momentum going to tackle the daily jobs? I need some inspiration because some days I just don't have the oomph and it is easy to think "oh, that job will be there tomorrow, it's there everyday." How do you keep yourself motivated?
Kimberly Ann
Farmgirl Sister #225
Crochet Geek, Newbie Fiddler, Would-be Farmer, Backyard Chicken Rancher, Eager Podcaster
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Farmtopia
True Blue Farmgirl
1465 Posts
Zan
New York
New York
USA
1465 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 08:16:18 AM
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Kimberly Ann--first of all, LOVE the title of your post! Haha! Great!
I don't really know a good answer for this. I am a clean freak, I don't know how to work in a place that's so disorderly. Sometimes I need to take breaks when I clean my house. Sort of little tea breaks, or hop on the computer. I like listening to music in the background too--that usually helps.
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classygram
True Blue Farmgirl
1812 Posts
Brenda
Pleasant Hill
Mo.
USA
1812 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 10:11:49 AM
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Hi Kimberly, I like to see what I have gotten done. So it inspires me to keep going. But I also have to take many breaks. Like Zan, I'll stop and have a cup of tea, get on computer or just sit and read awhile. Then back I go. But if someone can tell me what to do with that 239lb hubby while I'm trying to do all of this, please send suggestions. If he doesn't find a job, I'm going to have to pay him to just get out of my way!!HAHAHAHA Back to the subject, I guess I just want things to feel confortable when friends come over. I don't want it to feel stuffy but just homey!
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
1862 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 10:57:45 AM
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have you tried FLYLADY....i find her really helpful
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
farmgal #150 |
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
1270 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 2:11:05 PM
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I don't get a lot of time to myself before the husband comes home from work but if I really want to keep working I find making a list the night before and trying to compleate it before Jim comes home. It usually works. Also one thing I learned from the fly lady and I find fun to do is to set a timer. I will set 10 minutes for the bathroom and I'm usually done in 8, for a quick wipe disinfecting clean. It works pretty well.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 2:42:41 PM
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Sometimes keeping motivated is tough in the dead of winter. One thing that helps me, I have a group of women who come for a sewing lesson once a week now. So, I would be very embarrassed if my home was not in order. . that really helps.
The other thing to try, put on your all time favorite music and that really helps to get you moving . . . singing and dancing through all the chores
Joanna #566
JojoNH
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
1862 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 2:55:48 PM
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yes, I find music helps a lot too...kinda gets you in the groove
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
farmgal #150 |
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
3470 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 5:10:45 PM
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...But....what happens when you can't stop dancing and find that you just can't be bothered with the cleaning??? hahaha
Sister-chick# 905
Judy
Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman- |
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CherryPie
True Blue Farmgirl
935 Posts
Kimberly Ann
Puyallup
WA
USA
935 Posts |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Feb 24 2010 : 05:37:39 AM
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Shoot, I am in desperate need of some get up and go right now! It's so freezing bone chilling cold and I cannot get warm. I want to work outside but it feels like it's going to snow any minute. We do have a chance of flurries and it sure feels like snow cold out there.
I do turn on music when I want to do any work inside. It just helps get me going. I have my 3 or 4 favorites on my sat. tv music channels.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
2707 Posts
Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
2707 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2010 : 8:53:35 PM
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Hey as long as you have the motivation for the important things like sewing and talking to your friends and stuff you love, then you know you are not depressed. so the house work doesn't get all done , so what it will be there tomorrow. do something fun when you are down and then the next day you can do the cleaning if you feel like it!!!!!
Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran
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Ms. Treadle
True Blue Farmgirl
51 Posts
Leigh-Ann
Northwest
Mississippi
USA
51 Posts |
Posted - Feb 26 2010 : 7:42:17 PM
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Beverley,
I love your answer!!
Blessings,
Leigh-Ann
The only place where housework comes before needlework is in the dictionary. ~Mary Kurtz
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
613 Posts |
Posted - Feb 26 2010 : 9:57:40 PM
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i agree with all of you ladies... it's hard to get going when it's cold! music helps me alot when i'm in a frump! and i like to have a list in my head of what to work on.
but here's my suggestion... it helps me a lot when i REALLY don't want to do anything to have something to look forward to at the end of it all. i especially love to take a wonderful, hot, relaxing bath with the works: bubbles or essential oils, candles, wine, some nice music in the background. i look forward to that "me" time when my hubby is away. so it becomes my motivation to get through my cleaning or what-have-you. i tell myself "if i get my chores done, i can have my fun time." also, the faster i get my chores done, the faster i can have fun. i also like to watch a new movie, a favorite movie, play on the computer, or read, so anything you can give yourself to look forward to will work!
i also try not to be hard on myself if i do take a whole day to myself... sometimes that's just the thing to motivate you! tell yourself if i give myself a whole day to do whatever i want, to relax, and FULLY enjoy this day, i will feel more rested to do my chores tomorrow. and sometimes it takes multiple days. give yourself what your body and mind crave... that work will also become a craving after you know you need to do your chores (build-up of pet fur in the form of dust bunnies becomes my motivator as well if i have taken too long to clean!). But if you don't do your chores, it's also not the end of the world. i find if i put that kind of pressure on myself, put myself on a guilt trip for not keeping up with the things i "should" do, i get more down than if i take it easy and tell myself it's ok. there is no "should".... just be!
like the gals said, tea breaks and MJF breaks are also helpful motivators!!! :)
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
3470 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2010 : 4:23:45 PM
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Good Answer Elizabeth! I like it and agree 100%!
Sister-chick# 905(Oct.7th2009)
Judy
Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman- |
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SusanScarlet
True Blue Farmgirl
317 Posts
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Posted - Feb 27 2010 : 6:57:07 PM
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| I make a list of what I have to get done. Then I set a timer and work for just 15 minutes. Then I set a timer for 15 minutes and do what I want for 15 minutes - read, computer, etc. You'll be surprised at how much you can accomplish this way. |
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Ms. Hannigan
True Blue Farmgirl
57 Posts
Shari
Middle
TN
USA
57 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2010 : 7:55:33 PM
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I can be a neat freak, but I'm trying to get over it already! I use FLYLADY, too, even though my kitchen doesn't look it right now!! If at the end of the day you've smiled, and you kids or hubby or friends have smiled with you, that is all that really matters.
...some women are drippin' with diamonds... some women are drippin' with pearls... look at me, lucky me, the only thing I'm drippin' with is... little girls...
Farmgirl #1158
blog: http://www.lifegetsmessy.com
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