Such a timely post! "De-gumming" my laundry area is my month of February main declutter goal this year...it does not help that laundry/basement maintenence/extra storage all share a [large...but the clutter has gotten out of control] space 😂 Love all of your content and so thankful I stumbled upon your substack. Thank you!
Auntie Leila, this is my greatest dilemma and struggle: I know where I want to be headed. I can see the end goal. I even know the steps to get there. It's not a difficulty of not knowing what to do. It's not being able to do it. I want to already have a good system in place that carries me through the hard days, sick days etc. But I seem to never be able to make progress on getting the system in place to begin with become already drowning. I will think, just start somewhere, it's better than nothing! And make about a day or two progress. Then without fail some minor emergency or sickness or other happens and nearly completely derails everything. I get back on my feet,I make three more steps forward, then the next wave comes and knocks down my sand castle. Each morning I look at all the things and I see my battle plan but 1-where do I start (after dishes dinner laundry and my own shower) and 2-what are the children supposed to be doing while I'm spending several days going through the laundry room??! An hour or two, yes, but this is multiple weeklong projects and they need me to be doing school with them. If I could get the projects done and the organization systems in place I am SURE it would make the school days go much more smoothly! But how do I get there, how do I spend the time I need to spend on tackling the laundry room backlog?? When I'm needed elsewhere?? Because three homemade meals a day takes half or more of my time? And this is why I have the backlog. I always need to do Something Else, something More Urgent and thus - the laundry room gets more cluttered.
I'd love if you give your take on this dilemma in a future post!
If you can't do the big overhaul, just add 15 minutes every day for a week when you do the regular laundry (in the case of the laundry system).
Run one more load (if it's loads sitting there because they are not the main supply of clothing) and then spend half an hour in the evening watching a show and folding.
The week you do this, make menus that are super simple and make extra so you can have the leftovers for lunch.
Every housewife has to have the occasional week when she's focusing on bringing one system or behavior or what have you under control.
It's okay to have a week of minimal school so you can get whatever system it is up and running!
Spend some prayer time thinking it through in God's presence. You can do it!
Such a timely post! "De-gumming" my laundry area is my month of February main declutter goal this year...it does not help that laundry/basement maintenence/extra storage all share a [large...but the clutter has gotten out of control] space 😂 Love all of your content and so thankful I stumbled upon your substack. Thank you!
I know how it can be! You can do this! 😘
Auntie Leila, this is my greatest dilemma and struggle: I know where I want to be headed. I can see the end goal. I even know the steps to get there. It's not a difficulty of not knowing what to do. It's not being able to do it. I want to already have a good system in place that carries me through the hard days, sick days etc. But I seem to never be able to make progress on getting the system in place to begin with become already drowning. I will think, just start somewhere, it's better than nothing! And make about a day or two progress. Then without fail some minor emergency or sickness or other happens and nearly completely derails everything. I get back on my feet,I make three more steps forward, then the next wave comes and knocks down my sand castle. Each morning I look at all the things and I see my battle plan but 1-where do I start (after dishes dinner laundry and my own shower) and 2-what are the children supposed to be doing while I'm spending several days going through the laundry room??! An hour or two, yes, but this is multiple weeklong projects and they need me to be doing school with them. If I could get the projects done and the organization systems in place I am SURE it would make the school days go much more smoothly! But how do I get there, how do I spend the time I need to spend on tackling the laundry room backlog?? When I'm needed elsewhere?? Because three homemade meals a day takes half or more of my time? And this is why I have the backlog. I always need to do Something Else, something More Urgent and thus - the laundry room gets more cluttered.
I'd love if you give your take on this dilemma in a future post!
If you can't do the big overhaul, just add 15 minutes every day for a week when you do the regular laundry (in the case of the laundry system).
Run one more load (if it's loads sitting there because they are not the main supply of clothing) and then spend half an hour in the evening watching a show and folding.
The week you do this, make menus that are super simple and make extra so you can have the leftovers for lunch.
Every housewife has to have the occasional week when she's focusing on bringing one system or behavior or what have you under control.
It's okay to have a week of minimal school so you can get whatever system it is up and running!
Spend some prayer time thinking it through in God's presence. You can do it!