Coming Out of the Closet, Bag & Box… #7
My client now realizes that there is more to streamlining than just decluttering…
Here’s what I don’t understand. Why, when I allocate time to work on the house but decide to start by putting the dishes in the dishwasher and clearing off the kitchen table/resting place of every paper that comes in from the mailbox, the camp cubbies and my newly created “kids’ craft center” — two hours go by. And the kitchen is operational but the rest of the house still looks like it was hit by a freight train driven by clowns. Blind clowns. And it’s time to me to get to the kind of work that actually pays the bills. Or pick up the kids that eat all the food purchased with money made doing the kind of work that actually pays the bills. And as the kids walk through the door, through the house, and into the kitchen (we’re hungry, we’re thirsty, we’re hot, we’re bored) they leave in their wake the residue of another chaotic day?
How am I supposed to stay optimistic in the face of such a hamster run effort?
Tags: organizing, routine, simplify, time
