So, I'm not exactly sure what it is I'm searching for this year, but consistency might be a better word. I'm craving a little more routine in our lives. Well, in my life. There are several areas where I'm hoping this will play out!
My first and highest priority is consistency in my time spent with my Jesus. This has always been an area where I struggle, even though I know the importance of it and see the results of it in my life! This year I am again planning to read through the Bible in a year, and have been going for 4 days strong so far by His grace. I'm already noticing a change in my heart and attitude today, and finding the Lord reminding me of His grace when I am feeling impatient or short with Logan.
Secondly, I'm looking forward to finding (or re-finding I guess?) consistency in how and when I care for our home. Since we've moved to Frederick, our life has slowed down significantly, which I am so grateful for! But somehow I still struggle to find/make time to clean our house. Entering the first trimester of pregnancy very soon after moving made it a little difficult to ever really settle into a routine here. Then I was sick for a large portion of my second trimester as well (non pregnancy related). However, as I've entered the third trimester, I'm feeling more energetic and also beginning to nest a little as well I think! I spent a while today recreating a weekly cleaning/chore routine and am looking forward to putting it into motion! I'll work on the monthly and quarterly type things once I get into the swing of things with this schedule. The time for monthly and quarterly type projects is going to be taken up right now with getting things ready for Taylor anyway.
I'm trying to be sure that I don't overwhelm myself with plans that I can't achieve. I'm starting pretty slow for sure! One of the sites I looked at for some information was flylady.net. While there is a lot of helpful information, I know that at least in this season of my life, getting the sink clean once or twice a day is challenging enough, much less drying/shining my sink each time I put anything in it! I just know I won't do it. She (and many others) also suggest getting up and getting ready all the way (shoes, hair done, makeup, etc.) right away. Right now, getting some extra sleep is far more necessary for me! Pregnancy and sleep don't really coincide for me, and the extra hour or so I would need in the morning to do these things and have a quiet time before Logan's up is just really more needed to be spent in bed! Later this year, when she's here and we've found a little more of a sleep routine, I do look forward to returning to this habit.
It's been nice to live more simply with our schedule the last several months, but instead of just ending up bored and feeling slightly purpose-less, I'm looking forward to really staying on top of our home, having less evenings where we go out simply because I didn't have what I needed for dinner, or didn't think about it. I'm hoping to spend more time keeping a clean house instead of simply cleaning my house and always feeling behind.
What about you? Do you have any cleaning/chore routine that you do that helps you stay on top of things?
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You know what helps me more than anything is having a schedule written down (and posted). Because I'm a rule follower, I make sure to DO all of the laundry if Monday is laundry day (just because I predetermined that some other day) and clean the bathrooms on Thursdays or whatever. It's amazing the difference that makes in me staying on top of stuff rather than staying in recovery mode. I've had that on my list to make my schedule and start doing that again. It was amazing how often I washed my floors when I did it this way as opposed to how rarely I do it now!
This is a great idea Kjirstin. We tried to do a chore chart once, and it fell by the wayside. I've been struggling with this as well, and it really bothers me. Maybe I will try this too.
I divide up house cleaning through out the whole week, so when Josh is home it's done. I dust one day, do floors one day, bathroom another, etc. If you have multiple floors (which I don't) you could divide it up that way too. Laundry I do everyday (1 load a day, or more if I need to do sheets, etc.). I don't have a set day for each thing, like Mondays dust, I just figure it out each week if we have other things do do (dr. visits, etc.). Works for me! Good luck trying to figure it out!
One thing I learned from Shirley which has revolutionized my life is to presort laundry. I have one basket for each: really dirty, darks, lights and whites (sometimes delicates) and we put dirty clothes directly in the right basket when it comes off of our bodies. So when the basket is full I just throw it in. I love it! Shirley even had the baskets in different closets...
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