Cleaning & Organizing

Buffy01 · Dec 12, 2022 at 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by FloatThruThis

I’ve spent 26 minutes today gathering my clean/ish clothes in the dresser & closet, cleaning off the shelves above my desk, & wiping down my desktop. I think that’s all for now. I want to work in my dot journal, listen to my new pandora radio account, & read a library book the rest of the day.

Awesome. Not a bad idea to do.

rechu · Dec 14, 2022 at 01:16 PM

I freelance and had a bit of a slow week. My main client is waiting from information from their clients. It's typical this time of year, people are busy with the holidays.

The good thing is I took advantage of the time to do things around the house like folding and putting away two baskets of laundry, deep cleaning the bathrooms and vacuuming the room where the cats spend most of their time. That was a mess of cat fur and litter they kicked around. It is nice to have things cleaner.

Buffy01 · Dec 14, 2022 at 06:01 PM

I been putting the broken lid of the coke can and putting them on my clothes hangers. Which is giving me some space in my closet

rechu · Dec 16, 2022 at 09:57 AM

I had to look that up, Buffy. I had never heard of doing that before. It's an interesting tip.

Buffy01 · Dec 16, 2022 at 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by rechu

I had to look that up, Buffy. I had never heard of doing that before. It's an interesting tip.

Okay. Thank you for letting me know.

FloatThruThis · Jan 01, 2023 at 02:12 PM

Todays stats:

Start time: 9:23am

1) vacuum room where I hang out when I’m home and awake: 25m
2) gather clean-ish clothes in closet & dresser: 6m
3) clean out bag: 2m

Break: 9:58am - 10:28am

4) clean off shelves above desk: 16m
5) wipe off desktop: 13m

End time: 10:57am
Total time spent, including break: 1h, 34m

I have tomorrow off too. I’m thinking of tackling a cabinet where random things collect. It’s a big job. I would need to break it up into 4 parts, & then also going through a plastic tub of toiletries that needs to be culled. But I’m done for today. Now I’m going to work in my dot journal & listen to my pandora radio station.

Buffy01 · 07:00 PM

I tossed out old broken ear rings. I finally got a robot vacuum

Rose76 · Jan 03, 2023 at 12:25 AM

Wow. This thread is inspiring. I'll follow and maybe jump on.

Buffy01 · Jan 03, 2023 at 08:21 PM

I just did some laundry today.

unaluna · Jan 03, 2023 at 08:53 PM

Im doing pretty good at doing at least one thing a day. Today was de-trashing the bathroom, getting deliveries, and staying on points on weight watchers. Also took my pee medicine. Was kinda achy all over, may have overdone the exercise yesterday, so skipped it today. Placed an edited Shipt order - usually get too much.

Buffy01 · Jan 04, 2023 at 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Im doing pretty good at doing at least one thing a day. Today was de-trashing the bathroom, getting deliveries, and staying on points on weight watchers. Also took my pee medicine. Was kinda achy all over, may have overdone the exercise yesterday, so skipped it today. Placed an edited Shipt order - usually get too much.

It quite possible.

Rose76 · Jan 05, 2023 at 12:57 PM

Today: change bed linens, go to drug store, make donations at thrift store, work on livingroom.

I'll end there because I want to keep by commitment easy to accomplish, so I don't reneg.

unaluna · Jan 05, 2023 at 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Buffy01

It quite possible.

Yeah i watched it today.

Rose76 · Jan 06, 2023 at 09:46 PM

I didn't follow thru yesterday with my plan. But today I got that list mostly done.

I have a long way to go in getting a grip on time management. All my life I've had terrible time management skills. Now that I'm retired, I'm worse than ever. I spend huge chunks of time accomplishing nothing worth doing. Then I feel so bad about it.

I may emulate @FloatThruThis and start logging what I do with my time. I really want a better life.

Buffy01 · Jan 06, 2023 at 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Rose76

I didn't follow thru yesterday with my plan. But today I got that list mostly done.

I have a long way to go in getting a grip on time management. All my life I've had terrible time management skills. Now that I'm retired, I'm worse than ever. I spend huge chunks of time accomplishing nothing worth doing. Then I feel so bad about it.

I may emulate @FloatThruThis and start logging what I do with my time. I really want a better life.

It takes time

Buffy01 · Jan 06, 2023 at 10:50 PM

I did sixth loads of laundry filled up two bags of my sister clothes to donate as well as getting rid of one storage bin out of her closet and fixed my sister dresser for her today.

Rose76 · Jan 07, 2023 at 03:31 PM

Today I feel well rested. I'll do much better than yesterday. Laundry awaits.

Buffy01 · Jan 07, 2023 at 06:12 PM

I just stream my bed today and change sheets. I feel like I am going back to hoarder again even though I have been working very hard on getting rid of what I don’t need.

FloatThruThis · Jan 08, 2023 at 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by FloatThruThis

I have tomorrow off too. I’m thinking of tackling a cabinet where random things collect. It’s a big job. I would need to break it up into 4 parts, & then also going through a plastic tub of toiletries that needs to be culled. But I’m done for today. Now I’m going to work in my dot journal & listen to my pandora radio station.

I cleaned out the gray cabinet today instead.

Start: 9:09am

1) top shelf: 1h, 13m

Break: 10:23am - 11:12am

2) bottom shelf: 1h, 20m

End: 12:32pm
Total time spent, including break: 3h, 23m

This felt horrible, but I pushed through anyway. I’ve identified about 30 books I want to donate to the little free libraries. In addition, I have a bag of trash & a bag of recycling. Now it’s time to zone out! I earned it.

Buffy01 · Jan 08, 2023 at 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Yeah i watched it today.

Awesome

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rechu Magnate Member Since Apr 2016 Location: Somewhere in South America Posts: 2,337 8 1,068 hugs given	Dec 16, 2022 at 09:57 AM #44 I had to look that up, Buffy. I had never heard of doing that before. It's an interesting tip.
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Rose76 Legendary Member Since Mar 2011 Location: USA Posts: 12,638 (SuperPoster!) 13 5,472 hugs given	Jan 03, 2023 at 12:25 AM #48 Wow. This thread is inspiring. I'll follow and maybe jump on.
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unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,890 (SuperPoster!) 13 68.7k hugs given	Jan 03, 2023 at 08:53 PM #50 Im doing pretty good at doing at least one thing a day. Today was de-trashing the bathroom, getting deliveries, and staying on points on weight watchers. Also took my pee medicine. Was kinda achy all over, may have overdone the exercise yesterday, so skipped it today. Placed an edited Shipt order - usually get too much.
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Rose76 Legendary Member Since Mar 2011 Location: USA Posts: 12,638 (SuperPoster!) 13 5,472 hugs given	Jan 05, 2023 at 12:57 PM #52 Today: change bed linens, go to drug store, make donations at thrift store, work on livingroom. I'll end there because I want to keep by commitment easy to accomplish, so I don't reneg.
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Rose76 Legendary Member Since Mar 2011 Location: USA Posts: 12,638 (SuperPoster!) 13 5,472 hugs given	Jan 07, 2023 at 03:31 PM #57 Today I feel well rested. I'll do much better than yesterday. Laundry awaits.
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