I'm doing 13 things
I have been home for only 2 days in the past two weeks, and my cleaning motivation has been zilch. I made dinner for Brandon on Sunday—lentil soup. Well, I was also cooking some other stuff at the same time, not paying attention, and the soup boiled over onto the extra hot stove, immediately forming a blackened crust on the glass cook top. I still have to clean that up. It’s going to be a real yuck-fest when I get home from my current trip to NY. On the upside, Brandon and I finally split up the chores (I do the living room, he does the kitchen, etc). This is kind of a grade school approach to chores that might seem more typical of siblings than bf/gf’s, but it works for me. If I know that I only have a certain amount to get done, it is easier for me to get it done. Otherwise, it seems that the cleaning process will be unending, and I don’t even want to start it.
linzebee's Life List
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1. go to South America
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2. get my Masters
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3. learn new languages
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4. exercise 5 days a week
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5. clean my house
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6. have more parties
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7. learn to play guitar
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8. learn to play piano
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9. get a second job waitressing
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10. go white water rafting
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11. save money
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12. learn to swing dance
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13. get out of debt
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I want to get a second job because it would help me make money, and hopefully I can meet some cool people. I like waitressing, and I like having the cash in hand from tips. If I have time this weekend I’ll start applying, but I’m not sure if it’ll work out. I’m on the verge of 2 weeks of work trips, so if I’m too busy this weekend, I’ll have to put it off till the end of the month. It would be nice to do lots of applying/interviewing this weekend, hear back sometime during the next two weeks, and then start when I get back from my trips. We’ll see.
I love reading other peoples lists and entries and getting ideas:
“I have a trick that 9 times out of 10 gets my engine revved when cleaning is the last thing I want to do. I take a baby wipe and find something that needs cleaning, dusting, wiping.
Something quick: the computer desk, the bookshelf, that weird stain on the fridge, a dustbunny convention along the hall floor, a few doorknobs, the TV screen, soap curds in the bathroom sink… something like that. Bam! It’s done in a second. Easy.
Repeat this 3X & I’m usually looking at things thinking “hell, I can do a better job than that… it’ll just take a few seconds more”. Next thing I know, rubber gloves are on, sponges are out & I go into the Cleaning Zone.
And if I don’t… well, I’ve still cleaned up a few little things which eventually adds up.
Try it.”
I think I will.
