Correction

I have to laugh when I look at my last post and say to myself, "what was I thinking" and how can a mind change so much from day to day. I suppose that's why we set resolutions and then break them-it all depends on our mood at the moment. At this time I have a pile of laundry on my bed and it is the same pile that was there yesterday that I didn't put away. Into a basket it went until today when I dumped it out again onto the bed and unfortunately the clothes did not put themselves away as I had hoped. So I have to ask myself just why didn't I get this task done yesterday and I believe the answer is twofold. Lack of hangers and lack of space. I could solve the hanger problem by purchasing more tomorrow. The lack of space could also be solved. Take out the numerous items that have not been worn in the past year. I have all these bizarre jackets someone gave me when they moved. They were designer jackets in a petite size, so I took them but there isn't any place to wear them to.

Also I did not do the missions or anything else I promised to do in my last post. Not only that but yesterday night I went into the living room downstairs and found once again: socks, crumbs, water bottles and wrappers. Would my children do that at a friend's house? Let's hope not. I did an emergency vacuum at 10 PM last night. I haven't checked the room yet tonight but what are the odds that I will be doing that again?

New Goals

Okay, so I have 3 new goals. One is to do the Flylady weekly missions.
The other is to declutter 15 mins. a day
The third (and most difficult) is to go through every single piece of paper and organize it. Yesterday I had a huge scare. I needed a legal paper and couldn't find it. I did eventually find it, but went into a panic before I did. I have things pretty well organized within boxes but there are too many different boxes. For example on Sunday I needed a copy of a play I wrote many years ago for a class and I knew I had saved it in a marked folder. Only I wasn't sure which box the folder was in. I found it, but I need to streamline and integrate the contents of different boxes. The task seems extremely overwhelming which I why it never gets done.
I need a reason to feel optimistic right now.

cleaning the car

When I go in other people's cars, or see other people's cars, I feel a twinge of guilt. They don't have as many crumbs as me, and their seats are clean. I have crumbs, dirt, water bottles and stains. Believe me, there have been times in the past when my car was far worse, so when I look at my car I see progress. It's when I COMPARE myself to others that I usually feel worse. This afternoon both DH and I cleaned the car thoroughly, vacuuming the seats and floor, using upholstery cleaner on the seats and wiping down the vinyl surfaces and windows. It may not be perfect but it's better than it was. Also we did major cleaning this weekend for the relatives. Things looked good for about 12 hours. I went back in the living room downstairs today when little guy was having a friend over and removed socks, plates, blankets, and water bottles. How did so many socks get left in that room in one day? Also, I believe we have to vacuum again already due to the muddy soccer conditions today. And lets not think about the closets, (and the paper clutter within them) someday, that will happen. At least we did something and as flylady says "it's better to take a lick at a snake" then do nothing and that advice has helped me considerably since beginning this journey.