Welcome to my week May 12, 2008
Mark and I were talking about being industrious last night. I don’t feel like I get much done generally, but he says that I get heaps done. While I would like to be able to take his word for it, I just can’t. I don’t know whether this is because I have an erroneous belief that I’m lazy or whether I really am lazy.
To help me work out which it is I’ve decided to post a list of what I do each day for the next 7 days. This should enable me to see what I do with my time and, hopefully, I’ll have a better idea of whether I really am industrious or not.
I could do this on a piece of paper or in a journal that only I will see, or I could put it on our kitchen whiteboard where only the family will see. By putting it on the blog I’m hoping to keep myself honest. Putting it in a public place where I know at least a few people will see it should reduce any temptation to either embellish or edit. Believe me, I’m not looking for congratulations or validation. This is actually a pretty embarrassing exercise for me, but I think (hope) it will be a useful thing to do.
So here we go…
Being accountable and putting it in a public place really does make a difference. But also it gives other people inspiration/ideas/plans of attack which is helpful for everyone.
For example, right now I am still in pyjamas (I hate admitting this!) and you have inspired me to be more industrious!
Getting dressed straight away is one of the few things I’ve maintained from my many flylady attempts. Also, Mark’s carpool buddy arrives between 7 and 7.30 each weekday morning and I couldn’t face being caught in my pjs!
I am quite convinced that i am terribly lazy and that is pretty much the rationale behind the lists i occasionally post on the blog - a reminder that that i do get stuff done, even if it isn’t housework.
The lists you’ve posted were the inspiration for this idea. I decided I needed to do it every day for a week, though, to get a real sense of what I do and don’t do.