Back To Organization
Posted by LaTara on July 25, 2008
Before I got married, I was such an organized individual. I had days for everything I did, a running grocery list that was basically the same, a budget, a clean house, and I was timely and never forgot. Then I married an unorganized gypsy minded man and my world as I knew it turned upside down.
My husband’s family has a serious issue with being on time and it has proven more than detrimental in my household; manifesting itself in a number of undesirable ways. I in turn just sorta gave up trying to keep it all together because the Man just knew he had it al together. I stayed prayerful and knew that eventually, it would blow in his face. I just prayed for God’s protection and comfort when it did.
The last two years have really shown my man how cluttered and disorganized he has been living his life. Thank God. It took some serious storms, pissed off folks, and lost of income but he started seeing it.
Even got himself an organizing book. Had the nerve to tell me I need to read it. To which I laughed and said., “Dear, I know how to organize. I have just been figting with your lack of for the last 6 years.”
So the last few weeks have found me helping him because he is ready to listen and me also getting myself back on track.
I see that I need to go back to my lists: kitchen inventory, household cleaning, daily business tasks, and even a library so that I don’t take books back late. I am also trying to keep budget straight. There are other things that I have to get straight but it is coming along.
For those who are married, please don’t think that your habits don’t have a direct effect on your spouse, because they do.
I am going to try and write my goals out here on Mom Unplugged and if you have tips, please share them with me. Here is what I am working on now:
- Off the Computer by 9:00pm
- In bed by 10:00pm
- Developing a Home Inventory List
- Organizing my blog posts so that all my blogs and those I am a guest blogger get attention
- Organizing my daily schedule and limiting my Twitter time
I am good with cleaning my house, doing my laundry and things like that because I hate a nasty stale smelling home, but the rest I let get away from me.
Do you have any tips to help me get on target?
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Tsoniki said,
I honestly never thought of how my organization affected my DH! Seriously, how did I not think about that.
I’m organized in some things and not in others. And moving and having two extra kids certainly haven’t helped my cause lately. I look forward to being able to finish the house and keep it looking good every day.
But in my case he wants to be even more organized. Or he wants to hide all our stuff. So it’s a little different. LOL
JackieW. transplanted Okie (Buried in Legos) said,
Elizabeth Elliot says when people are late they are stealing other people’s time.
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Sharon said,
Well my husband was never Mr Neat and I grew up in a household that was spotless not because of me but because of my parents.
As a married woman I wanted what I had at home (order and cleanliness) but was unprepared with the task of getting someone else to change their messy habits. I’m not suited to being a task master.
Well, it’s been 20 years and there have been slow, steady improvements, but Latara if I take a break, or focus on my business too much, the house becomes a complete mess. It’s a little frustrating and its my fault because these teens of mine only clean when I ask.
Now when they do a chore I give them, they do an outstanding job, but I’m just so tired of having to ask.
Perhaps if I worked out of the home full-time, it would be a different story. But sometimes I’m away for days on business and it is really disheartening to come home to a messy house.
So I’ll be following your blog to see what tips come your way!
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dawntrenee said,
I have always been clean orientated and organized. Yet somehow with 2 kids and trying to get started on the internet, I have fallen a little behind. Somehow I have to find my way back to my comfort zone and live in my happy place.
I know I will get back there somehow. I too put too much into twitter, but I truly believe it is a useful resource/tool for those working on the internet. Again balance is the key.
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diane danielson said,
Sharon - I’m living your life. Just married a man with 3 kids who had been living in chaos. Even when he was married. in fact he said they’re more organized without the ex. I can’t imagine.
I basically took the month of june and became “Niecy Nash” from the show clean house. Everything went to the dump unless its value was over fifty dollars or had been used in the past year. The only furniture we kept had to be useful. I.e. Not decorative. I nearly collapsed from the work butthe house looks 10 times bigger. And just this week his oldest daughter told the therapist that she’s happy her dad married me because she likes the house now. She used to be too embarrassed to bring friends over.now of course she wants to live with us fulltime. For me that was the biggest thank you and show of appreciation. My other tip is I love my roomba (I do a room or two every day) and I use a swiftjet. Its not up to my mom’s standard of clean, but nothing ever is! Good luck all.
LaTara said,
Wow, great dialogue going on here. I am glad to see that I am not alone in this endeavor to get it right when it comes to organization.
Tsoniki: Yep, in fact everything we do affects someone else. We just don’t realize it.
Jackie: I so agree with you. Being late is just rude and very disruptive. My husband is getting better with his time but he has a way of allowing himself to get distracted and it drives me nuts.
Sharon: You feel my pain and you have been feeling it a lot longer than I have. Shall we pray
Dawn: Let’s encourage one another to get back to organization
Diane: Can I borrow you for about a week? I have been purging and merging this home for 6 years. My husband brings some silly unnecessary things in this house. I am constantly throwing things out.
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