I've been trying to "clean house" for as long as I can remember. My house is a wreck and I can never invite friends over on the spur of the moment. Shoot. Even with 1 day notice it's not enough.
I'd say I need at least 2 days and then there's so much "stashing and dashing" where I just swoop stuff in boxes and then hide it in the bedroom and shut the door that it makes the place more disorganized than before. It's to the point where it's not worth inviting people over for the chaos and stress it creates.
So I've taken classes, read books, hired personal organizers and they get me so far but never over the hump where I can just be in "maintenance mode." So I'm always slipping back. I hate it. It's like dieting, only worse.
The condition of the house is affecting my spirits, my friendships, my social life, my children's quality of life, etc.
I'm starting this blog to change all that for the better. What I noticed is I don't remember why I stop and slide back. So with this blog I can maybe examine what it is that's really stopping me from obtaining a clean house and then tweaking my method so that I can finally live the dream of a clutter-free house!
I confess I hesitate to start a blog because it seems so public. I want to help people with similar housekeeping issues like mine eventually but I also don't want to embarass myself. I want to be honest and open with myself and have pictures here to remind myself of what I'm doing and how far I've come (if I get that far) but I hate exposing myself like that.
I don't know much about blogging so I'm going to have to look and make sure I set the privacy settings right. I did create a blog one time (can't remember which site) but after creating it I ended up forgetting the website! So this is my second attempt. Hopefully it'll go on longer than last time which was all of one day.
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