I am exhausted. But I am empowered. Empowered and Exhausted LOL!
I took off Friday to celebrate my 15 year old's birthday with him. We went to the beach and spent over 5 hours there, trying out his new board. I was baking in the sun, on my feet the entire time, chasing my little one. Then today, a scout ceremony - guess where? The beach! My favorite place, but another five hours baking in the sun, chasing my little one... my body is BEAT. Tomorrow... well... ummm.... the water park. MORE hours in the sun... and this time literally climbing thousands of stairs by the end of the day... and yes, chasing after you know who.
My point? I am not home this entire weekend. My house is a wreck. And my daughter's room is an EMBARRASSMENT. Dust and dirt, things all over the floor, junk, junk and more junk. There just isn't enough time in the day. But if I didn't get it cleaned up this weekend, everything would come crashing down on me once school starts.
Exhausted and 7 pm... looking at the room, I remembered what someone said at work last week. "You can look at a huge job and say, 'there is NO WAY I will get this done!' or you can look at it and say, 'OK, let's get to it and get it done!'"
So I grabbed myself a strong coffee, turned on some great music, and GOT IT DONE. But get this. I didn't just clean. I cleaned, threw away, then REARRANGED THE FURNITURE with my oldest - and cleaned some more. My daughter's room is now DONE, CLEAN and much more organized. It took a good five hours... but now I can go to the water park tomorrow and feel like I deserve it. This project was MASSIVE. But I chose to look at it and say, "OK, let's get this done!"
I am not always this motivated b/c I am often overworked and just tired. But today, I found it within myself to tackle the huge monster hanging over me. And I finished, and I am SO HAPPY! It was just a little bit of attitude change, some great music and caffeine... and now something huge is done, and done well. :) Now I'm going to bed!!
Tags: Cleaning Attitude
