The conquering continued this morning in other areas of my life. I was determined to wake up and immediately go work out but I didn't feel like it. And since I wasn't conquering anything by not going to the gym except perhaps my conscience (which is never good), I forced myself to do something else productive. I cleaned.
I ate breakfast and then I did the few dishes leftover from last night's cleanliness marathon. I put away the hand-washed dishes from last night, deep-cleaned the counter tops and my stove, swept the floor, loaded the dishwasher, made a pile of boxes and things that need to go to the trash on my next trip out the door....
For those of you know who have never visited my apartment, let me explain. I don't *like* being dirty or disorganized or slovenly or cluttery but it seems to happen. No, not seems, it does. And while there have been short periods of time in my life when I have not been this way, the general rule is that I am messy. I can recognize the flaw and I am not happy with the status quo. But whenever my life gets hectic, cleanliness falls by the wayside. I give up. My living room is nothing to boast of at the moment but if you'd seen my living room over the last few years, you'd be impressed. It's getting there. My kitchen at the moment is something I can be proud of. And while there is laundry from the last few days haunting my bedroom, it is otherwise mostly clean. The best part? I refuse to make my closet messy or disorganized, so while things tend to hang around outside of it as a result, I can find every single piece of clothing in it with no problem. I walk into it and things are generally in a neat and pleasant order.
Please understand -- this is progress. This is extreme progress.
When I'm done meandering on blogs and writing and getting ready for my day, I will go into my bedroom and put away all the laundry I started a few days ago. It will have a place.
Who knows? Maybe later I'll vacuum. Haught, isn't it? Being clean is the new sexy. (or the new Alison sexy)
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I wish I could get my butt into gear and get even a little cleaning done.
I wish you the best of luck on your quest to instill the new mantra of society: "clean is the new sexy."
Or is it the other way around?
I can't remember. I haven't showered in a while.
i know what you mean about the clutter seeming to pile up when life gets hectic. happens to me too.
but just for the record, clean is SO the new sexy so embrace it girl!! :]
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