Every Friday, bloggers all over the world join Lisa-Jo Baker in writing for five minutes on a particular subject, without pausing to edit or self-critique our work. The topic this week is: Friend.
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Housework is something I don’t enjoy at all. I love it once it’s done, I really love that clean feeling you get in yourself when the carpets are free of crumbs and dust, and surfaces are gleaming. But I don’t enjoy the process. Consequently, I am prone to look at a room and see everything that needs doing in it, sigh and think: ‘I’ll do that tomorrow.’ I give up before I’ve even started. Unless a friend is due to visit, in which case I fly around like a demented creature vacuuming and polishing, and shutting the doors on rooms my guest isn’t likely to venture in to.
But my friend Jackie, who visited this morning, has inspired me with a new, fun way of doing housework. Over freshly-brewed coffee and homemade cheese scones, Jackie enthused about her method of staying on top of the chores (we didn’t spend the whole visit discussing housework – that would have been sad). She has a ‘lucky dip’ box in which are slips of paper with ‘small but manageable’ tasks written on them. So one task might be cleaning the bedroom window or washing the kitchen floor.
So, I’ve decided to try out my friend’s idea for myself. Hence my very own ‘lucky dip’ box!
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25/04/2014 at 5:56 pm
Great idea! How is it going?
Like you, having visitors is a huge motivation to clean up, and like you, I shut the door on rooms not likely to be seen. I’m glad to know I’m not the only one!
25/04/2014 at 6:00 pm
Thanks for stopping by Suzanna. I’ll keep you posted! I am excited about trying this new way of doing housework though.
06/08/2015 at 11:41 am
Excellent idea!