I know what you're thinking, love to clean? Maybe I should re-title that to - Learning to appreciate the feeling that having a clean and organized home provides and how that lets me do the fun stuff like bake and decorate and take off on a fun shopping day with friends and even leisurely enjoy tea and a magazine without guilt. But that's a little long for title, don't you think?
I hear from women all the time that they don't like cleaning and they don't want to squander whatlittle free time they have doing something they don't enjoy. I hear you, I have felt the exact same way. I have always wanted to have a clean and organized home but my best intentions were met with distraction and lack of motivation. And so I would put it off until I had a free day or next weekend or before the next gathering in my home and by that time it was so overwhelming that I hated and resented every minute of it. Sound familiar?
I'm hoping to convince you that routinely spending a few extra minutes everyday tackling some of the big stuff in small increments will leave you plenty of free time to do the stuff you love and also provide your family with the feeling of a well loved home. A home that's ready to welcome a friend at a moments notice without panic or embarrassment setting in.
But before we can get to the few extra minutes part we need to establish order and that means assessing what we have, need and use in our lives right now. Not someday in the future or what was in the past, but right now. How do I live my life? How and who do I feed, entertain and want to make comfortable? And then we systematically go room by room and assess our stuff, purge, clean and organize what stays and dispose of by donation, sale or trash what goes.
With the holidays coming I can think of no better time to start. What do you say? Are you with me? Let's make September the month to reclaim our homes and even if we don't learn to love to clean, at least make it the month that we learn to love the feeling having a clean home provides.
Gather your favorite cleaning supplies, a few empty boxes and let's get started. I will be going step by step both here on my blog and by video on YouTube.
Leave me a comment and subscribe here, or go over and subscribe to my YouTube channel and leave a comment there, (or both) if you plan on joining me and that way you'll be notified when I post next.
Trust me the work will be worth it come the holiday season and you're house is ready to decorate and enjoy without the frenzy of having to clean it first.
Let's do this together!
xo, Patty
You might enjoy my posts on cleaning routines and loving our homes that speak along these same lines.
Here's my latest video. I'd love for you to subscribe and join in on the conversation because life isn't about perfection, it's about connection.
I hear from women all the time that they don't like cleaning and they don't want to squander whatlittle free time they have doing something they don't enjoy. I hear you, I have felt the exact same way. I have always wanted to have a clean and organized home but my best intentions were met with distraction and lack of motivation. And so I would put it off until I had a free day or next weekend or before the next gathering in my home and by that time it was so overwhelming that I hated and resented every minute of it. Sound familiar?
I'm hoping to convince you that routinely spending a few extra minutes everyday tackling some of the big stuff in small increments will leave you plenty of free time to do the stuff you love and also provide your family with the feeling of a well loved home. A home that's ready to welcome a friend at a moments notice without panic or embarrassment setting in.
But before we can get to the few extra minutes part we need to establish order and that means assessing what we have, need and use in our lives right now. Not someday in the future or what was in the past, but right now. How do I live my life? How and who do I feed, entertain and want to make comfortable? And then we systematically go room by room and assess our stuff, purge, clean and organize what stays and dispose of by donation, sale or trash what goes.
With the holidays coming I can think of no better time to start. What do you say? Are you with me? Let's make September the month to reclaim our homes and even if we don't learn to love to clean, at least make it the month that we learn to love the feeling having a clean home provides.
Gather your favorite cleaning supplies, a few empty boxes and let's get started. I will be going step by step both here on my blog and by video on YouTube.
Leave me a comment and subscribe here, or go over and subscribe to my YouTube channel and leave a comment there, (or both) if you plan on joining me and that way you'll be notified when I post next.
Trust me the work will be worth it come the holiday season and you're house is ready to decorate and enjoy without the frenzy of having to clean it first.
Let's do this together!
xo, Patty
You might enjoy my posts on cleaning routines and loving our homes that speak along these same lines.
Here's my latest video. I'd love for you to subscribe and join in on the conversation because life isn't about perfection, it's about connection.
I'd love to have you join me over on YouTube where I share more of my cottage style in the home and garden. Here's the link, Lemon Lane Cottage.
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Given the state of our world I believe the call we have as women to love, nurture, teach and lead by
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Given the state of our world I believe the call we have as women to love, nurture, teach and lead by
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I uploaded a video to my YouTube channel on Saturday chatting about sustaining friendships with
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I will usually start with a theme for the basket and then start shopping from there. Once I have the
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I will usually start out making a list of what I'd like to have and then I'll walk through each room in
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I am talking about just that on my midweek podcast and I'd love to hear what you think. Is it okay to
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