Cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater

I have to admit it. I cheated! Not on my husband. Not on my taxes. Not even the tip I left the waitress.

I cheated on my To Do List. Egads! Say it isn’t so. Yep, its so.

This was the To Do List in question from last weekend:

Laundry, groceries, bank, email Dell, clean.

Now, the cleaning I had in mind was my bathroom. The down and dirty, get all the crevices clean type. (Shiver) I do not like to do this type of cleaning. Period. End of story. Plus it was cold. And I’d had a busy week. And I have another busy week coming up. And on, and on, and on.

Instead, since it was nice-ish weather, I decide to clean the inside of my car. The down and dirty, get all the crevices clean. I guess the decision was based on the fact that I spend more time in my car than I do in my bathroom.

So, when I took account of the weekend’s work, sure enough – I crossed off “clean.” That’s right, even though I didn’t do the cleaning I had in mind, I felt I had accomplished something.

It is the same with an organizing project. You may have in mind to organize your kitchen cabinets, but instead tackle the laundry room. And that is perfectly O.K. At least you spent the time working toward a goal, and you can always get to the kitchen cabinets next weekend.

At least that is what I told myself about the bathroom.