I was slightly more productive today than usual. After deciding the living room was too much for me to tackle at this point I decided to clean the bathroom. That, and it was starting to smell pretty bad from the garbage can full of pull-ups sitting next to the toilet.
Call me crazy, but I would much rather clean a bathroom than any other room in the house. Maybe it's because of the smaller space and it's pretty hard to clutter up a bathroom (although I'm pretty good at it). You pretty much know what has to be done and you get in and get out pretty fast. Clean clutter off counters; scrub toilet, shower/tub, and sink; wipe off counters; take out garbage; windex mirror; sweep and mop and you're done. I can usually do all that in 20 to 30 minutes depending on how many times I have to shoo the dog or a small child from the room.
It's pretty much instant gratification. Unlike the kitchen or other rooms where for me it could take hours to put away/throw away enough clutter to actually get to the point where I can clean.
As I'm writing this, I'm realizing that for me lack of instant gratification goes hand in hand with lack of motivation. It's the reason I give up so easily on a lot of things. Results take time; changing habits take time, and if I'm not seeing results, I feel like I'm putting all my effort in for nothing.
I wish real life was more like video games. It should come with a status bar that shows how close you are to reaching your goal and once you reach that goal you get an achievement. And along with that achievement comes points, and you could see how many points your friends have. If they have more than you, it would just make you want to work harder to get more points so you could catch up and then pass them. But that's just my geekiness coming through...
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