You know the drill of a hectic life. Kids, chores, meals, guests, and making ends meet can leave you tired to the bones. However, there’s one simple trick that’ll transform your homemaking.
Most often, simple tricks add greater value to life. Yet we continue to remain unmindful of such extremely effective strategies. This misconduct keeps us from taking the lead in keeping our home.
How frequently do you recheck if the window glass is squeaky clean, wonder if you’ve disinfected the surfaces perfectly, whether the toiletries are lined up in symmetry, and the supreme one — check the nasty smell of your dish scrubber?
I know this is just beginner-level nitpicking. Some people are real perfectionists. How about in case of time constraints? No exit without burning out yourself in the process.
Do you really think these minute details matter at all in your daily life? With having someone over, these minutiae are appreciated. But how does that matter in the frantic life?
How can your house get so messy with the same people (your own family) living there? What is going to cause so much impurity/contamination?
Is it indeed a perfectionist, a false mindset, or a cleaning obsession?
ONE SIMPLE TRICK THAT’LL TRANSFORM YOUR HOMEMAKING
Want to know, what’s that one simple trick that’ll transform your homemaking?
AIMING FOR PROGRESS – NOT PERFECTION.
Ever observed how overpowering the strife for perfection is?
Perfectionism is paralyzing.
It impairs decision-making and preludes swing into action. Perfectionism can make you procrastinate.
You always want to wait for that perfect time, perfect tools, and perfect skills to get even your basic things done.
We always have this preconceived idea about doing things. Usually, this preconception is idealistic. This makes a super simple task a MARATHON and yourself a professional procrastinator.
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There’s no such thing as entirely clean or perfect – most probably you’re misled by your mind. It happens to all of us.
To become an efficient homemaker, you must get past that ‘all or nothing’Â attitude.
Only then you can stay on top of homemaking. Such is the case in other matters of life, homemaking more importantly.
Homemaking is about savoring the moments as you move through the steady rhythm of your housework and not rushing into the chores.
In truth, even seasoned homemakers find home-keeping a drudgery at some point in their lives. We all have been there and know it’s a matter of fact.
But rather play the blame game why not figure some better way out?
How better than setting yourself reasonable standards.
Focusing on being good enough – not a perfectionist.
You want your home to function effectively to thrive in other areas of life. It’s possible when you know how to strike a balance between home and life.
Being a homemaker doesn’t mean you should immerse yourself in housework night and day. Nope, you have a life apart from that.
How can you apply this one trick in various spheres of home-keeping?
1| Take action straight away:
The perfect occasion will come when pigs fly. Make headway with your work; one step at a time.
If you see something misplaced return it back forthwith. Don’t make an excuse that you’ll be back later. You hardly will. Do it that very moment.
2| Simplify things:
Break up the chores or bigger cleaning, decluttering, or organizing projects into bite-size chunks.
For instance, to make the bathroom cleaning task easier – split the steps into daily and deep cleaning routines.
So on a deep cleaning routine, you can overlook the areas that you clean every day and focus more only on what isn’t cleaned regularly.
Make the chores the simplest possible and you’ll undoubtedly enjoy them, I promise.
Read: 10 Ways To Simplify Homemaking
3|Â Set realistic standards:
Evaluate what is truly important.
One good example: to plan your meals you don’t necessarily need the fancy stuff you saw in that YouTube video, every time you meal plan.
You can use a simple pen and paper, a mobile app, or simply text messaging to make a list in a great hurry.
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4| Just do it:
Getting started is a huge obstacle, most frequently.
Once you get started you’ll want to keep going as you accomplish the tasks.
But to get started, you might want to trick yourself into doing it only for a few minutes.
I do this when I have a large stack of dishes in the sink. I trick myself to wash the dishes for no more than 10 minutes. And as I go for it I already have accomplished so much in those 10 minutes that I want to keep going until the end.
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5| Focus on progress only:
If still, nothing motivates you to get the chores done remember you’re accountable for certain duties as a homemaker. You have to do them no matter what.
For that focus on progress only. Do not bother if you’re shining your house by making some special cleaners or following precise techniques. Strive to just be good enough with your housework. And eventually, you’ll get there.
Final words:
I assure you this one trick — aiming for progress – not perfection will help you transform your homemaking.
Be sure to share your thoughts in the comments section below. Thank you so much for reading. Happy Homemaking!