Ten Day Challenge

Moving 8 times in 8 years really changes the way that you keep house.  For example when you live somewhere for less then a year, do you really need to wash your windows?  Answer: Nope!  You just move to a place with cleaner windows.  So I could tell that I was really starting to settle into my home of 1 year 5 months when I broke out the Windex and cleaned my windows! 

Another thing that hasn't happened in years is getting everything organized.  I have had my life functional, but things haven't been really organized for several moves.  For example: my knitting and yarn can be found in every room of the house.  That is not organized!  And because everything is everywhere nothing is being used and enjoyed to its fullest potential.

My first plan was to jump on one of the preexisting "cleaning/organization" challenges that are filling up the Pinterest feeds.  There are only a few problems with that.  A lot of those challenges are for long spans of time.  One blogger is doing a 52 week challenge!  52 weeks!  I have moved 2 times in 52 years, clearly this challenge was not designed for me!  The other problem with a long challenge is that I know myself and I wouldn’t stick with it.  I really, really like starting projects.  Its like starting a new relationship, all roses and chocolate and no problems.  Once a cleaning conflict arises or I bite off more then I can chew, I am apt to blot.  (Thankfully this only pertains to projects and cleaning, and not relationships. I've been happily and successfully married for almost ten years and have worked through my fair share of issues.) 

While the shorter challenges lacked that problem, they still didn’t fit.  After all they were designed by people who have already settled in and who were actually looking to clean.  I needed something for me to tackle that addressed my needs.  Where would I find that?  Umm…

So I decided to develop my own list of 10 things to tackle.  They had to be small projects that I could complete in an hour in order to keep up the motivation and they had to be things that I don't normally do as part of my house cleaning routine.  I am giving myself a month to complete these challenges and will document some of them to help with the motivation to continue. 

10 Day Challenge

1. Gather the Yarn-remember it is scattered to the four corners

2. Organize Yarn into bins

3. Fold Fabric & Store in Craft Closet

4. Organize Linen Closet  

5. Sort Hannah's Shirts-this girl outgrows so quickly!

6. Round Up Lurking Trash

7. Round Up Donations & Donate them!

8.  Sort 1 Basement Box

9.  Sort Box of Pre-Baby Clothes

10. Blog & Photograph it