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Make today the day you stop assuming you are going to fail. It’s time to let go of the excuses and start understanding
The messages we allow to sit in our mind can make or break creating a successful habit. Believe it to receive it!
“Perhaps the reason you resist and rebel against tidying up is that you think you are bad at it. Maybe you associate it with failing, so you avoid doing it. It takes only minutes to tidy up the dinner dishes, and you can still have lots of time to play with the kids or do something fun. Maybe the truth is that you know you are a great mom, so you would rather do things that you know you are good at and make you feel good about yourself.
Always thought I was bad at tidying up and told myself I didn't really care if things were messy. NOT the case. What other lies do we tell ourselves in order to fuel avoidance?
A Butterfly can say that the mess doesn’t bother them, but this is another lie they tell themselves. Detachment is a way of protecting and shielding themselves from the hurt and shame that comes with their clutter.
Detaching is not the answer. Diving in fully to what bothers us is a positive change agent.
drowning in clutter and struggling with hoarding tendencies.
It seems like such a simple thing, keeping the house clean, so when you fail at it over and over again, you can’t help but feel like a failure yourself.
I probably only spent about fifteen to twenty minutes organizing my home each week, so it took a while to build up the confidence to take the training wheels off. In all honesty, it took me a FULL YEAR to get every closet, drawer, and storage space organized properly for my Ladybug brain. The time it takes you to organize your home will depend entirely on how much time you dedicate and how many things you have.
