
I am the most disorganized organized person alive. I love the thought of being organized and believe deep down everything has a place… and should always be in its place. But lets face it, organized is the last thing that my life is right now. Between family, work, school, family activities, and the chaos that comes from extended family, my life is more disorganized by the minute. I try, I really do, to be organized, but the mess is everywhere and I have become overwhelmed by the “just get it done” syndrome.
One of Those Moms
Yep, I’m one of those moms. Not that I don’t want others to do things around the home, I want them to, trust me. I’m exhausted after working, attending class, working on my weekly web show, taxing kids to and from the daily activity, and whatever is happening at 6pm, that when I get 5 minutes, I want those 5 minutes to enjoy a glass of something other than kool-aid, instead of putting away clothes that have been sitting in the basket for two days. But, that is me at midnight, the mom putting away the two-day old basket clothes because the kids have developed “I forgot” syndrome.
It just seems so much easier to do it myself, then ask, wait, ask again, and it get done half-way, or not done at all.
What does this mean? I’m terrible at delegating. Don’t get me wrong, I do delegate, I’m just terrible at following through and making sure that my kids actually stay on top of things and get the task done. And I’ve learned from experience, if I don’t keep reminding them, it never gets done, regardless of the list given to them, or the chores they know they are responsible for. What it gets down to – I have become a nag and I hate waiting.
Thankfully, Pretty Neat Has a Chapter for that!
When I was given the opportunity to review Pretty Neat by Alicia Rockmore & Sarah Welch, I was probably a bit more excited then I needed to be. Following the Get Buttoned Up site for some time, I relished the thought of maybe not so much conquering the mess, but hopefully finding a balance to at least tame the unruliness. So, you can imagine my relief when I opened up Pretty Neat to begin reading and the word delegate jumped out at me. Of course I jumped ahead and began reading chapter 3.
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