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The Importance of Routines

January 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

A few years back, I got really into Flylady as I worked toward removing clutter from my life.

Since getting married and moving into my new home with my husband, I have kind of gotten away from the routines she suggested.

So, when we came back from our second vacation of the winter, I realized that our house was a disaster. Yesterday, instead of writing, I spent my entire day cleaning the kitchen, living room, and master bedroom. I sorted through a lot of clutter, and those rooms look so much better. I find an uncluttered bedroom much more soothing, and I definitely fell asleep much easier last night. (A hard day of cleaning might have had something to do with that, too!)

But, I was unhappy to lose what I had planned to be a productive writing day. And I could have prevented that loss by keeping up on my cleaning routines so things didn’t get so out of hand. Things were so cluttered that I simply wasn’t able to think about anything except how much the clutter was annoying me!

I’m in a good place now, and simple routines can keep things up. Next holiday, I will be able to do the things I want: take the dogs hiking and get a good chunk of writing and querying done.

How about you. What things interrupt your productivity?

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