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Encouragement, Health, Life Is Beautiful

Lists Part 2: Spring Cleaning Attack

In my previous post I discussed my love for and dependency on lists and how I had created two, one for health and one for spring cleaning. Lists allow me to function in a more organized fashion. They also give me a great sense of accomplishment when I can check each item off my list and see in print how much I’ve achieved. It’s quite satisfying for us list lovers.

Our lives are busy, often too busy. We have families, jobs, and homes. We have groceries to purchase, clothes to clean, dishwashers to load, floors to mop, meetings to attend, volunteer duties to fulfill, school conferences, extra-curricular activities, music lessons, and if we’re lucky…regular family time and the occasional date night. I feel like I need a nap simply from compiling this list.

It’s a mountainous challenge to keep up on simple laundry much less deep cleaning an entire house.  So where do we start?

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Encouragement, Health

Lists and Goals for Health and Spring Cleaning

I like lists. I depend on them. I make a list for nearly everything:

  • Grocery lists.
  • To-do list of what I need to accomplish in a day.
  • List of what I need to discuss with my doctor at an office visit.
  • A list of calls or emails I need to make or return.
  • A list of bills I’m paying each week.
  • A list of concerns I need to pray for for myself or that I’ve been asked to pray for regarding others.
  • A list of writing ideas.
  • A list of books I want to read.

As you may have realized, I just created a list of things I create lists about!  Continue Reading