Motivate me!

[justGina.]

How do you get motivated to get up and do your housework?

I slept until 10:45 (a rarity for me, I usually can't go back to sleep after 7 am), I'm working on my third cup of coffee, and I still can't get up off my tush and do my housework.

I need to clean the bathroom (there is a Pop-Tart ground into a tile floor, go figure that one out ), fold the laundry, change laundry from washer to dryer, wash my bedsheets...the list goes on and on.

[bRATmom]

for one, you cant do a darn thing sitting in front of the computer. Shut it off.

set a timer for 15 minutes and walk into each room that needs help, something done.

[justGina.]

Well hi there, bRATmom, how are you?

[PrairieRose]

Hi Gina Long time no see.

Well, I turn off the puter as bRATmom said and pump up the music, vow to clean a room or do a project before I can check back in on the puter again. Then I sit for a few minutes and go do another. Now, STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER!

[justGina.]

Well, I did turn off the computer for about thirty minutes, lol. I managed to fold and put away the laundry in the dryer and change them over. So I'm rewarding myself with computer time.

[nuisance26]

~Best way to get your house clean is to invite someone over! Might have to do that myself; looks like a cyclone came through here.~

[MarshHen]

Eat the biggest Hershey bar you can find for energy and then work your butt off to shed the calories, LOL.

Works for me!

[frugalfarmwife]

Turn up the stereo and bust a move while you clean Works around here!

kj

[ballylarkin]

Sometimes I can't to be honest.....it takes me awhile, too

Other times I get going and feel so good about what's been accomplished I want to finish the rest so I can have fun. I usually like to do the work before the play.....so the play can motivate me.

[watchingpennies]

I do pretend like someone is going to show up in a given amount of time - and how red my face would be! I usually use 15 minute increments in each of the major rooms and go to town...watching the clock as I go.

[Katybird]

I make mini goals and rewards. Mop the kitchen, read a chapter of my book. Vacuum the living room, 15 minutes on the computer, scrub the bathroom, read 2 chapters...you get the picture . It keeps me motivated and I get things done quicker.