HEADING IN A NEW DIRECTION(STARTING A NEW CHALLENGE)

WOW!  Didn't realize it had been so long since my last post!  Guess life has been too crazy!  I am going to get right to it.  I have been working on a challenge to clean up my craft room, especially my cardmaking supplies.  It is through Totally-tiffany.com  I have loved the challenge and I have made a lot of headway and I am able to find my supplies quickly.  You  post your progress and include pics.  I am so motivated that when a commercial comes on I have to be working on something.  Are you ready to take this journey with me?  I will be coming out of my comfort zone again but this time it is showing my before pics.  This is a journal of sorts for me, it will be a way for me to see side by side results...see the work involved. Hopefully you won't judge me as a hoarder or crazy or lazy after seeing my pics.  Life is short and there are more important things to do and memories to make.
     Alas, life is catching up to me!  I am not comfortable in my home, I am not serene, I am not happy in my home.  I can't find things.  I've discovered a few truths:  I am afraid to lose things so I put them close by not where they belong.  I will lay things down as soon as I walk in the door instead of PUTTING THEM  IN THEIR PLACE! I have a small house with little storage. I am a procrastinator and projects generally take less time than I thought they would.  I do love a clean house and it does put me at ease!
     Please join my journey, I won't feel like the only one with a messy home.  Feel free to comment, make suggestions, and post pics.  Keep in mind I am new to this  blogging thing. I am not a writer!!!

So here we go.  I will be using some of Tiffany's techniques!   Ready, take a deep breath!  Put your phone in another room.  (yes, you can survive a few minutes without it) Turn off the TV.  Spend 30 minutes on the first challenge(I will be posting my challenges which are specific to my rooms).  At the end of each challenge I will have a reward - it will be simple and sometimes it is just standing back and admiring my handiwork.  I won't see the reward until I turn if over. 

CHALLENGE #1 - Post an official Challenge list (mine is 9 weeks but yours can be as short as you want.  I found nonstop for 5 weeks was tops for me. This is your challenge, maybe you will work on it for a couple of weeks and then take a week off and come back.  The important thing is you come back!)  Here is a pic of mine, sorry I don't know how to make it a revised document. 

You are getting it rough just like it is on my fridge!  Sorry about any problems but this is a new laptop and new photo program so it took me an hour just to understand what I am doing.  Rewards are listed on the right.  Some challenges are short and sweet and some are longer than a week.  I tried for 6 (days) with Sunday as a day of rest!  The first challenge is done in 2 hours, would have been less if I hadn't posted it!!!!! I gave myself a time period but it is not really important to me!  It's getting it done or even an improvement!  Now for my Benefit board:

It  isn't fancy some of it is from my Totally Tiffany challenge.  The great thing about putting it up is that I see it every time I go in the kitchen and when I sit down to watch TV.  It is a prompt, motivation, and a reminder of how good I will feel when I finish a challenge!!!

Now on to my reward, but first I will post my first "before" pic of challenge #2....1/2 sofa.  I started it last night during commercials!  It gets me moving and my steps while working on bits of a challenge.
I am so anxious about this!

 The little white table is done so I can check if off.  The reward for the first challenge is........MUFFIE AND TEA AT PANERAS!  YEAH!  BIG APPLAUSE!
See you next time, hopefully with a clean sofa!