There is so much shit to do around the house. The only way I feel like I can motivate myself, or not feel overwhelmed, is to make a micro list.

A regular to-do list would say things like “clean the kitchen,” or worse, “clean the house.” That’s too nebulous. A micro list breaks it up into small, achievable tasks. This can actually apply to any project.

So on my list, I have the following

+ vacuum living room
+ sweep kitchen floor
+ wipe down the dining table
+ install curtain rods in office
+ clean off my desk
+ dust front room tables and bookshelves

Plus a lot more. Makes it more fun to check things off when they are broken down into five or ten minute chores.

In other news, I finally ordered custom drapes for my office. The fabric I picked is a mustard yellow and natural zigzag chevron pattern. It’s going to look very cheerful. Found them on Etsy of course. The woman making them is doing four panels total, fully lined, plus throwing in two free square pillow covers. Free shipping and no sales tax are a nice bonus.

Just now I was looking around on my desk for a notebook where I can keep my to-do lists. I found my old lovely lime green Russel and Hazel mini binder. Love love love this company. I used to use this binder every single day when I still worked at Gap. Anyway I opened it up and found three journal entries I made when Freya was only fifteen weeks old. Talking about how I would hold her all day, nurse her every few hours, how she would nap three times a day, and we would have activity mat time and tummy time. She still wasn’t even rolling over. My little wee one. It’s good to look back on that time, how naive I was, heh.

Anyway, I best get cracking on this list. Fifteen items remaining…