CHRISTMAS MISSION #11

GOOD MORNING on this MARVELLOUS MONDAY!! 🍂🍁🍂👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

How are you?

How was your weekend?

Did you keep up with your habits and routines at the start (MR - Morning Routine) and end (ER - Evening Routine) of each day over the weekend?

Did you have fun?  Are you recharged and ready for the week ahead?

OK, let's start on week 3 of 6, that's Mission #11 of 30!  GO US!  💪🏻

Your shorthand for today's BASIC PLAN is....

* MR

* ZONE DECLUTTER OR CLEAN

* ZONE MISSION - ZONE 2 - EAT

* DAILY FOCUS - WHB

* CHRISTMAS MISSION #11

* PAMPER TIME 

* ER

First we need to ensure we've done our MR, we've eaten, washed, dressed to shoes, tidied up after ourselves in our bedroom, bathroom and kitchen.

All this week we're working in ZONE 1 - WELCOME. This is quite unusual! We don't often get a whole week in ZONE 1, its normally shared with ZONE 5 earler in the week, you'll see what I mean next month and thereafter.  But!  Lets enjoy a whole week working on decluttering and cleaning the porch, front door, hall, stairs and dining room.

Start with a PUPA (Pick Up and Put Away) and then decluttering.  If you still have light coats or sunhats or sandals out?  Do you need to sort through your Winter attire, gloves, hats etc.  Take it all down and decide what's to be put away for next year, washed, donated, mended and put it where it needs to be to be dealt with (washing machine, charity bag, mending pile and added to your ODD JOB DAY list).

Give your coat hooks and shoe rack a good clean and stock it up with winter appropriate things.

If you're already decluttered do your WHB or POWER HOUR in High Traffic Areas before you start detail cleaning.

Your DAILY MISSION in this zone is to sweep your porch area, or path to the front door, clean your door and give your door mat a good shake.

Todays CHRISTMAS MISSION #11 is a 27 FLING BOOGIE in your HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS!! And it's exactly what it sounds like! Grab a bag, pop on your favourite playlist or radio station and fill your bag with rubbish, recycling or clutter you no longer want and are finding any excuse to keep!! Remove everything from the room that shouldn't be there. You might even have some time to put away anything in these that shouldn't be there!

Once you've done that, make a start on your WHB in high traffic areas. Either do it all today or do a task a day over the week. Remember to be logical, start with featherdusting, dusting and polishing surfaces and furniture, windows, mirrors and other glass, then vacuuming or mopping.

This should be a whole lot easier if your HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS include ZONE 5!  Woohoo, I love this win when everything is in the same area as it means I often get into some detailed cleaning like washing off finger marks of switches and sockets!

Next up..... PAMPER TIME... try and do something you've not yet done, for me it's quietly reading.  I never read in the day.  I've dug out some childhood books to read again!  I found Little Women and Jo's Boys which I'm excited about.

Finally it's your ER, the bookend of your day.  After your main meal, get the dishes and pans cleaned, wipe down your dining table and worktops and give your sink a quick clean round. You could even set your table for breakfast ....or set up your coffee making for the morning ....or put a load of laundry on a timed wash to finish as you're waking up in the morning...get ahead of yourself! You could even get put your clothes for tomorrow!

As you journey through your day don't forget to stop for a drink (and lunch!) and utilise your timer to get you going apace and also stop you before you get carried away and overwhelmed!

My hope and prayer is that as we move through these weeks, you see the difference you are making and take heart that improvement can be achieved in babysteps. 

Until tomorrow, 

Nora

xxx