I always started out with grand plans for a simple household.
” I’m going to organize every room and closet! I’ll throw tons of stuff out so things aren’t so cluttered! And I swear I’ll keep things clean by doing a few minutes of picking up every day! “
All good intentions.
But my grand plans kept fizzling out, sometimes even backfiring and making things worse!
Trying to create and maintain a simple household became this annoying, overwhelming goal that I felt I would never achieve.
It was so frustrating!
What I finally realized is that I kept losing sight of WHY I wanted a simple household in the first place.
And that is the core of secret #1.
Secret #1: If you aren’t crystal clear about WHY you want a simple household, you’ll find it difficult to stay motivated.
In this secret, WHY is capitalized on purpose. That’s because I’m referring to your deep-rooted motivation for doing whatever you do.
Humans don’t do anything without a compelling WHY.
Sometimes it’s fear, and sometimes it’s love. The WHY behind everything we do can pretty much be boiled down to those two motivations.
Sometimes it’s confusing to figure out our WHY. Society, expectations of others, career pressures, family, money – all of these factors can motivate us to do certain things and mask our real WHY.
I’m sure you have lots of reasons why you want a simple household.
They might be pretty similar to some of mine -you’re tired of clutter; you want a calm, clean home; you want to stop feeling embarrassed about the state of your house.
These are all super reasons.
But they’re likely not enough to keep you going when it gets irritating and hard.
To maintain your motivation, you need to get down to the *real* reasons WHY you want a simple household, and then you need to set up reminders of WHY you really want it, so when you get tired and frustrated you’ll keep going.
One of my specific WHYs for wanting a simple household is:
I want my house clean and organized so that I can enjoy watching my daughters learn through creative role-play without me squashing their imagination by stopping them.
You can read more about that WHY in ‘3 Secrets to a Simple Household’.
So let’s do it, let’s find your WHYs!
The way to discover them is to play the WHY Toddler Game, and that is your homework for this week.
Take Action!
1. Get comfortable and eliminate all distractions (this means Facebook, too!) Do a Dirga Pranayama Grounding (If you forgot how, see your welcome email.)
2. Open up the ‘3 Secrets to a Simple Household’ and go through the WHY Toddler Game, starting on page 3.
3. Email me and let me know some of your real WHYs.
This week, try to ask yourself many times during the day WHY you are spending time on a particular activity. This is especially helpful if the activity is super annoying. Maybe you’ll find out that activity doesn’t actually match with any of your WHYs and you can stop doing it!