Scatterbrained..how do i stop being like this?!
Question: Scatterbrained!.!.how do i stop being like this!?
Some days (like today) I cant keep focused!. Example : I am cleaning my house, half way through i get hungry so i stop what i am doing take out a microwave meal and toss it in the mic!. but then i realized 2 minutes later that i forgot to take it out of the box!. Then i realize that everything I am cleaning is half as*ed!. like the couch is pulled out to clean the floor under it, but i only got half mopped then i moved onto taking out the garbage and do but the mess is left in the garbage can so i put it under running water in the tub and 1/2 way through that i realize i have to fill the dishwasher and 1/2 way through that the laundry and when i stopped and looked around nothing is done and it looks worse than when i started- why is this!!!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Ah, the joys of ADD cleaning!. I do have ADD and this is how I clean if I am not careful and it is horrible I know!.
I also find that music helps keep me on track as well!. When deep cleaning, I find I have to have a friend there to talk to me!. She comes and sits on a chair while I work and if I try to get off track her job is to remind me to finish what I am on first!.
I also find that cheap laundry baskets from the dollar store help I lable each one with a different room in the house and when I find somehting that goes in another room, I put it in the proper laundry basket because if I leave the room I am in I will get distracted so, after my room is done then I take the stuff from the laundry baskets and put them away!.
I also take one room a day to clean so I keep my cleaning bouts short and too the point!. So, on Mondays it is bathroom day and I keep reminding myself that I only clean the bathroom that day!. If I get the urge to go to another room in the house, I try to tell myself that today is bathroom day!. But, on mondays I ONLY have to clean the bathroom!. Saturdays are the vacuuming day for all the rooms!.!.!.the other days I focus more on putting away the clutter and then on Saturday when all the crap is put away, I vacuum!.
I have heard there is a sheet method you can use as well!. For instance, if I am cleaning my office and I am starting with my desk, I put sheets on everything else that needs to be cleaned so that there is no distraction from the desk!. When the desk is done, I uncover the next area and rearrange the sheets so, I don't get distracted with the desk!. Repeat until it is all done!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I also find that music helps keep me on track as well!. When deep cleaning, I find I have to have a friend there to talk to me!. She comes and sits on a chair while I work and if I try to get off track her job is to remind me to finish what I am on first!.
I also find that cheap laundry baskets from the dollar store help I lable each one with a different room in the house and when I find somehting that goes in another room, I put it in the proper laundry basket because if I leave the room I am in I will get distracted so, after my room is done then I take the stuff from the laundry baskets and put them away!.
I also take one room a day to clean so I keep my cleaning bouts short and too the point!. So, on Mondays it is bathroom day and I keep reminding myself that I only clean the bathroom that day!. If I get the urge to go to another room in the house, I try to tell myself that today is bathroom day!. But, on mondays I ONLY have to clean the bathroom!. Saturdays are the vacuuming day for all the rooms!.!.!.the other days I focus more on putting away the clutter and then on Saturday when all the crap is put away, I vacuum!.
I have heard there is a sheet method you can use as well!. For instance, if I am cleaning my office and I am starting with my desk, I put sheets on everything else that needs to be cleaned so that there is no distraction from the desk!. When the desk is done, I uncover the next area and rearrange the sheets so, I don't get distracted with the desk!. Repeat until it is all done!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I am a list person and that really helps me stay organized and get things done!. Just crossing a 'to do' off the list makes me feel accomplished!. If this doesn't help, I'd suggest wearing a stopwatch and giving yourself a certain amount of minutes to complete each task!. That way, you have a goal to reach and you focus more on what you are doing instead of your mind going from one thing to the next!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Maybe you can try to keep yourself in the present moment by only focusing on what you are doing at that very moment!.
Slow down your thinking!. You and your brain can only think about one thing at a time!. Take a short break after each task before moving onto the next one!. Best Wishes!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Slow down your thinking!. You and your brain can only think about one thing at a time!. Take a short break after each task before moving onto the next one!. Best Wishes!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
wow, you just perfectly explained how i clean !
i cannot finish a task, ever!.!.!. i get bored or i think of something else that needs to be done and then the phone rings and i forget everything else!.!.!.
i get so tired of going in circles!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
i cannot finish a task, ever!.!.!. i get bored or i think of something else that needs to be done and then the phone rings and i forget everything else!.!.!.
i get so tired of going in circles!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Maybe you have adult ADD are your just sick of cleaning ! LOL
I hate cleaning!Www@Answer-Health@Com
I hate cleaning!Www@Answer-Health@Com
STOP!
Slow down, I am out of breath just reading this!!
The dust the mess etc will wait, take 1 task the most important, deal with it!. Dont think about anythng else just do that 1 task!.
Then and only once its complete start to think about the next task, hey think about it over a cuppa, and so on!.
But accept who u r! I am totally scatterbrained but have prioritised my whole life eg
Sunday the most important thing is to make sure my kids school uniform is hanging in their wardrobes ready for monday morning!.
Washing and ironing school uniforms gets done before anything else!
Plus just take it easy life is for living the dust can wait hun
Take care
Dee
xxWww@Answer-Health@Com
Slow down, I am out of breath just reading this!!
The dust the mess etc will wait, take 1 task the most important, deal with it!. Dont think about anythng else just do that 1 task!.
Then and only once its complete start to think about the next task, hey think about it over a cuppa, and so on!.
But accept who u r! I am totally scatterbrained but have prioritised my whole life eg
Sunday the most important thing is to make sure my kids school uniform is hanging in their wardrobes ready for monday morning!.
Washing and ironing school uniforms gets done before anything else!
Plus just take it easy life is for living the dust can wait hun
Take care
Dee
xxWww@Answer-Health@Com