Comments on: Create a deadline https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/07/create-a-deadline/ Writer, Author, Speaker Sat, 22 Jul 2023 18:07:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Shel https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/07/create-a-deadline/#comment-466508 Sat, 22 Jul 2023 18:07:43 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19214#comment-466508 I’ve wanted to read and study some things for a volunteer teaching position I do in my church. In order to get to it I’ve set up a deadline to discuss the readings or watching the speech with a friend who is my co-teacher. This forces me to do it. 🙂

]]> By: Emily https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/07/create-a-deadline/#comment-466440 Sat, 22 Jul 2023 13:05:20 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19214#comment-466440 In reply to Grateful Kae.

This is so ingrained in me from going up and that if someone is coming over I automatically feel the need to clean. It’s a great deadline and now occurs by natural association.

]]> By: Saturday Seven 295: Lifestyle & More for Quilters - A Quilting Life https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/07/create-a-deadline/#comment-466399 Sat, 22 Jul 2023 10:00:42 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19214#comment-466399 […] Here is a list of ideas for helping maintain an organized home. And here is the blog post with lots of helpful links from the decluttering podcast I shared above. Finally, here is a technique for organizing that I need to utilize more often. […]

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/07/create-a-deadline/#comment-466192 Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:59:43 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19214#comment-466192 In reply to Grateful Kae.

@Grateful Kae – yep, inviting people over is a great way to force some cleaning and organizing…

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/07/create-a-deadline/#comment-466191 Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:59:22 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19214#comment-466191 In reply to Angela.

@Angela – excellent! I hope the swap goes well.

]]> By: Angela https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/07/create-a-deadline/#comment-465997 Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:41:52 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19214#comment-465997 Just did this for a book swap I’ve wanted to host since 2019. So end of sept it is and I told people because this obliger needs that so now it’s out in the universe!

]]> By: Grateful Kae https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/07/create-a-deadline/#comment-465962 Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:12:37 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19214#comment-465962 We don’t have a cleaning service, and neither do my parents. We live about an hour and 15 minutes apart, so we see each other quite often, but not like, daily, of course. We have a running joke that we need to schedule visits to each other often enough to make sure we clean our houses. hahaha! Because if someone is coming to visit, well, we make sure to clean! 😉 I like the idea of having a deadline for things like home decluttering. I will have to ponder how I can create “fake” deadlines for some projects I want to get to around the house, too.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/07/create-a-deadline/#comment-465881 Wed, 19 Jul 2023 17:34:54 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19214#comment-465881 In reply to Elisabeth.

@Elisabeth – thank you for reading! Yep, it’s always deadlines that force the issue. Got a lot of stuff scheduled today – the donation pick up, a furniture pick up, and a rug getting delivered! Woo hoo!

]]> By: Elisabeth https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/07/create-a-deadline/#comment-465868 Wed, 19 Jul 2023 15:26:38 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19214#comment-465868 Yes, I do this regularly though I’m not nearly as good at self-regulation/motivation in the summer. Sigh. I’ve been feeling like my brain/life/house is extremely scattered this week (because it is) – renovations! company coming! kids camps! – and I really should implement some of these deadlines. Gentle ones, mind you, but deadlines nonetheless.

Thanks for the inspiration, Laura!

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