Daily Question Resposne

During spring break I have gotten almost nothing done. My goals were to clean my room and get my homework done before tonight.

My room has been a mess ever since I can't remember when. I have such a hard problem of cleaning it and an even harder one of keeping it clean. My mom told me that she wanted me to do a "super clean" early in the week. I would tell her that it was only the first day of spring break and I could do it later, but the next day I would say the same thing. I would complain I just got out of school and needed to relax for a while first. I would say that I was too tired and would try to do a little and the rest later, but end up doing squat.

This went on everyday until yesterday, when I cleaned the litter box. Although that is not a very big achievement, I still accomplished something. I also changed my trash bag today, which I consider a moderate task, and I did my laundry. The litter box and laundry are both tasks that get done on a usual bases so I am not too excited that I did them.

I tried to convince myself to clean my room but I would always find something more 'worthwhile' to do. Sometimes this would be something such as browsing the web, but other times I would have great ideas as to build something in my room, then get bored after 10 minutes and not want to clean up what I had done so far. That's probably how my room can get so messy so fast. While I distract myself from cleaning my room, I am actually making the problem worse.

One thing that helped me get motivated to clean my room a week before spring break was a new addition to my computer. I had saved up some money from working to get new speakers, and after I got them, I needed a clear place to put them. I convinced myself to clean the corner of my room where my desk was so the speakers would stay as clean as possible for a while. I ended up making my desk look almost perfect, as well as the area around it, but the other 3/4 of my room was in ruins.

Normally I dislike the technique of 'work first, play later' but it actually worked that one time. I usually go by 'I need something to motivate me to clean my room so lets go to the beach first and I'll clean my room after' rule, but end up coming home too tired to do any chores. It's too bad I need something materialistic to motivate me to do something that should be in my usually routine.