Backing up for Efficiency
December 9, 2009
This morning I started with a few chores. My plan was to head into the kitchen, start the coffee, pack the lunches, switch the laundry and then wake the kids. I went to the dryer first. I pulled everything out, put it on the counter and started to fold it. Then a lil voice in my head said, “hey Jen, you know, the dryer could be going while you fold the clothes”. I said, “hey lil voice, you’re right!”. So I stopped folding and started to put the wet clothes from the washer into the dryer. Then the lil voice piped up again and said, “hey Jen, you know, the coffee could be brewing while the clothes are drying, while you fold the clean pile”. I stopped putting the wet clothes into the dryer and said to lil voice, “hmmm…you’re right! Why am I so backward today?!” So I left the wet clothes and the clean pile and went to make the coffee. Now the coffee is brewed and in hand, the dryer is going and so is the washer and the clean clothes are folded and stacked.
Thanks lil voice!
Have a great day~
5 comments
Fantastic how it all works out.
Hmmmm. Will the lil voice take a bribe?
Isn’t it great when you get SO much completed at the start of the day? Yeah!
Love the lil’ voice too! Sometimes it has to scream to me to be heard above all the noise & excitement around here, but that’s okay! It is nice to have those early morning moments to get things done in the peace & quiet. I remember Rebecca from church told me that she used to wake up at 4 AM to work in the garden before she’d start her day with the kids. Admittedly, I value sleep more I guess, but I wish I could motivate to do that! I find that I get maybe 5 or 10 min. in the AM to myself.
…and you are on your way to see a shrink. Tell little voice to go home. and do the hand swipe and make the sound, that will DEFINITELY make it go away
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