One of my best-kept secrets of housekeeping was discovered one day when I had a friend over, and her son, who was playing on the floor with my kids, looked under my sofa and loudly exclaimed, "Mom! Come quick! You'll never believe all of the junk under here!" Yes, it's true. I'm coming clean for the greater cause of helping all moms out there become all that they can be. One clever trick to making people think you do it all is to NOT do it all. Just be selective and do the things that really matter.
But shortcuts are not always easy for perfectionist women (I used to be one - the hangers in my closet were color coded). My advice is to begin working out your slacker muscles with some training exercises. Iron only the parts of a shirt that are going to show, mop only the parts of the floor that are actually dirty, vacuum without moving the furniture, and practice other household tips of the lazy and unmotivated. I know this sounds like odd advice coming from a professional homemaker, but if you can train yourself to do things imperfectly, you will learn to get things done more effectively.
If you are only satisfied with perfection, then it is often hard to get motivated enough to complete a task. Don't try to do everything, just the things that really matter. Achieving success in life is as much about prioritizing as it is about getting up the gumption to go after your goals. If you're going to get the important things done, you've got to be able to let lesser things go.
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