Singlehandedly

I love the commercials with the big, red "easy" button. (I cannot even remember what is being advertised.) I would love to have an easy button -- for pretty much every aspect of my life. Since I realize that that is as much of a fairy tale as the knight on a white horse coming to save the day... I have decided that I need to find ways to make things easy for myself. Here are a few things that I have come up with:

It is OK to say no -- life is easier with fewer (unnecessary) commitments. (Much better than saying yes and not being able to follow through.)
It is OK to say yes to offers of help -- even if it is paid help. The same guy has been aerating and fertilizing my yard for years. One less thing to think about.
It is OK to let the housework/yardwork go in order to make time for more important things -- like kids, exercise, friends, family, dinner, reading, working, playing, etc.
If you are going to have people over and therefore you have to do some house cleaning, plan a number of gatherings at your house around the same weekend, so you get more use out of the cleaning. And then maybe it won't be your turn for awhile.
I love how the snow covers the yard so lack of recent yardwork is masked... nature's easy button.

Any other suggestions out there?

posted by Terri @ 9:11 PM 1 comments