Just keep your shoes on!

I've come to the conclusion that the key to staying productive is by first putting on your shoes and then keeping them on. Yesterday I did just that, and got an insane amount of stuff done- never feeling overworked.

I started my morning with a cup of coffee and no direction for the day. It was as soon as I walked out of the kitchen with my coffee that I looked into our 3 season porch and was horrified that I couldn't see out the windows. Were they frost covered or just really dirty? I decided that this would be the day I would wash the windows in our home. Four hours later, I had only completed the porch windows, but was very satisfied with the result. Had someone told me that morning that it was possible to actually feel a film residue on the windows left from chemical cleaners, I would have thought them ridiculous. However, as I wiped and wiped and wiped (with my homemade cleaner), trying to get rid of the streaks that kept appearing, I slowly noticed the "waxy" buildup being removed, and felt a nice, clean and smooth surface underneath the rag I was using. As I went from window to window, I found the same thing happening. You CAN feel the difference between a truly clean window and one that has clear build-up on it.

I kept my shoes on.

Then I noticed the porch needed a good cleaning, so I picked up and vacuumed, ending with a BEAUTIFUL place to hang out on this sunny Sunday.

I kept my shoes on.

While walking outside to check the deer camera for any visiting raccoons, I noticed pine cones had completed covered a part of our yard after the strong wind storm. So, I got the wheel barrow and picked them all up, piling them high and counting on their sappy exterior to keep them from falling off. After completing that task, I needed to find out how to remove sap from my hands. I googled it... BUTTER! I used butter, got sap-free hands within seconds, and looked around.

I kept my shoes on.

The kitchen needed some tidying. I cleaned the kitchen, emptied the dishwasher, filled it again, and put away the items that were finished air drying. 

I kept my shoes on.

Since it was dinner time, I decided on chicken fajitas. YUMMY! I sat down on the couch with my homemade fajitas to eat and watch a little T.V. BUT... I kept my shoes on!

With the shoes on, I didn't feel ready to call it a night. So, after eating, I went into the basement and cleaned out my workout area, put accumulated items away, and completed my coaster wall (see Cheap, Frugal, Thief blog). I hauled the vacuum down there and vacuumed up the cat hair, random millipede bodies (where did they come from?), and was proud of my clean work-out area.

At this point, I felt VERY satisfied with my day and concluded my night with a Netflix movie. With my shoes off, I sharpened about 75 pencils with a small hand sharpener, resulting with two decent sized blisters. I finished the movie and hit the sack.

A productive day all because I kept my shoes on...