I’ve started giving myself 10 minute challenges. I set my timer for 10 minutes and tackle a household chore while my children are having a snack or lunch. It’s amazing how much you can accomplish in only 10 minutes when you focus on the task. The 10 minute challenge is a weekly feature on Mommies with Cents. Each week, I will show you one of the things I was able to accomplish in 10 minutes. I encourage you to join me- it really easy amazing what you are able to achieve, even if it’s incremental, if you set your mind (and timer!) to it!
Some people have a hard time keeping up with laundry. Even with five of us, that’s something I’m able to pretty much stay on top of. The part I have trouble with is updating the kids closets and dressers by removing the stuff they’ve outgrown. I have the hardest time with the girls since they share a room and I have to locate the bag of clothes that were McKinley’s that Parker is growing into. On top of that, McKinley loves to empty her drawers when she is supposed to be napping which makes everything an unfolded jumbled up mess.
The girls got a bunch of new clothes for Christmas so before I put them away, I figured I better tackle the drawers problem. I didn’t actually take a picture of the inside of the dresser drawers but believe me, they were stuffed with a mixture of baby clothes and toddler clothes both current and outgrown. Their room was a bit messy too. This is what it looked like before I started:
Amazingly, I was able to clean up the little mess, fill a bag with outgrown clothing and fold the rest back up and put it back in the dresser in 10 minutes. As usual, this project had been nagging in the back of my mind for awhile and didn’t get done until I put it on my list. Now I just need to put away the Christmas decorations…somehow I think that task will take longer than 10 minutes 😉
I’d love to hear ways you manage your time at home with kids. Please share your tips with me and our other readers by leaving a comment, then come back next week for another 10 minute challenge!
Be sure to check out all of our other 10 minute challenge posts!