The Power of 10

 
“How do I do this again?” I anxiously asked our resident housekeeper extraordinaire. I felt like I was drowning in housework. Toys were everywhere and I hadn’t decluttered in way too long. For the first time in my life I longed for my “Give Away, Throw Away and Put Away” baskets. At that moment, those baskets were filled with random toddler toys and the many things he had gathered from cupboards and drawers all over the house. “Just do something, anything.” She began.  “Set aside ten items to give away, or put away ten things, or file ten papers,  spend ten minutes doing something good, do ten things that matter most.”  “Just ten?” I asked, looking around at the mess in front of me and secretly doubting her wisdom. “Yes, only ten.” The truth is, when you have a toddler, that is about all you can do. So I found my ten. I gathered all of his bottles and put them in a bag for storage today. I searched the whole house and dug through the baskets of toys, simultaneously organizing those without even thinking about it and I found all the little caps and acessories my toddler had pulled out of the cupboard over and over again and I put them away. I feel so good about myself now. I wonder how the Power of 10 will manifest itself tomorrow. Maybe I will spend 10 whole minutes in the shower! Hey, a girl can dream can’t she?