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I'm behind as well...I haven't completed the entryway "chore" as yet. I just think that the whole idea is to do it slowly and one room at a time so as not to be overwhelmed.

My motivation is that there's no rush...I'm going off of Day One...it's on my schedule, I'd suggest to do it that way. Don't stress yourself too much about getting it done today...just as long as I ACTUALLY complete the assignments and take the time out to do it. @PGF said it well. Procrastinating and not putting time aside is the reason why I haven't done any of these things so my home can look as I want it...we easily get overwhelmed during large cleaning moments. My motivation is walking into the kitchen and seeing how beautiful it looks with the flowers...I keep getting excited to see the rest of the house like that. I'd say keep going to the one room that you're proud of the transformation. It can definitely be a motivator.

Well if he's anything like me, GreenUrbanGirl, it's not just the idea of a collection or remembering what I read, it's more about having them at the drop of a hat. I love the smell of physical books and although I do the Goodreads and have over 300 books on my eReader, there's nothing like holding a book in hand...the more inexpensive ones means that they've been well-read...lol I can go on...I've reread every book at least 3 times to remind myself of the story...it's the act of actually reading it, I guess.

Anyhow! I was able to donate a few duplicates...no hyperventilating...although reading how everyone was able to donate and bring down, or mistakenly lost theirs was hard to imagine (traveling/moving - my 1st priority are books and shoes)...the magazines, I definitely needed to organize and de-clutter...they were EVERYWHERE! I don't have much CDs around, but I did have music on almost every imaginable RAM space so I organized those better, cleaned out ones I don't care much for anymore and put them on an external hard drive. That was satisfying.

@stam487 those bookshelves are on my list too!!!

my enthusiasm was waning as well until the day after I cleaned my kitchen. saturday, i'd gone to the supermarket to pick up flowers and breakfast with my nephew then spent the morning cleaning. I took my time, no hurry, no rush. at the end of it all, my kitchen had never looked so much like how i've always envisioned it. i even changed the curtains to the deck, took down the cupboard doors to dishes and my china, put up the flowers and it was so beautiful. ever since then, walking into the kitchen every morning put a new lease on the Cure for me. I'm excited to see every next room like that. My 2yr old nephew has gotten into it and has been willing to pick up his toys without much effort these days. he even helped his mom clean the fridge today.

So are we also completing the tasks that we highlighted for the kitchen this weekend as well or for whenever we've reached to a certain room on our list from Day One?