But I Don't Wanna!

So, having a routine is great.  It's on paper, I check things off when I do them, yada yada yada.  I still fight with myself to get certain things done, though.  Of everything on my list, these things remain undone most often on a daily or weekly basis.

So, I have five cats and two dogs - imagine the number of furballs in my house!  With cats, come....litter boxes.  I *hate* cleaning litter boxes.  My family *hates* cleaning litter boxes.  (Why in the world do we have so many cats???  I ask myself this on a daily basis.)  Since everyone hates to clean the boxes, it usually falls to me to do it.  Every once in awhile I'll specifically ask someone to do it, but if I don't ask no one will think to do it.

Cleaning litter boxes is on my to-do list every day.  We have four boxes for five cats (technically five boxes, but one is out in the sunroom and the cats haven't been out there much lately).  The boxes are scattered through the house: two in the utility room, one in the living room and one in the master bedroom.  So,in order to complete the task, I pretty much have to traipse through the whole house.  Whatever  my excuse is, I don't get the litter scooped as often as I should. Luckily our cats are pretty tolerant.  I get the boxes scooped 2 or 3 times a week.  It's not nearly enough and I'm working hard on changing my habits on this one.  It's slow going though.  It's really hard to convince myself to do something that I can't find any pleasure in.  It's not even very satisfactory.  The two main bonuses of having clean boxes are that a) the cats keep their business in the boxes and b) the house doesn't stink of cat.

I mentioned I have a sunroom, right?  It's almost as big as my family room, and unfortunately it is unusable most of the time because we use it as a staging area for things going to our detached garage.  Cleaning it is on my weekly list of things to do.  I skip it a lot. A LOT.  Right now, there are still boxes stacked out there from Christmas, waiting to go to the garage.  The dirt is piling up because we go through the room to let the dogs in and out of the house into the backyard.  It's a shame it is a mess all of the time.  My father in law and I spent several weeks last year ripping up the carpet and tiling the floor.  Especially this time of year (winter in Florida) it would be great to be able to spend time out there.  I keep telling myself that if I get the family to help haul the boxes, I'll be able to clean it in a jiffy.  So far, I haven't even asked the family for help.

I could mention my yard here.  I don't have a good excuse for not working in the yard - I love to garden.  I could mention my utility room here.  I use it daily and I still let it get gross.  Both of these things have days in my routine to get done.  I skip them more often than not.

So, I still have some work to do on establishing my full routine.  I'm determined to get there eventually.  I give myself pep talks, remind myself that it won't take long if I break it up into smaller tasks.  It hasn't worked yet.  I'm still avoiding these jobs.  So, if you have any way to convince me to do them, let me know.  Because I really don't wanna do them!!!