What I do to make my life easier . . . and harder

I am constantly searching for ways to simplify my life and in doing so tend to complicate my life even more.  I can relate to this post so well, How to make things harder and do nothing.

I have some good things that I do to make my life easier:

• Freezer Cooking
• Decluttering
• To Do List
• Chore Charts

And then I also have some things I do that make my life harder:

• Freezer Cooking
• Decluttering
• To Do List
• Chore Charts

Did you see any similarities?  It is because anything we do takes time, effort and commitment.  Once done it is a great help, but the getting there - that is the hard part.

Freezer cooking makes my life so much easier once the planning and executing is done and the food is actually in the freezer.

Decluttering is wonderful, after I have taken everything out of the cabinet and made the decision that I no longer use a certain item and then put everything I do use back into the cabinet.

To Do List are a must but then there is the writing out and the thinking through and then there is the inevitable huge dissapointment when yet again, not everything gets done and must be added to tomorrow's already growing to do list.

Chore charts - so easy and simple and already laid out, yet now comes the hard part - the actual doing of the chore chart and the consistency that must be accomplished.

I am always looking for ways to simplify my life.  I am reading books and articles and trying out different things.  But what I am coming to realize is that it is the day in and day out consistency of doing the mundane, yes even the ordinary, that makes for a simple life.