I know there’s a good chance you don’t love everything about your home.

Sometimes, when I look at all that still needs to be done in our fixer upper, even after fixing her up for over 5 years, I feel like we made a HUGE mistake in ever thinking we could finish this house.  

There’s one thing I force myself to remember when I get in a funk about our house.    

ONE ROOM AT A TIME    

I can’t possibly expect to make progress on our house when I flit around from room to room.

I lose focus, lose motivation, and often, lose money because although I have the big picture in mind, I forget to truly consider how we need to use that particular space in the near future and I end up buying a bunch of things we don’t really need.

If you have some frustration or overwhelm with the scope of what might need attention in your home, my best advice is to pick one room and let yourself focus on that room.  

Don’t worry about the rest.  

We’re even applying this to the outside of our house.  

We have 12 acres of work to do here on our property and thinking about it as a whole makes me want to light a match.  

But if I section it off into outdoor “rooms” it feels much more manageable and changes everything: mostly, my attitude, energy and willingness to start.

Working one room at a time will help you experience consolidated wins that will be visual proof of the good progress you are making. I know it seems like you should be finishing every room at once, but I promise, that is a recipe for burnout.

Pick the room closest to being done, the room that urgently needs attention or the room that you have the most motivation to finish. It doesn’t really matter which room, it just matters that you are laser focused so you can actually get results