Why I Prioritize Exercise Over Cleaning

Thank you so much. I have gotten out of the habit of exercising and sometimes neglect my appearance doing the day because of washing and cleaning.I don't even have any children at home but seem to have washing everyday and the cleaning never stops.
I'm stopping now and freshen myself up maybe by some miracl I'll esercise.

The list "never goes away"! WOW! How true! I noticed that too and was thinking about how to change my priorities. It's so difficult to do everything.... I do need to exercise, but don't have enough time for it... exercising at home is very difficult (too with many destructions) .... But thank you so very much for writing about this subject!

I find that the house just gets messy after a few hours anyway. When I exercise, I find my mind stays less messy for a much longer time :)

"if I were to begin my day by trying to attack the cleaning and straightening of my house, I would get absolutely nothing else accomplished, ever."

THANK YOU for pointing out the obvious--I never thought of it this way. I waste a lot of time cleaning and straightening, and my house is still always a mess. Wednesday morning with both kids happily ensconced at their respective camps, I'll put exercise ahead of cleaning/chores.

I'm 100% behind you. My favorite cleaning phrase is "The floor gets mopped a little bit at a time", meaning when I spill something, I get a paper towel and clean that part of the floor! I figure dusting once every month or two is good enough. We have 3 dogs that live inside and the hair and dust will NEVER go away. I could dust and vacuum every day, and it probably would not look much different - hence I skip that monumental waste of my time. I work 50-60 hours a week already - I need stress busters, not stress makers. So I take the pressure off on cleaning the house, and like my new best friend, Christine, I exercise - hop on the treadmill or do yoga. So relaxing!

The only way I get a run in is if I do it before the husband and kids are awake. Otherwise, forget it!

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I think you should put the most important first. Which is why I have it built into my schedule every day.

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Cleaning a toilet or exercise...perhaps given that as a choice we could get more people exercising. Oh by the way in case you didn't guess I picked Exercise!

i agree that no matter how much we have to do, we should always have time for ourselves to perform better with our responsibilities.

Keeping yourself fit actually helps you do the rest of your life better. Walking - my exercise of choice now - also keeps my worries at bay. When my children were young, I got up at 5a.m. and did a step tape, then got ready, then got them up. My house was always neat if not always pristine clean. Remember the line spoken by Jack Nicholson's character in the Witches of Eastiwick - you wash dishes today, you'll just have to wash them tomorrow. (Or something like that)

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Good and plenty!

I always wake up before my son and husband- to exercise. I have done it that way for years. I perform best first thing in the morning, and if I don't do it then, I won't.

And when it comes down to it, a healthy body is way more important to me than a spotless house. Especially since, as you pointed out, the spotless house is an impossible mission!

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If I don't schedule it, I won't exercise. That's precisely why I didn't exercise at all this week. Sigh. Thanks for the reminder.

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It's a woman's duty to hire a cleaning person to scrub her home once a month. More if she can afford it.

I call it a sanity tax. It's a tax I'm more than happy to pay.

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As you say, the personal high one gets from exercise lasts longer and fills you with energy that enable you to engage in other, more important activities.

Step away from the toilet, ladies. You can clean it tomorrow, or the next day.

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My house is almost always a mess. And on the rare event that it's clean, it stays that way for less than 2 hours. Maybe.

The rewards and personal high I get from exercise lasts a lot longer and is a lot more satisfying. Thank you for writing this - I feel so much better knowing I'm not alone in this choice and that it's not a "bad" choice to make.

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