Why isn't housekeeping as simple as it sounds?

Elizabeth blogged about Erin's post from Jen's links of Stephanie's original post who borrowed from Covey's love of the number 7 to make housekeeping easy.

Don'cha love the internet?

Anyway, I just can't understandwhy, if housekeeping is as easy at these seven habits, I can't manage to keep my house from lloking like a bomb went off in every room.  Maybe it's because on the rare days that i manage to hit every task, the rest of the family undoes everything I have just done.

Since i am already in the middle of a positive habit forming initiative (See previous posts.) i am going to attempt to develop the first seven habits mentioned not only for myself but for the other three persons over which I have some (but not much) influence.

The habits are:

Number 1: Make Beds Right Away (I'll have to get out clean linens for this one.)

Number 2: Do One Complete Load of Laundry (Maybe two today because of the above note.)

Number 3: Empty All Garbage Cans (This could easily be a Nikita task!)

Number 4: Keep Your Kitchen Sink Empty (Tough one!)

Number 5: Clean Up After Yourself and Help Children Do the Same (mmm, I think this one will need some work.)

Number 6: Bathroom Wipe-Down (I've always called this one "Tub, Teeth and Toilet.")

Number 7: Before Bed 10-Minute Clean Up  (This is a tough one for me too.)

We'll add the advice of Erin for habit number seven next week.  For now I'll get us all working on the other six.