June 29th, 2006 - Incentives work!
As promised, I bought my latest incentive for keeping up with my summer goals: microfiber cleaning cloths. I used my original post about these to get back to them, but I linked to the wrong items! I do not need the flannel cleaning cloths I linked to before. I maintained 5 out of 6 goals 4 of out the 5 weeks in June. Unfortunately, the third week–the one in which I had three days of candidate interviews and a sick day–I didn’t keep up and completed only 4 goals. I hoped to make up for it the following week, but that was the week after being sick, so I barely completed my goals for that week, much less doing more.
I’m not quite sure about next month: There are no exercise classes next week. Hopefully, Amy and I will meet for a private Trail Mix walk on Wednesday, however. I hope to attend 4 (instead of just 2) exercise classes this week, so they could count for next week’s goals.
What will my next incentive be? … Okay, I lied. I hadn’t actually completed the purchase when I made this post. I decided to add my next incentive to the order: Microfiber Sh-Wipes (3 pack). It saves me $3 in shipping. I will hand the items over to Eric to hold till the end of the month (assuming I complete my goals of course). “Sh-Wipes” because they go with the Sh-Mop. I bought a Sh-Mop years ago; it’s the best mop I’ve ever used. It has terry-clothish head covers which you wet in the sink. You do NOT dip them in and out of a dirty bucket of water. I like my Sh-Mop, but to be honest, I don’t like mopping and my Sh-Mop covers are pretty dirty even after washing because our floors are usually so dirty when they finally get mopped. I hope that shiny new covers will help. Plus, they will be easier to ring out and can be used dry instead of wet. I really like microfiber products anyway.
As I write this–I already placed the order and I’m not cancelling it–I’m realizing I just bought MORE STUFF. But these will honestly be used and I’ve been thinking about buying them since the products were first offered up to a year ago. I may be able to get rid of my dust Sh-mop, between the new covers and the Dyson I may not dust mop anymore!