​"Time to Clean up"
 
If you have kids, you've said this.  If you are lucky, your kids start cleaning up right away.  If your kids are like mine, most of the time this is not immediately done.   Heck, half the time my kids don't even "hear" me.  One of my closest friends recently told me about the toy jail she has at her house and how it has been helping with clean up.

  Here's how it works:  The kids are asked to clean up their toys.  After some time, she asks the kids if they are done.  If they say yes, she reminds them that anything still out will go into toy jail.  Often this results in the kids taking another run around the house to pick up last minute toys they missed.  Once done, my friend then checks the house.  Anything left goes in toy jail.  Any toys that end up in jail remain there until a chore (assigned by the parent) is completed.  If a toy remains in toy jail for too long, it is donated (the length of time depends on what works for your family).  

I loved this idea!  It has really been helping her with less push for clean up.  
Let me know if you try it out

​The picture is an example of a PostSecret posted at www.postsecret.com.  I have spent time every Sunday over the last twelve years going to that website.
It is an amazing experience!  I also own numerous PostSecret books. 
Frank Warren created PostSecret in 2005.  Anyone can send in an anonymous homemade postcard with a secret on it.  Frank then picks from the ones he receives and posts them on the website, puts them in his books, or displays them at exhibits he does all around the country.
The postcards encompass a wide range of feelings and secrets.  Some will make you tear up and some will make you laugh.  Throughout the years, I've read many that I could have written.  Some I've even wondered if a friend or family member has written.  That is what makes the experience so amazing.  It shows us we are all connected.  There is a stranger somewhere who has felt what we felt and dealt with something similar to us.  
I encourage you to check out the site and maybe even send in a secret.