A Sunday Morning Blitz

A "Sunday morning blitz" occurred in our house once or twice a month when our children were growing up.  It usually lasted from twenty to forty five minutes.  Thirty minutes was pretty typical.  During a blitz, everyone in the family was expected to work at maximum output, with  everyone focused on cleaning just one or two rooms in the house.  The sometimes highly authoritarian father (me) conceived these blitzes.  He (that's me) worked harder than anyone and the mother (my wife Karen) worked hard too.  We asked nothing in effort that we were not doing ourselves   And it got a lot done

The blitzes were designed to demonstrate that a lot could accomplished in a short time by intense, focused effort .  At least one of our five children seemed never to understand that it was a teaching mechanism and not intended as a torture treatment for children.  At least they never chose to understand.

Additionally it helped to demonstrate that we are capable of working harder than we thought we could.  This burst of effort is often visible with athletes, but it is just as applicable to other physical as well as mental efforts.   

Sometimes in life you have to go "way beyond yourself" to succeed.

Learn more about the World War II   BLITZ   of the United Kingdom here