Baby steps, day nineteen

[serene]

(The baby steps are at this FlyLady link.) I'm adding "(and do 15 minutes of decluttering)" to every day's tasks, because until I get rid of the clutter, I'll never get on top of the cleaning.

Day One: Shine the sink
Day Two: Get dressed to lace-up shoes
Day Three: Read FlyLady BigTent emails
Day Four: Look at sticky note (in bathroom and kitchen)
Day Five: Write down negative things you're saying to yourself, then write down positive stuff to counter that
Day Six: Spend two minutes on a Hot Spot
Day Seven: Pick out clothes for tomorrow
Day Eight: Make binder for control journal
Day Nine: Add a five-minute room rescue to your Morning Routine.
Day Ten: Set your timer for 15 minutes and go gather up all the trash you can find to throw away and put it in the garbage can outside. Then set your timer for another 15 minutes and sit down and put your feet up and read a favorite magazine until the timer goes off.
Day Eleven: Spend 15 minutes writing down some of your favorite inspirational phrases on a new Control Journal page.
Day Twelve: Delete from your inbox all the e-mails from FlyLady.
Day Thirteen: Find one of Kelly’s missions and go and do it.
Day Fourteen: Today, go read the essay that Kelly wrote about using a calendar.
Day Fifteen: Add making your bed to your morning routine.
Day Sixteen: Read a FlyLady email
Day Seventeen: Set a specific bed time and stick to it.
Day Eighteen: Read the Eleven Commandments.



Day Nineteen: There's no task today; just an essay about making your home into your own personal B&B: http://www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/31-beginner-babysteps/day-19/

Today, I'm making gnocchi for a Facebook rec.food.cooking cookalong. But first, I'm going to do the few dishes in the sink and put out the Hot Spots, etc. No sense trying to cook if everything's not clean!

Yesterday was a super-low-energy day, so I did the very basics, but I didn't do a round of decluttering. I think I'll be up for it today, though. Pics later.

High pain day, but the kitchen is staying clean even with the messy gnocchi thing. I'm doing cleaning a few minutes at a time, because that's all I can do, and that's enough. It's such a great joy to look around my house and see it getting more comfortable, WITHOUT being all worn out. Anyway, have some gnocchi pics!

Comments

[inflectionpoint]

Gnocchi! Yum!

[ljgeoff]

I really admire the way that you've stuck with this. Today I am cleaning my bedroom. But there is just so much stuff! Most of it is Mike's stuff that cannot be thrown away, and cannot go in boxes because then it's hard to access. We need more shelves.

[tiger_spot]

Those look delicious!