Baby steps, day twenty-two
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sereneIt's my first day back to work after furlough. I leave around 7, so I set my alarm for 5, so that I have time for my morning routine and some writing before I have to get out the door. So far, so good. I'm hoping to do some of the quieter cleaning in the morning so James has less to do, and so I can start the day on a productive note. It'll be interesting to see if I'm able to do everything on the morning-routines list before I leave.
Yesterday was the worst pain day in recent memory, but I still managed to do the basics, which brings up this thought: apparently, to me, "the basics" means:
* getting dressed to street clothes
* feeding us real food
* doing at least some of the dishes (James and I have both been pretty good about this; could be better, but pretty good)
* picking up after myself
* keeping the Hot Spots from exploding
* making my lunch for the next day
* making sure the clean clothes are put away and the dirty clothes are in the hampers
I've been slacking on the decluttering for the past few days, but because I did so much of it for two weeks, the whole place is easier to keep clean. Still, I'm going to get back to the fifteen-minutes-a-day thing because the job is not yet done. Oh, Freecycle, how I love you. (And I have TONS of clothes to give away; starting today, I'll take a bag a day to my co-worker, and if she doesn't want them, I'll donate them.)
(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: Read http://www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/31-beginner-babysteps/day-19/
Day Twenty: Include laundry in your morning and evening routines.
Day Twenty-one: Read the Ask FlyLady page
Day Twenty-two: [ad for her pre-fab Control Journal, and then] All the BabyStep directions are on the website, too, in the FLYing Lessons. Learn how to build your own control journal in 15 steps.
I'm going to work on this today. So far, it contains my morning and evening routines, a copy of the Amsler Grid I use to test my eyes, and that page of "inspiration". I'd like it to be more robust, because it really is helping me to have something tangible to look at when I need motivation to do the next thing.
Hmm. Making my bed will not work in the mornings, because there's someone in it. I'll have to put it on a new "getting home from work" routine checklist. I'll go do that now.
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Okay, I did that and managed everything on my morning routines except the fifteen minutes of decluttering, which really makes more sense to do when everyone's awake. I think getting up early is going to work out. And I'm going to add "get some writing done" to my morning routines, because otherwise, I spend all this extra time in the morning goofing off and slowly working through the morning routines, when I would really like to get some work done on my writing.
Yesterday was the worst pain day in recent memory, but I still managed to do the basics, which brings up this thought: apparently, to me, "the basics" means:
* getting dressed to street clothes
* feeding us real food
* doing at least some of the dishes (James and I have both been pretty good about this; could be better, but pretty good)
* picking up after myself
* keeping the Hot Spots from exploding
* making my lunch for the next day
* making sure the clean clothes are put away and the dirty clothes are in the hampers
I've been slacking on the decluttering for the past few days, but because I did so much of it for two weeks, the whole place is easier to keep clean. Still, I'm going to get back to the fifteen-minutes-a-day thing because the job is not yet done. Oh, Freecycle, how I love you. (And I have TONS of clothes to give away; starting today, I'll take a bag a day to my co-worker, and if she doesn't want them, I'll donate them.)
(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: Read http://www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/31-beginner-babysteps/day-19/
Day Twenty: Include laundry in your morning and evening routines.
Day Twenty-one: Read the Ask FlyLady page
Day Twenty-two: [ad for her pre-fab Control Journal, and then] All the BabyStep directions are on the website, too, in the FLYing Lessons. Learn how to build your own control journal in 15 steps.
I'm going to work on this today. So far, it contains my morning and evening routines, a copy of the Amsler Grid I use to test my eyes, and that page of "inspiration". I'd like it to be more robust, because it really is helping me to have something tangible to look at when I need motivation to do the next thing.
Hmm. Making my bed will not work in the mornings, because there's someone in it. I'll have to put it on a new "getting home from work" routine checklist. I'll go do that now.
---
Okay, I did that and managed everything on my morning routines except the fifteen minutes of decluttering, which really makes more sense to do when everyone's awake. I think getting up early is going to work out. And I'm going to add "get some writing done" to my morning routines, because otherwise, I spend all this extra time in the morning goofing off and slowly working through the morning routines, when I would really like to get some work done on my writing.
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