Baby steps, day twenty-seven
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sereneThree things:
1) Thanks tohel for pointing out that my unfucking pictures are on boingboing today. Unattributed. By Cory Doctorow. Do I feel dissed or honored? (Neither, really. It's just fun.)
2) James looked around our place yesterday and said, "You know, I think we got our place unfucked." I still see stuff I need to do, but I think he's right. Our kitchen is clean; we ate at an already-cleared table; he scrubbed the living hell out of the floor, and it just feels more peaceful and ordered in here. In what, twenty-nine days, including two days off? Something like that. Not bad.
3) I was so tired yesterday that I didn't even notice I skipped a day. I did, however, sleep in, and then attempt to time my morning routine, but I got as far as the fifteen-minute decluttering session before it was time to go to work. I'm gonna try it on the weekend, though.
(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: Learn how to build your own control journal in 15 steps.
Day Twenty-three: Make a new page in your Control Journal for your Afternoon Routine.
Day Twenty-four: One of the things that make our home always ready for company is the fact that our main bathroom is clean. Add the Swish and Swipe to your Morning Routine.
Day Twenty-five: Read FlyLady’s personal testimonial.
Day Twenty-six: Look at the bottom of any e-mail you’ve received from the FlyLady BigTent group. Read the first sentence and incorporate it into FLYing!
Day Twenty-seven: Today, think about what you are fixing for dinner before 6 p.m. rolls around. You can do it as part of your before-bed routine for tomorrow or as part of your morning routine for today. Write this in your Control Journal.
What’s for dinner tonight?
Hmm. I think I'm gonna do this as a morning thing, because I don't tend to even look at my evening list at this point. I'm still making the morning list a habit.
Tonight, James is making pizza. Last night, he made vegan tacos. Yumma.
1) Thanks to
hel for pointing out that my unfucking pictures are on boingboing today. Unattributed. By Cory Doctorow. Do I feel dissed or honored? (Neither, really. It's just fun.)2) James looked around our place yesterday and said, "You know, I think we got our place unfucked." I still see stuff I need to do, but I think he's right. Our kitchen is clean; we ate at an already-cleared table; he scrubbed the living hell out of the floor, and it just feels more peaceful and ordered in here. In what, twenty-nine days, including two days off? Something like that. Not bad.
3) I was so tired yesterday that I didn't even notice I skipped a day. I did, however, sleep in, and then attempt to time my morning routine, but I got as far as the fifteen-minute decluttering session before it was time to go to work. I'm gonna try it on the weekend, though.
(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: Learn how to build your own control journal in 15 steps.
Day Twenty-three: Make a new page in your Control Journal for your Afternoon Routine.
Day Twenty-four: One of the things that make our home always ready for company is the fact that our main bathroom is clean. Add the Swish and Swipe to your Morning Routine.
Day Twenty-five: Read FlyLady’s personal testimonial.
Day Twenty-six: Look at the bottom of any e-mail you’ve received from the FlyLady BigTent group. Read the first sentence and incorporate it into FLYing!
Day Twenty-seven: Today, think about what you are fixing for dinner before 6 p.m. rolls around. You can do it as part of your before-bed routine for tomorrow or as part of your morning routine for today. Write this in your Control Journal.
What’s for dinner tonight?
Hmm. I think I'm gonna do this as a morning thing, because I don't tend to even look at my evening list at this point. I'm still making the morning list a habit.
Tonight, James is making pizza. Last night, he made vegan tacos. Yumma.
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Date: 2012-08-09 02:09 pm (UTC)