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Baby steps, day thirty
I used to resist being told what to do unless I was at work. These days, I use being told what to do as a tool. When I feel overwhelmed by something, I sometimes ask someone near me to tell me what to do next, and it breaks the logjam. Similarly, the morning routines have made my mornings more productive just by existing. When I wonder what I should do next, I just consult the list. This will sound obvious to some people, but it's a different way of approaching my mornings. I used to just get up, sit in front of the computer until about ten minutes before I had to be out the door, and then rush around getting ready for work, often forgetting to take my keys or my wallet with me.
(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: What’s for dinner tonight?
Day Twenty-eight: As part of your routines, remind yourself to eat good food, drink your water, and get your rest.
Day Twenty-nine: GTaking Care of You page and find the Weekly Pamper Mission.
Day Thirty: Look at your calendar for next month. Does anyone have a birthday? We often forget to send cards and purchase gifts because we have so much going on. Put this on your errands list so you can buy cards and gifts on your errand day. If you don’t know what an errands day is, read the FLYing Lesson about Routines to see FlyLady’s Basic Weekly Plan and how to create your own. You don’t have to start doing it yet, just start thinking about it.
Okay, I was just talking about needing a weekly routine. This will be helpful. I'll work on it this morning.
Checking my calendar, the next birthday in my family is my own, and it's more than a month away. Eventually, I'd like to acknowledge all my good friends' birthdays, as well.
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Finding it hard to get myself to tackle decluttering in the morning, because it's really early, I'm the only one up, and I don't want to get all dusty and dirty before work. So I'm moving it to the afternoons, before my shower, and we'll see how that goes.
(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: What’s for dinner tonight?
Day Twenty-eight: As part of your routines, remind yourself to eat good food, drink your water, and get your rest.
Day Twenty-nine: GTaking Care of You page and find the Weekly Pamper Mission.
Day Thirty: Look at your calendar for next month. Does anyone have a birthday? We often forget to send cards and purchase gifts because we have so much going on. Put this on your errands list so you can buy cards and gifts on your errand day. If you don’t know what an errands day is, read the FLYing Lesson about Routines to see FlyLady’s Basic Weekly Plan and how to create your own. You don’t have to start doing it yet, just start thinking about it.
Okay, I was just talking about needing a weekly routine. This will be helpful. I'll work on it this morning.
Checking my calendar, the next birthday in my family is my own, and it's more than a month away. Eventually, I'd like to acknowledge all my good friends' birthdays, as well.
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Finding it hard to get myself to tackle decluttering in the morning, because it's really early, I'm the only one up, and I don't want to get all dusty and dirty before work. So I'm moving it to the afternoons, before my shower, and we'll see how that goes.
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