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Baby steps, day thirty-one
It's the last day of the Baby Steps project! I'm getting a late start because I slept in until a decadent 6:30 this morning, so I did my old thing of throwing on some clothes, grabbing a quick breakfast (cold lasagna) and scooting out the door. Made it to work with thirty seconds to spare. I like the new way better.
So I'm gonna do two things this evening: Work my way through my routines as much as possible, and then take a set of photos from approximately the same angles as my "before" photos, so I can show them to you side by side. Because I'm a geek that way.
(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?
Day Thirty-one: Don’t get bogged down by wanting to know everything about our system. As your clutter goes away, you will find that you will have time to do the zone detailed cleaning, the weekly home blessing hour, and some of the fun things we do in our e-mails and on the website. You don’t have to see the top of the staircase to take the first step or the 30th step; you just need to keep FLYing!
Okay, so there's no task today, I guess. That'll work. I'm gonna go do what I can do before I poop out. The pain is bad today, but I'm in the mood to do some cleaning, so that's what I'll do.
So I'm gonna do two things this evening: Work my way through my routines as much as possible, and then take a set of photos from approximately the same angles as my "before" photos, so I can show them to you side by side. Because I'm a geek that way.
(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?
Day Thirty-one: Don’t get bogged down by wanting to know everything about our system. As your clutter goes away, you will find that you will have time to do the zone detailed cleaning, the weekly home blessing hour, and some of the fun things we do in our e-mails and on the website. You don’t have to see the top of the staircase to take the first step or the 30th step; you just need to keep FLYing!
Okay, so there's no task today, I guess. That'll work. I'm gonna go do what I can do before I poop out. The pain is bad today, but I'm in the mood to do some cleaning, so that's what I'll do.