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Baby steps, day twenty-six
Aug. 7th, 2012 06:41 amLast week, I started back to The Best Job Ever, but with full-time hours now (I was half-time before). When I get home, I eat dinner, stare into space for a while, and crash. I've been in bed by ten every night, and much earlier some nights. Last night, I managed to cook dinner, and clear a couple things off the table, but really, I wanted nothing more than to go to bed. Fortunately, I knew I'd have a couple hours to work on things in the morning.
One thing about getting up at 5 and starting my morning routines? It tells my brain that I'm making this important. (Not saying if you don't get up at 5, you're not making housework important. I'm talking about me me me here.) It feels like something inside me is on board with the idea that getting and keeping my house clean is going to take some actual time and thought. Ignoring it and hoping it will do itself is strangely ineffective!
( Previous days )
Day Twenty-six: FlyLady says it takes us a month to establish a habit:
Today, go 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!
This is the first sentence: "You are not behind! I don't want you to try to catch up; I just want you to jump in where we are. O.K.?"
This honestly has helped me. Instead of starting the day with a pile of to-dos from yesterday, I start with a clean slate and just go to #1 on my morning routines list and work my way down. I don't always get to the end of the list, but I also don't start my day anxious and defeated.
Today, after I got up, I read the reminder on my bathroom mirror.
So I finished dressing (by which I mean washed my face, brushed my teeth, put lotion on) and headed to the kitchen to put away the dishes and clean out the sink. This is NOT the way I used to spend mornings, and I feel so responsible, and like I'm really taking care of myself and my family.
One thing about getting up at 5 and starting my morning routines? It tells my brain that I'm making this important. (Not saying if you don't get up at 5, you're not making housework important. I'm talking about me me me here.) It feels like something inside me is on board with the idea that getting and keeping my house clean is going to take some actual time and thought. Ignoring it and hoping it will do itself is strangely ineffective!
( Previous days )
Day Twenty-six: FlyLady says it takes us a month to establish a habit:
It takes us a month to establish a habit. I set it up this way because I knew that I would miss a day here and there and I didn’t want to throw the baby out with the bath water. That was how I had always done it with my perfectionism. If I missed a day I gave up; well I factored in this part of our personalities into our FlyLady system. This is why we take a whole month to establish one habit. –FlyLady
Today, go 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!
This is the first sentence: "You are not behind! I don't want you to try to catch up; I just want you to jump in where we are. O.K.?"
This honestly has helped me. Instead of starting the day with a pile of to-dos from yesterday, I start with a clean slate and just go to #1 on my morning routines list and work my way down. I don't always get to the end of the list, but I also don't start my day anxious and defeated.
Today, after I got up, I read the reminder on my bathroom mirror.
So I finished dressing (by which I mean washed my face, brushed my teeth, put lotion on) and headed to the kitchen to put away the dishes and clean out the sink. This is NOT the way I used to spend mornings, and I feel so responsible, and like I'm really taking care of myself and my family.