www.flylady.net
This lady is the cleaning and organizing guru...kind of like how I used to be. I followed her system, tweaked to my schedule, for years. I'm not really sure what happened, other than quitting my full-time job and having more free-time than I know what to do with. And having a 5 year old. And starting my own business. And a million other excuses I can come up with that aren't really valid. I think more free time has equaled less organization and cleanliness because I think 'Heyyy, I can do that tomorrow!'.
I seriously suggest you check her out. Warning: Her theories and ideas may startle you at first. For example, her first lesson is (or was...I don't know if it still is) to shine your sink. By shine, I mean serious business...involving soaking and scrubbing like you've never scrubbed a sink before. Why would you scrub something you put dirty dishes in? Well, because 1) If it's clean, you won't want to put dishes in it. You'll clean them, or put them in the dishwasher...and that's one less chore piling up! 2) If your sink area is clean, you'll keep the rest of the kitchen that way. You know what? It works. Even my ex kept the sink clean, and he didn't clean anything!
Another thing I love about FlyLady is that the system doesn't give you too much at once. You break down your weekly chores - for instance, I had set laundry days, and I always washed my sheets on Sunday. It was in my system, so I knew when I was going to do it and didn't worry about it on other days. Not only that, but the 'tougher stuff' like that closet in the hallway, those are broken down into 'zones'. You hit one 'zone' a week, in small 15-20 minute chunks per day. Seriously, you can keep a whole house organized and clean this way! And, you know, us procrastinators tend to handle things a little better when they're broken down into chunks. In theory, anyway.
Why am I talking about this? Because it relates to art. Art is no longer built into my schedule. Art is taking a back seat to all the other things that I 'will' do, but don't. It's at the end of my ever growing 'to-do' list.
FlyLady...I need a new pair of wings!
This lady is the cleaning and organizing guru...kind of like how I used to be. I followed her system, tweaked to my schedule, for years. I'm not really sure what happened, other than quitting my full-time job and having more free-time than I know what to do with. And having a 5 year old. And starting my own business. And a million other excuses I can come up with that aren't really valid. I think more free time has equaled less organization and cleanliness because I think 'Heyyy, I can do that tomorrow!'.
I seriously suggest you check her out. Warning: Her theories and ideas may startle you at first. For example, her first lesson is (or was...I don't know if it still is) to shine your sink. By shine, I mean serious business...involving soaking and scrubbing like you've never scrubbed a sink before. Why would you scrub something you put dirty dishes in? Well, because 1) If it's clean, you won't want to put dishes in it. You'll clean them, or put them in the dishwasher...and that's one less chore piling up! 2) If your sink area is clean, you'll keep the rest of the kitchen that way. You know what? It works. Even my ex kept the sink clean, and he didn't clean anything!
Another thing I love about FlyLady is that the system doesn't give you too much at once. You break down your weekly chores - for instance, I had set laundry days, and I always washed my sheets on Sunday. It was in my system, so I knew when I was going to do it and didn't worry about it on other days. Not only that, but the 'tougher stuff' like that closet in the hallway, those are broken down into 'zones'. You hit one 'zone' a week, in small 15-20 minute chunks per day. Seriously, you can keep a whole house organized and clean this way! And, you know, us procrastinators tend to handle things a little better when they're broken down into chunks. In theory, anyway.
Why am I talking about this? Because it relates to art. Art is no longer built into my schedule. Art is taking a back seat to all the other things that I 'will' do, but don't. It's at the end of my ever growing 'to-do' list.
FlyLady...I need a new pair of wings!
