While living on the East Coast, a good friend introduced me to the book "Sink Reflections" by Marla Cilley, aka The FlyLady. Marla is a recovered clutter-aholic who developed her own personal system/tools/ideas to dig herself out of chaos & misery and create order & peace in her life and home. I have been re-reading her book for fun and thought I'd share her 11 Commandments.
Fly Lady’s 11 Commandments
1 Keep your sink clean and shiny!
2 Get dressed every morning, even if you don’t feel like it. Don’t forget your lace-up shoes.
3 Do your morning and before bedtime routine everyday.
4 Don’t allow yourself to be sidetracked by the computer.
5 Pick up after yourself. If you get it out, put it away.
6 Don’t try to do two projects at once. ONE JOB AT A TIME.
7 Don’t pull out more than you can put back in one hour.
8 Do something for yourself everyday, maybe every morning and night.
9 Work as fast as you can to get the job done. This will give you more time to play later.
10 Smile even when you don’t feel like it. It is contagious. Make your mind up to be happy and you will be.
11 Don’t forget to laugh everyday. Pamper yourself, you deserve it.
**For a WAY CUTER version of this, click on HappyHomeHabits! You'll also see an ad for a Home Routines i-phone app. Haven't tried it but it looks good.**
AND if you are feeling especially disorganized and overwhelmed, check out the FlyLady's book. Each time I browse through it, I get immediate support via an idea, thought, encouragement, etc. She also has a blog if you want to check it out at http://www.flylady.net/.
Sounds good!
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