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Mar. 24th, 2011 01:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lovefromgirlYou 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.?
Of all of the things I have learned while trying the FlyLady system, this means the most.
FlyLady has a lot of little steps toward a less stressed, more tidy life. Sometimes I can do them. Yesterday, I got dressed to shoes and found myself instantly motivated to take care of my errand list--this in driving snow! But this morning, I woke up hurting and decided I was okay to stay in my pyjamas if it meant I'd actually get things done. Sure enough, fifteen minutes at a time, I am ticking things off the chore list I set for myself. Thanks to the time I took to set up a Control Journal, when I noticed my Adalyne was ill, all I had to do was flip to the appropriate page to find the vet's number! (After, of course, I made sure that she wasn't having an emergency. If you're wondering: it is probably a kidney stone, but I want the doc to check her out to be sure.)
Yesterday's errand list tired me right out. I thought I'd have energy to spare for my household things ("fun time" during a tough semester), but I was wrong. No Zone Mission for me! I needed a nap, so I took a nap, and thanks to that mantra, you are not behind, I was okay with the time I took to look after myself. I still took care of the dishes later that evening, but that was when I was ready to get up and go again.
Today, I jumped in where my inbox said I should. I don't feel behind with the house at all. I feel free to take my day fifteen minutes at a time, tending to my needs as they crop up. No guilt! Just a fresh, sunny afternoon.
Even if you're not a FlyLady sort of person, that's a pretty nice idea. You are not behind. Just jump in where we are. I'd much rather live in the present than obsess over things I've left undone in the past.
Of all of the things I have learned while trying the FlyLady system, this means the most.
FlyLady has a lot of little steps toward a less stressed, more tidy life. Sometimes I can do them. Yesterday, I got dressed to shoes and found myself instantly motivated to take care of my errand list--this in driving snow! But this morning, I woke up hurting and decided I was okay to stay in my pyjamas if it meant I'd actually get things done. Sure enough, fifteen minutes at a time, I am ticking things off the chore list I set for myself. Thanks to the time I took to set up a Control Journal, when I noticed my Adalyne was ill, all I had to do was flip to the appropriate page to find the vet's number! (After, of course, I made sure that she wasn't having an emergency. If you're wondering: it is probably a kidney stone, but I want the doc to check her out to be sure.)
Yesterday's errand list tired me right out. I thought I'd have energy to spare for my household things ("fun time" during a tough semester), but I was wrong. No Zone Mission for me! I needed a nap, so I took a nap, and thanks to that mantra, you are not behind, I was okay with the time I took to look after myself. I still took care of the dishes later that evening, but that was when I was ready to get up and go again.
Today, I jumped in where my inbox said I should. I don't feel behind with the house at all. I feel free to take my day fifteen minutes at a time, tending to my needs as they crop up. No guilt! Just a fresh, sunny afternoon.
Even if you're not a FlyLady sort of person, that's a pretty nice idea. You are not behind. Just jump in where we are. I'd much rather live in the present than obsess over things I've left undone in the past.
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Date: 2011-03-24 06:52 pm (UTC)And damn if my sink is not now the shiningest sink that ever sinked! Or something.
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Date: 2011-06-08 03:26 am (UTC)