Start Flylady again

Not my favorite method. I can do without all the emails and the hokiness. It works when I do it so tonight I start with shining my sink. I do plan to customize the program so that it works for me.

Why do I keep doing this? Hope springs eternal, I suppose.

I think I’m a glutton for punishment.

I just don’t think I’m cut out for this. The only thing I’ve succeeded in doing every day is having a guilt trip whenever I am barefoot. I haven’t shined my sink in ages, and I was never good at doing the daily missions. Maybe I’ll try again later. ....or not.

I’ve done 4 of the 5 daily missions this week. I didn’t do the refrigerator cleanoff last night, but I did it this afternoon. I never thought about how it might be dirty up there. For some reason I thought that there was some sort of cloth on top of the fridge, but once I stood up on the chair, there wasn’t.

But at the same time, I haven’t shined my sink tonight. I burned my hand in a painful roux explosion making dinner, and the thought of washing dishes was just too much. My very dear husband put most everything in the dishwasher though, so that the counter and sink are passable, at least.

I haven’t completely fallen off the FlyLady bandwagon again, but I am just barely hanging on by my fingernails. I didn’t shine my sink for a couple of nights, and I’m having trouble getting around to doing Kelly’s missions…. I made sure that I shined my sink again tonight and put out a hotspot.

I haven’t been doing so well lately. I’ve been having trouble remembering to put out my hot spots every evening. I also cooked a gigantic meal last night and ate on china with the silver, none of which goes in the dishwasher, and then I didn’t shine my sink! Tonight, I will shine my sink again and put out my hot spots.

I wish I could blame my troubles on something, and various “culprits” come to mind, but I can’t really blame them. I have only me. Shine, don’t whine, says FlyLady.

I just have to tell myself: I am not behind! Tonight I will jump in where I am.

I’m a week into my fifth stab at FlyLady. I’ve been pretting good about keeping my shoes on; I only slacked off one evening. I’ve also shined my sink 5 out of the last 7, so that’s good, I think. My goal is to shine my sink every evening this week. Eek- now I’ve publicly stated my goal, I’ve got accountability, right?

I’m also trying to “not get sucked in by the computer.” I’m not doing very well at this goal, but I’m at least more conscious of how much time I’m spending here. So that’s progress.

I’m halfway through reading Sink Reflections. It’s not much different than anything you could read on her website. So, if you are pondering buying her book, check it out from the library instead if you really want to read it. That way you can prevent one more thing needing to be decluttered!

I checked Sink Reflections out of the public library. (I need to read it fast, because I know I won’t be able to renew it!) I think that my problem was that I got overwhelmed with adding a new step everyday. I think I’m going to take everything slowly. I’m just going to concentrate on wearing shoes and shining my sink for a month, and then add something else once I get consistent. I’m not even going to sign up for her emails, because that’s just clutter too, and makes me feel bad to see them go by. (I’ve even tried the digest format, but that was overwhelming too…)

I thumbed through the book while I was sitting at the stoplights on the way home from the library. Her #4 rule is “don’t get sidetracked by the computer.” I think that’s a big time waster in my life. so, I’ll be posting and signing off now.

I want to do it again. I feel so down on myself whenever I see my messy kitchen. FlyLady is right: you really do feel better when you kitchen is clean. I’ve requested her Sink Reflections book from the public library. Maybe I will find some hidden gem on how to push myself past the 8th or 9th day.

I had a conversation with my SIL this weekend about FlyLady. She does it too, and that is one of the few things that we have in common. So, it was a productive conversation in many ways. She was very encouraging and reminded me not to beat myself up over it.