I recently got wind of the Fly Lady through the magazine Organize.
I signed up, and for the past two weeks, my kitchen sink has been uber clean. You could say that dirty dishes piled in my sink are one of the many Mendoza’s that plague me so.
Despite the graphics, she is legit. She is an encourager indeed. She gives you simple steps that are both motivational and practical. I look forward to not being bogged down by the guilt of not having a clean and or organized life. It is in the baby steps that I can learn to breathe again.
Oh, yeah !! Papa God taught me to organize, and it came of necessity, you know, the MS thing and it’s cohorts. Organizing never came natural to me until it became an ingrained habit; but it saves time in not having to hunt for every little item; it saves money by not having to buy the whatsit ten times over because the last nine are somewhere under those piles; it makes a safe environment because I’m not tripping over everything in sight; it makes a calm environment because I’m not stressed by lost, broken things, and our surroundings are “quiet” without the “noise” of clutter. BUT you should see my desk now !! The project is so huge I need a place to lay my “bunny” papers out where I can find them “now”. Bunny papers because they multiply faster than I can file them, guess I could use a little more organizing there…considering, though, it isn’t too bad, when I finish an article I can file those particular papers. It isn’t too bad, considering I have a deadline on part of the project, and it is coming up in a couple of weeks.
One step at a time, make it a game, and you can do it !!
Don’t be too hard on yourself, you are a very busy girl, and that busyness makes it harder to zero in on details and there is stress in making those individual decisions. It takes time, time, time. Relax. It became more of a priority when I remembered that God is the God of order, and the devil is the god of disorder.
Another great help …I just looked at a squirrel in our tree, and I forgot the idea !! I’ve been up since 5:30, on 4 hours sleep !! 9:00 a.m. now. Snooze time, at least until 9:30.
You will come up with your own little tricks and rules, relax and have fun !!
The creative mind has the ability to jump from here to there, which is necessary to bring a lot of details together from many different directions; but organizing requires focused steps in an orderly fashion; it’s a little like writing with your left hand if you’re a righty, but it’s very rewarding. And it does get easier.
Okay, enough already !! Love you !