When I go to bed at night I have all the intentions of waking up early and getting a good start on the day. It never seems to work. Flylady says to wake up 20 minutes before your family. Well my family never gets up at the same time. Sometimes my daughter wakes up at 5am! I am NOT getting up at 4:40am every day. Especially when I occasionally have to work until midnight! That is one part of Flylady’s plan I can not follow. Which is why I need to make my own plan, personalized for me. Everyone’s life is different and everyone needs modifications to any plan to make it work for themselves.
Last night I did a quick clean of the hallway again. It seems to attract every little thing. It is “the other side of the baby gate” so the kids just toss stuff over it and it accumulates. So I cleaned everything up, threw out the garbage and vacuumed. It looks great. Even my 4 year old noticed I vacuumed! He was so happy that he could “walk without tripping over anything!” (Although he does trip over his own feet once in a while!). I was proud non the less.
Today I plan on helping my husband in the basement. There is a lot of stuff down there that isn’t ours (the house used to be my husband’s grandparents’ and great grandparents’). Things have accumulated and we finally have the time to go through them. I also plan to do more work on the first floor. My living room needs to have the toys picked up and then it needs vacuuming. My son’s room needs a lot of work too. But that may need to wait until tomorrow. My kitchen still looks pretty good. I need to load the dishwasher and sweep the floor again but the table is still cleared off and there are no major spills anywhere. Toys have seemed to stop making their way in there because they are taken out right away.
I also plan to work on my binder today. A little at a time and I don’t get overwhelmed. That’s how everything is. I chug along a little at a time, slow and steady and things get done and stay done! Instead of working like a crazy person and burning myself out. I found that setting a timer doesn’t work for me. I’ll set it for a certain amount of time and do what I have to do. Then I’ll set it to take a break and never come back from the break. If I work slow and steady for as long as I want then I can accomplish more and then reward myself with a break without having to go back. Like I said earlier, not everyone has the same needs. Some people may need the timer and are able to go back after a short break. I need to just clean and organize until I reach a point, not a time limit. One thing I do follow of Flylady’s is the babysteps. A little bit at a time so that you don’t get burnt out.
We’ll see how today goes.
