In a situation like this, it’s tempting to just shrug you shoulders and sign that you just must be “too busy” to have time to declutter. Not so!

I know it can feel overwhelming when you life is just so busy that all you do at home is grab a quick bite on your way out the door and collapse in an exhausted heap at the end of the day, all the while clutter and junk is piling up around you. *whew*

Even though I haven’t been meticulous about following my FlyLady steps everyday, I’m still putting along through them. It’s important to keep going and not to give up, even if you get behind.
I’m only on Step 10 now, which is about 1 new step every 3 days. Not as good as I had hoped, but not too bad considering that a month ago I wasn’t really doing anything to help myself declutter.
How far along are you?
If you are ahead of me in the steps, good for you! Keep going!
If you are at the same step as me, or even behind, don’t worry! Do your next step today, and feel good about yourself for the accomplishment. Don’t let guilt or disappointment discourage you from moving forward.

The FlyLady Baby steps are just that: baby steps. Babies don’t learn to walk right away; they take a couple small steps and then fall down. But they get right back up and take another step., no matter how long they sat down for

Say it with me: “I can do this! I can declutter my life!“.

Say it.
Believe it.
It is true, after all. No one said it would be easy, but we can do it, and we can do it together!

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A Few Minutes of FlyLady

#7 wanted me to pick out my clothes the night before.

This one one area where I was ahead of the game for once. While I don’t actually pick out my next day’s clothes each and every night, I always make sure I have enough outfits to last the work week. I tend to only pick out specific clothes for specific days if something special is going on. However, I still act in the spirit of the Flylady step, because I do select my clothing before I have to wear it, rather than digging around in drawers to find something to wear 5 minutes before I have to run out the door to work.

If you have a system in place to free up your time from the morning clothing scramble, it’s probably just as good as the Flylady step (as long as you keep it up). If you don’t, try it out. It saves time and panic in the mornings, so you’ll have more time to spend those 2 minutes on your morning Hot Spot (or finish your breakfast!)

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Choose Your Clothes

For a few moments, I slipped back into my old habits. In order to be able to time the 2 minutes “properly” I wanted to get a timer. Which sent me scuttling around the house looking for my old egg timer. At this point, I’m not even sure I still own it because I never found it. I also never actually got around to doing the 2-minute Hot Spot because after I couldn’t find me timer I hopped online looking for a free timer program that could be set in 2 minute increments and made a sound. After that, I of course got distracted with all the other things I needed to do yesterday evening.

I’m going to try again this evening, along with today’s FlyLady step.

Even if you slip back to your old habits, don’t give up! Just get up and try again!

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Putting Out Your Hot Spots

I’m supposed to write down all the things the “nagging, negative voices” in your head say, and then write down positive things to counteract them.

Negative voices?? What negative voices?

Now, I know full well that they don’t mean actual voices. They mean negative thoughts you have yourself.

Still, do they mean negative thoughts related to clutter? Or in general?

I don’t really think I have “nagging, negative voices” relating to clutter floating around in my head. The most negative thing I can think of at the moment is “Gee, this place is embarrassing, I should do something about it”. Even that’s not particularly negative, because I am trying to do something about it. That’s the whole point of this blog.

It makes me ask the question, though. Do you experience negative thoughts related to your clutter problem? Please share your experiences!

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Do You Hear Negative Voices?

I did the same things I’ve been doing for 3 days now (shining my sink has not gotten any more fun yet, but i’m trying to keep a positive attitude about it) ,with the addition of a reminder sticky note on my mirror. Which prompted my husband to ask the question in the title.

There’s supposed to be one above the sink too, but it kept falling off while doing the dishes. I decided that a damp sticky note sitting on the counter counted as clutter, and not a clutter-busting tool so I tossed it into the recyble bin. If the FlyLady steps need it later on, I can always make a new one, but for now I’m being a bit proactive.

I’m feeling very positive about this whole thing so far. Perhaps because it’s been so easy (almost too easy) thus far. How about you? Have you got a can-do attitude about fighting or cubing your clutter?

My goal for the next week is to do three extra clutter cubing things, in addition to the FlyLady steps.

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Why is there a sticky note on the mirror?