Sunday, October 14, 2012

More FlyLady

FlyLady is starting me off slowly which is a good thing.
Today's assignment is:
Are you hearing any nagging, negative voices in your head? Things like you’ll never be able to do this or that you don’t deserve a clean, happy, inviting home. Take a piece of paper and write down what you hear. Then, turn those ugly words around and say something nice to yourself to negate the ugly words that they said. You deserve happiness!

The nagging in my head is that I'm too old and lame to have and keep an orderly apartment. 

 An online friend reminds me that I can do anything for fifteen minutes.  I've already made progress.  This progress can continue.  There is no deadline.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Time to get the FlyLady again.

I mentioned on an e-mail loop that I was feeling overwhelmed by the stuff in my apartment.  (If there was a way of saying over-over-whelmed, I'd say it. I imagined hiring a dumptruck and people to throw stuff out the window.) Someone on the loop suggested FlyLady. The website is not new to me. It was a great resource about 20 years ago, and I don't think anything else has improved on it. So I looked it up and today I'm cleaning my sink (the best way to start).

Today, my complaints are too many. I'm behind on serious amount of paperwork. I've got a serious amount of arthritis pain in several body parts. I had to call in sick this morning, but must, must, must get to school tomorrow. Origami club starts tomorrow. And I have to cover for a teacher. I'm too sick to practice singing this evening and, while I got away with not practicing last week, this week I'll have to sit out praise chorus. As I write this, I'm not as bad off as I felt this morning. But it's important that I got started on the sink.