This Week's Challenge: Take Baby Steps!
This quote from Fly Lady sums it all up ...
"Your home did not get dirty in one day and it will not get clean in a day either. You have been living in clutter and CHAOS for many years, you are not going to get your home clean in a day. I do not want you to crash and burn. This is why I teach you to take baby steps. If you try to do this all at once, you are going to be mad at me, because this will be like every other "get-organized" method you have tried. I want you to take your time. As you establish one habit, you will very easily be able to add another one to your routines." - FlyLady
Don't be overwhelmed ... take baby steps! If you tackle one task a day or several small tasks, housework won't be so overwhelming and excruciatingly painful. You don't want to "crash and burn," you want to get organized ... but you don't won't to overdo it every time you have to tackle chores and household projects, or you will dread it every single time ...
So, my challenge is to take baby steps. Sit down and make a list of a few tasks around your home you'd like to accomplish each day or every other day. It doesn't have to be HUGE tasks. If things are too busy on certain days, make it a task like "clean out utensil drawer" or "re-organize and clean out mail basket."
Enjoy and happy cleaning!
Another great resource - Fly Lady is one of my favorite household organizers. Here's a link to her "Daily Babystep Tasks." Try it out! I love it ...
http://www.flylady.net/pages/begin_babysteps.asp
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