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Baby Steps, Baby Steps!
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
- Establish small routines first and then work up to more items.
Don't try to do a full blown routine the very first day. FlyLady's routines
are just an example to help you to develop your own.
Pick three things for the morning and three things for the evening.
- Consistency is the key to all of this. We have to take our
time with our routines. They do not happen over
night. It is the result of tiny changes over several months. Baby
Steps! If you try to accomplish this without taking the baby steps,
your habits will not be everlasting. Baby steps are the key. Yes you
can do your routines by looking at a list of things to do, but they
have to become automatic(a part of you) for them to be life changing.
- Take your time and enjoy the process. Don't feel pressured to do it
all at once. This is worth going slow. I did and for once I didn't
throw in the towel, I did it one habit at a time. When I did fall, I
was able to pick myself up and start again at anytime. It takes SHEs
28 days to establish a habit. Believe me, I have tried everything
to not do this. Nothing ever worked for very long. It doesn't matter
if you miss one day, just get back on your horse and keep taking those
baby steps. It is the practice that makes it work.
This is worth the extra effort to go slow. I know it
is not in our nature to plod along. We want what we want and we want
it now. You are going to have to quiet this voice in your head and
take it one habit at a time. Consistency has its rewards. - FlyLady
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