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Building Your Own Control Journal
"I want you to realize that a Control Journal is just a place to put
your routines, basic weekly plan, your zones and other information.
With a Control Journal you have a place to keep important items
without them getting lost in your numerous hot spots." - FlyLady
The Control Journal is your own personal manual for listing and keeping track of your routines. You can use a notebook, a binder, or even a scrapbook, it doesn't matter - it just has to work for you. You may even want to divide it into two or more books - one that you leave at home, the other that you take with you when shopping, etc. FlyLady uses a notebook with plastic sheet protectors so she can use a dry-erase marker to check off the completed items. She also color codes each section and the zones so they are easy to find.
Make your journal special for you - think of it as a positive thing. FlyLady has a zippered pouch for family pictures. She also carries stamps, post-it notes, change, paper clips, money, her credit cards, and drivers license, library cards, etc. in the pouch. On the back-side of FlyLady's journal, she has phone numbers for her husband in case of an emergency and a very special poem that her husband read to her.
You cannot build a control journal overnight. It takes awhile, and even when you think it is done, you will find that you may change your routines once in awhile to make them better and more efficient. Go slow - build a control journal that works for you! These are 15 steps to help you build your own control journal. Work on only one at a time, they don't necessary need to be done in the order given. Work on the section that interests you today.
When you have gone through these 15 steps, you may want to consider some of the following for your Control Journal....
- Spiritual Focus: This is FlyLady's spiritual focus schedule (she also has a special quote for each day):
- Sunday-Love
- Monday-Order
- Tuesday-Happiness
- Wednesday-Beauty
- Thursday-Abundance
- Friday-Peace
- Saturday-Health.
- Weekly Schedule: Continue to do dailies everyday on top of weeklies and focus. This is FlyLady's schedule for the week:
- Sunday- Renew your spirit/ Family day
- Monday-Weekly jobs/Focus Clean
- Tuesday-Free Day
- Wednesday-Focus Clean
- Thursday-Errands/grocery day
- Friday-Paperwork/Misc.
- Saturday- Family/DH day
- List of your virtues: You are a special and unique person. Write down what makes you unique. Ask people close to you about what makes you special. This is important.
- A Personal Section: This could be a happiness file for personal accomplishments, inspirations, compliments, goals and dreams, journal notations, etc. This could list places you want to go, books or music you have loved. Books you want to read. Books you want to write. Maybe you want to keep special quotes, or articles or pictures that make you laugh. It's up to you. FlyLady keeps a list of "wants" (stuff you really would like for a gift, but you won't buy for yourself). She told her DH, that he had permission to look at that one!
- Family and Friends: List ideas for gifts for these special people, their sizes and favorite colors and what they collect. FlyLady has a section for each family member, in-laws, friends, and SHEs. She also lists correspondence letters or thank you notes that she needs to write. And the most important part: Love letters to her best friend. (DH). FlyLady writes them when she feels the need to tell him how much she loves him. Then she puts them on his pillow or in HIS daytimer.
You may also want to add sections for:
- Other shopping lists: presents to buy, books, garden supplies, special items for the home, etc.
- Special Project Lists: don't forget to include your monthly goals
- Calendar
- Professional, member, volunteer work, etc.: that you may be involved in.
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