NOTE: So this post is a week late… sorry! All this is from last Saturday (8/21).
I’ve been at this for “a week”… The FlyLady says that Baby Steps, Day 8 is “Get a 3 ring binder and put paper in it”.
So here’s what I was using as my routine:
- Get up and dressed
- Keep your sink shining
- Read Big Tent or FlyLady.Net email messages
- Look at sticky notes in the kitchen and bathroom
- Recognizing the negative voices when you hear them and changing the words to be nice to you. That is what FLYing (Finally Loving Yourself) is all about.
- Put out ONE Hot Spot for 2 minutes
- Set out clothes for tomorrow
- Walk a minimum of 7,500 steps but goal is 10,000 steps
- Go to bed a decent hour (I added this one)
It is now time to split the routine into separate routines… a Morning Routine and a Before Bedtime Routine. I was supposed to get an old 3-ring binder and add paper. At the top of one sheet I was to write Morning Routine and on another piece of paper I was to write Before Bed Routine. Then I was supposed to write down my routines. Hmmmm… I sort of did it…
I did get the notebook and paper, but I didn’t get all written on paper. Some of it is on notebook paper, but the rest is here on my blog… I sure hope that counts!
The FlyLady says split your routine into two routines:
Morning Routine
- Get up and dressed
- Look at sticky notes in the kitchen and bathroom
- Read Big Tent or FlyLady.Net email messages
- Recognizing the negative voices and change them to positive. That is what FLYing (Finally Loving Yourself) is all about.
- Put out ONE Hot Spot for 2 minutes
Before Bed Routine
- Keep your sink shining
- Set out clothes for tomorrow
- Put out ONE Hot Spot for 2 minutes (The FlyLady recommends doing this twice a day)
- Walk a minimum of 7,500 steps but goal is 10,000 steps
- Go to bed a decent hour
I feel like being a non-conformist so I’ve created three routines. I want to be successful so I split things up so I could do my extra steps. Please forgive me for being difficult! 😉
Morning (Before Work) Routine
- Get up and dressed – YEP
- Look at sticky notes in the kitchen and bathroom – YEP
- Put out ONE Hot Spot for 2 minutes – YEP, I actually did it for 5 minutes
During the Day Routine
- Recognizing the negative voices and change them to positive. That is what FLYing (Finally Loving Yourself) is all about. – YEP
- Read Big Tent or FlyLady.Net email messages
- Keep your sink shining – YEP
- Walk a minimum of 7,500 steps but goal is 10,000 steps – YEP, I actually walked 11,018!
Before Bed Routine
- Keep your sink shining – YEP
- Put out ONE Hot Spot for 2 minutes (The FlyLady recommends doing this twice a day) – YEP
- Set out clothes for tomorrow – YEP
- Go to bed a decent hour – NOPE
Bonus: Deleted over 1,000 email/RSS messages from my email inbox – YES one thousand… I freed up over 1GB of space! YES, I’m an email pack-rat! I still have over 1,300 UNREAD emails! UGH! Just need the time to sit down and go through them. 😉
I’m making progress… just not as fast as I’d like… but at least I’m moving…
…I hope to get myself back on track in the next few days!!!
Am I putting to much pressure on myself by creating three separate routines instead of her recommended two?