Flylady's 31 Babysteps - Follow up
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- Flylady Diane - what happens after the Flylady's 31 Babysteps programme? What do we do now?
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I recently saw a video suggesting that if you feel overwhelmed by a project, to do the smallest imaginable teeny tiny part of it. For example, if you want to write a book but you're afraid to start, write one sentence. Then do it again the next day. And the next. And so on. When you feel comfortable with that, write two sentences. The same goes for decluttering or cleaning. If you're overwhelmed by the very thought of the monumental task ahead of you, throw away one piece of scrap paper or one ratty old t-shirt. Then do it again the next day. This worked for me; I hadn't decluttered my living room in 5 years (yes, the papers in my piles went back as far as 5 years). I started 2 weeks ago, and I'm halfway done. Some days I only do a tiny bit, but other days I make a great deal of progress, even in a 10 or 15 minute period. I can see the surface of my coffee table for the first time in 5 years and my floor is clear of junk. You can call me a recovering hoarder.
I've been flying for couple of months now. But only recently I accomplished all of 31 baby steps! Thank you, Diane, for being there! Your support means a lot of to me! ))
+irina jektorova Go you, Irina!
same here, I fly on and off, some days I soar and some days I crash and burn, but Im out of the nest and thats something.
Thank you Diane! I hope that you continue doing videos for a long time! I always come away feeling inspired and grateful for all of your encouragement & ideas. Blessings:-)
Thank you Diane. I have just completed the 31 baby steps following your videos. I am a perfectionist and procrastinator and had to have a little laugh to myself when we started creating our control journal and you said it didn't have to be fancy etc as my immediate reaction was to create laminated, colour coded sheets on my pc with daily checkboxes. I would have spent longer creating the sheets than actually cleaning anything.
I absolutely love your videos. I need someone go hold ME accountable. I need to be reminded that its okay to not be perfect but its not okay to do nothing just because I feel a little overwhelmed. Thank you.
Love your videos.
Thanks to you & the others who are participating for making this a bully FREE zone (so much of internet can turn rude. so I appreciate everyone here! very encouraging!)
+KD Hovis Yay! Yes, I stay away from most social media...too much drama.
You are the best presenter of this system I've seen and there are many people on RUclips who show themselves doing the zones. I watched one the other day and it totally wore me out. If I were new to this, I would have said, "no way". Instead, I have gone through the babysteps and am doing 15 min a day, plus some missions in the current zone and my house shows it! My husband is also doing some changes in his routine after asking what I'm doing! Wonderful job, Flylady Diane! P.S. we are going on a cruise in April-May and one of the stops is Copenhagen for a day-do you have any suggestions for any "must-sees"?
+bbaslp You must take a canal boat trip (kanalrundfart) - Copenhagen is beautiful seen from the water and you'll see all the major sights. Enjoy your trip!!
+Ellen Mac Aww, thank you, Ellen!
I agree too.
I love Fly lady Diane..so positive+perky!Thanks!
Yup, there's nothing nicer in the morning than knowing I'm waking up to a clean sink and a cup of coffee since I prepared it the night before. And with my weekly cleaning routine, my life and apartment finally feels more in order. Thank you Diane!!! Greetings from Washington state. 🙃
+heartquaked Greetings back at you, Heartquaked! I spoke to my DS17 (doing a year of American High School) in Washington State this morning 💖
Today I've really had to be in the mindset of "anything is better than nothing." Being home sick with a head cold and wiped out with low quality sleep for a few weeks now (33 weeks pregnant) I've just had to do 5 minutes at a time or sometimes even less before I rest for several minutes. But one friend encouraged me by saying, "you're growing a human being and that's work enough for one day." :)
Thank you so much for making all of these videos (3+ years ago!)
I've gone through the all, one by one taking about 5 weeks to get through them all and try to instill all of the habits. The washing machine died for a full week and I completely abandoned a couple some of the daily baby steps but then after the washing machine was fixed the mountains of laundry that were left over weren't so much of an insurmountable task knowing that I can just implement the baby steps again and start to see progress a step at a time. But I know that before watching your videos the washing machine dying probably would have sent me off a cliff haha. I wouldn't have even known where to start to begin again!
I have been Flying on and off for some time now, Diane. Your videos are really helpful and your home is lovely.
Thank you so much for the guidance .I have been following along eagerly.For 43 years I have been air drying my pots and pans and things that don't go in dishwasher ,only to be amazed by how good it feels to wake up to a clean sink !I have appreciated every video you have made and will continue to follow .Thanks again from Canada .
+Carolyn Hiscock Ha - I hear you on the air drying thing...funny how just wiping things dry and putting away immediately can make such a difference!
I am very grateful for this video. With preparing and observing the High Holidays,and my husband fainting, I haven’t done the hot spot, room rescue, or declutter for days!. But some days, I see one thing to eliminate. Yesterday, it was a Lenox wedding day platter that I never liked much. I can simplify the counter and dust faster if I donate it.
But I have felt bad I’m not doing more. Thanks for saying that whatever I do is ok. MWAH!
Hello, Flylady Diane! I want to say thank you so, so much for your videos. I am amazed how well the Fly Lady system works, and your videos have been most helpful and encouraging! My almost-eight-year old daughter and I watch them together. We pick our clothes together every evening, and we have so much fun going through the missions and routines. She loves explaining and encouraging her less-motivated older sister. While I have been a long-time believer/user of a timer, somehow the 31 Babysteps have given me the direction I needed to get more done in so much less time, giving me time to do the things I love, and spend time with people I care about. Thank you so much from Montreal, Canada. Elisa
+Elisa Elliot How great that your daughter is following along! Go you for showing her the way!
Making it better strikes a chord here in Paris. Thank you for your efforts.
Thank you so much for your 31 days baby step 💃🏽👏🙌🏼I love the way you said just do something if you can't do 15min do 10 min 👏And I love my timer . You are very encouraging & you speak so nice & kind 😊 keep up the good work & Im ready for what's next. Please let me know what's next👏🌺👍🏾
Thank you thank you thank you! I am that perfectionist that went through the 31 baby steps and was really struggling with feeling like I wasn't doing a good enough job because I didn't declutter every day. I keep reminding myself that anything is better than nothing, and I'm doing this for me.
Dear Diane: I’m so happy I followed the baby steps. I’ve learned so much, thanks!!! I’m looking forward to implementing the rest of the system, I’ll be incorporating steps slowly one by one! Besides I really enjoy your videos!
Hi Diane, I'm just finishing the 31 baby steps. You and these 31 videos have been life changing. We are in a small house and the hot spots are gone. I've got more decluttering to do but what a difference your videos on the Flylady baby steps have made. I'm anxious to continue and will be following along with your other videos. The best part it's not been that hard. Magical, this does work. Thank you so so so much!
Yay, that's brilliant, Lisa - well done! 🎉
I just love these videos. They are so helpful. Thank you, Diane. You are so upbeat. You make me smile. And my home doesn't seem so impossible to maintain anymore.
I've done my very best and it's changed everything. I don't get to clean a hot spot everyday, but guess what, I don't have any hot spots left to sort as I've been doing it. I'm trying to train my 12 year old to put away after she takes it out. Thank you for making it so simple and being so kind and gentle and firm when needed. I really appreciate it :)
That's brilliant, Collette! 🎉🖐
@@DianeinDenmark I've decided to visit the lovely Copenhagen early next year with my 12 year old (lego obsessed) so if you've any recommendations on things to do other than the lego house 😂
Canal boat tour is a must! All my Copenhagen videos (where I take you to Tivoli Gardens - also a "must see") are on this playlist ruclips.net/p/PLxIYCyTLBED_P4L-PIj6cNRC2m1Mg3Nbd
Hello Diane
I am watch a couple time a day a couple video's of you. And its give me a real motovation to do the tasks. I am a fly baby for 2 weeks now and I must say I feel more relaxing now. I have more time for my familie and myself.
Thank you Diane
You are amazing and you motivate us.
It's very easy to understand you.
+Awf D Thank you!
So lovely to have you back!!!
Nice to see you, too, Ellen!
Your videos are WOWZER! I'm so glad you will be doing a couple of check in videos a week. I have missed you & your messages.
+Lana Hallock These videos keep me accountable too - glad they are useful to you!
aaagh. My mum is here trying to get me to do HER system. Polishing everything in the house until it shines. Bleaching everything. My house will be gleaming by tonight. I keep muttering about Flylady and not burning out. Still, it's just for the day... and I'll be able to skip home blessing tomorrow and get back to decluttering and Missions!! Plus I'll have a head start on those zones. I'm sticking to your sysem... whatever my mum says :) x
Morning, Helen! Hope you survived and are enjoying a squeaky clean house! ;-) When we have relatives/family staying, I find it's best just to let go and grin and bear it. I ask them to do specific tasks, so that I can actually benefit from their 'help'! LOL Here's a video I made about it... ruclips.net/video/AUo9VF2Cx7U/видео.html
Thanks Diane. Yes, it has made my house a bit easier this week! Next time I'll give her the ironing to do! I think she was impressed with the general tidiness though -just not my 'detailed cleaning! I'm not up to there yet so not rushing into anything. One babystep at a time - concentrating on babysteps, decluttering and missions this month... will start adding some of the detailed cleaning next month :) x
Thank you Diane, I'm following retrospectively. This is what I have always needed and have eventually found. Your style is more comfortable to me than the original Flylady's American style. Very well done. Big hug. X
+Jacqueline Jefferson Big hugs back to you! Take what works for you from the system and FLY! 😍
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It's true..! I've started flylady 2 years ago but the system was very hard to understand. Finally I gave up because I found myself cleaning all day everyday 😅. Until I found Diane... she makes it simple and fun. My dad was staying over for the weekend and he amazed at how clean my house was with very little effort. You are the best, Diane 😍
Thank you Diane you are a great person.
Thank you so much!
I agree. Diane is very gentle and inspiring.
I... agree!Flylady has changed my life!☕
My sink has been shiny for 46 days! I occasionally do a mission. My control journal is set up and I follow a morning routine, after school drop off and after dinner/before bedtime routine. The house looks really good. The one hiccup is my tile floor. The grout is so gross and it is rough grout so I don't feel like it can get clean enough without scrubbing. My hound drools a lot and has made some places especially stained. I still have hope that things will keep getting better. So that is good. :)
Well done, Jenny! And - yes - just keep going with your routines...the tile floor will get better. Just do a quick mop during your Weekly Home Blessing (see the video on that) and enjoy a non-sticky floor! :-)
Thanks Diane!! :D
Sounds great Debbie!! :) I'll do some mopping now.
That's wonderful Debbie C!
That's fantastic Debbie C!! I'm so glad for you :)
This video is the best. Are you accountable for your own actions? ♥️
Cleaning has a psychological effect and helps to feel good,!
Thank you Diane for these videos, they are so helpful and motivating! Yay for spring finally on its way!! sending you some Italian sun :-) take care
+Blue Jay Received, thank you! ☉☉☉
I have finished the baby steps so now along with my daily routine do I do a daily home blessing and zones or one or the other...
(Sorry my question mark dont work). This has been going great for me. When it came to the folding laundry I hate that I found it really don't take long to fold a load. I spent a lot of time folding all the unfolded laundry in my bed room and got the clan laundry basket out of my room so that I get the laundry out of the dryer go across the hall from my bathroom where the washer and dryer are to my bed room and put them on the bed and fold them right then. No more pile of clean laundry in my bed room. I don"t have a big room it took a lot of room. Many other places of the house are clean or in the process. I had a lot of cluttered places. There is me my husband and four kids. So kind of crazy. Thanks sooo much for the videos. Gotta go get moving.
Inspirational!
Love your warm videos!
Hello Diane! It feels amazing to be flying! My home is in the best shape it has ever been and I truly want to thank you for giving me the tools I needed to get here. What video of yours should I watch next to keep going and learn about the weekly plan?
Hello. I'm doing great with my steps. I'm so proud. I'm working on my zones and my blessings. I'm so excited. I do have a question about dressing to shoes. Must they be tennis shoes? It's so hot where I live and I don't know that I'll be able to stand tennis shoes all day through the spring and summer months. Any suggestions/alternatives?
+Isabel Ragland Hi Isabel! Wear any shoes you like, just make sure they don't slip off easily. When it's hot here; I wear elasticated sandals. Wear what suits *you*!
Hello Diane
I did your 31 baby steps from 1st to 31st of October '20 as a present to myself as it was my bday month.
I did them every day.
One major achievement was mission cleaning my kitchen cabinet.
I now love getting dressed to 'house' shoes.
I also love that my kitchen is mostly tidy now. It's a work in progress, however I feel proud of my achievements so far.
During November, I managed to keep up baby steps, although my mission cleans have not been as regular as I would like..
But yesterday, I continued with cleaning moss off front gate.
My question:
You didn't cover the zones in the 31 baby steps.
Now that I am doing zone cleaning, do I also have to do an extra 15 minutes mission clean also?
Thank you for the boost that you have given to my life. Cannot leave kitchen without shining my sink!!
Well done! There is really no need to do 15 minutes of zone cleaning four or five times a week. Add a session when you can but make sure you have done the basic routines first, and take breaks. Some weeks you may have time/energy to zone clean, other weeks less so. That's life 😊
I am finding it hard to throw my "stuff" away. I hope that part gets easier!
Sharon Doty Hang in there, it does get easier, gradually in some areas sooner than others. Diane's clutter-free home, and others I've seen, are an encouragement to me still, along with every uncluttered space in my home. It's so freeing, calming, and hopeful. Baby step by baby step.
+Sharon Doty It will get easier in time, Sharon! Declutter things like kitchenware, bath towels, magazines first and leave emotional things like personal papers, trinkets etc for later 💖
+J Miller You are so right, babysteps will get us there! 👍
Thanks Diane , missions and zones how can I understand the difference ?
Also how do you work out the zones as in what and when to order them . Thank you
(Order as in sequence .)
Hi again Beverley! It's probably easiest to follow along with my zone videos ruclips.net/video/x2rzVmRZbfY/видео.html (I explain where we are, what we are doing, work along with you for 15 minutes) but basically the house is split into 5 zones and we do a different zone every week of the month. The missions and zones are posted on the Flylady website www.flylady.net/c/sp.php#missions and the Flylady plus app itunes.apple.com/us/app/flyladyplus/id1115477521?mt=8
I have a question about the app. I downloaded and started using it. I can tell it's going to be useful but I am not sure what I am getting wrong. Morning routine, ticked off most things, then today I expected it to refresh and it hasn't. I clicked on the reset button and it questioned if I wanted to do that. I said yes, but now it's telling me 5 days left. I don't know why. Can you help?
+Andrea Atkinson They're adding new fixes each week so hopefully the routines (not the Weekly Home Blessing) will refresh soon. Fingers crossed!
Flylady Diane Denmark thank you for your answer. I wondered if I was missing something but if that is what happens I will be fine with it. I am a list ticker so the app is really encouraging for me. I have even added in a couple of things, like taking my tablet which I always forget. I love your videos and I am really grateful that you are doing them. I know they take quite a bit of time to do but it's really nice for us to see. Some of us need that extra encouragement I think.
I think we all could use a bit of extra encouragement and I love the fact that we are all working TOGETHER! :-)
Hi Diane, I completed the 31 baby steps yesterday... and now I'm panicking... Have I missed something, what am I meant to be watching now? What is the next step? I noticed you said at the beginning of this video that you said it's been three weeks since we completed the baby step... Help! am I meant to be waiting three weeks until I watch it? No meaning to be thick.
Hi Rachel! When you have completed the babysteps and are being consistent with your Routines, then it's time for you to add in the Weekly Home Blessing Hour (if you want me to walk you through it, there's a series here ruclips.net/p/PLxIYCyTLBED9z6PKxuWBFoCbiq6jw_j-A ). Keep decluttering for 5-15 minutes on a daily basis and keep doing your Routines - those are key. When you feel you are ready, you can also add in the occasional mission. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other, and remember to take breaks!
Bless you, thank you for replying (again) x The old thinking is so ingrained, isn't it!
Thank you for your videos; you really helped me through the baby steps, and I can hear the words " it doesn't have to be perfect" in my head counteracting the "mother" voice that criticises me at every turn.
My house feels wonderful, my life and home much less cluttered and chaotic!
Thank you, and Thank you Flylady! xxx