I like all of it. I’ve followed her routines since 2013. However, the daily focus freed me. It gave me a place to “park” tasks so I didn’t feel behind or distracted by them.
I’m not even the one who normally has to deal with most of the household cleaning things. But I can’t stop laughing and watching either! I love my wife so much for what she does.. which includes handling 3 kids and hand washing laundry! We’ve worked out a daily routine and I’m always on the lookout for ways to make things easier for her. I’ve also never realized how we have things structured is so close to this method! Every Wednesday we have assigned to deep clean a certain room, or to wash bedding depending on what Wednesday of the month it is. Otherwise we have 5 days set aside for certain laundry items. 1 day of the week (one of the days I’m home) are project day! I handle kids, she works on anything she wants to do. Might have to try the timer method. Anyone else tho wish you had more days in the week or tried a method detached from the 7 day work week?
Same! I work, don't have kids, and live in an old apartment building... with one washer and dryer for 18 units.... three flights of stairs down. 30 minutes a day to do anything my ass lmao
The routines sound awesome - but would love to see a cleaning method for households where both adults work 10 hours outside of the home every weekday. I’ve been making an effort to keep the sink clear by putting the dirty dishes right into the dishwasher and emptying the clean dishes as soon as they are dry. It’s made a huge difference! I’m working on adding some other small things like that to my list (and my husband’s) that we do daily before/after work
🙌 I was about to say something like this. Also include school age parents, homework & other kids activities, and those who lives in an apartment with no dishwasher or washer machine. I can’t go to the laundry daily.
Dana from a slob comes clean has a whole series on dishes math and it’s really true that if you keep on top of your dishes everyday it makes a huge difference. For me it’s the kitchen equivalent of making your bed everyday.
The Fly Lady system is the shortest routine I've ever seen. The basic routine is about half an hour a day. There are two key ideas: pare your stuff down to a minimum (declutter) because everything you have needs to be cleaned. A minimalist home is the easiest to clean. She goes so far as to say that you don't do the 15-minute zone cleaning until your home is decluttered. The second is that you time your chores; you stop when the timer goes off. A lot of people don't get that part and think that you're supposed to keep going until a task is complete, which can take hours. That's not how it works.
That means you need more of a schedule than you think you ever need it. I do 12-hour shifts you have to have a routine or it just goes the heck and a handbasket.
tbh then i would get a cleaning lady and do just the small maintenance stuff in between and laundry on the weekends + precooking .. at some point it is just enough and you have to relax as well
One of the best tips I ever learned is to keep one of those dish wands, the ones that hold the dish soap inside, in your shower somewhere and every time you shower, right before you get out, or while you’re waiting for your conditioner to soak, take the wand (I keep blue dawn in mine) and just do a quick pass over your shower walls and floor. It will always be clean and this tip has helped save me so much time scrubbing! Also the RUclips channel “The Secret Slob” has great ways to tweak the FlyLady’s system to meet your family’s specific needs. Loving your channel! Thanks for all the effort and hard work you out into your videos. It shows and we all appreciate you ❤️
I used to be a Flybaby, and there are a still a few things I have held onto. Probably the most often used is "soap is soap" - which is great for the tail end of bottles of soap, body wash, shampoo, etc. If you're wiping surfaces regularly and doing the daily swish in the toilet, you can get by without using harsh chemicals daily and put to use the remnants of those bottles that would otherwise not get used.
This is also something that I have held onto from my flybaby days😂. I don’t know why this was such a revelation to me back then, but it was. The idea that I didn’t need all of these special cleaners was mind boggling to me as a new (often broke) mother. Now I’m an almost 50 year old mother of grown children and this is the first thing I taught them about cleaning their own spaces.
@@deannekent1715 Vinegar & water cleans anything Glass, add Newsprint to wash & wipe the windows. Also a Denture Cleaner tablet into a cup or 2 of Hot Water, poured into your Toilet will clean your toilet for you in 10 minutes. Let it soak 10 min., go do something else & come back, give a swish, swish w/a brush & you're done.
What I like about "dress to shoes" is the awareness that homecare is a job that also needs feet protection. Many FLYBabies even have special "job shoes" at home. It gets you into a different mindset.
Shining your sink is done nightly. The big clean is only the first time. Keeping the kitchen sink clean every night makes a big difference in waking up to a clean workplace in the morning What I’ve learned is that it takes a LOT less time and effort to keep a place clean than to do a major cleaning every few weeks. My favorite day is Wednesday, anti-procrastination day. Most of those procrastinated things only take a short time, but have a lot of tension attached. It’s great to be able to let go of the tension
Yes, I also enjoy anti procrastination day. I've been trying to be intentional about not allowing myself to procrastinate because it brings unnecessary stress then I don't want in my life!
@@ThatAwkwardMom Yess! With ADD I get so wound up in a ball with anxiety with worrying about what to do or how much there is to do. It really takes a load off my mind once I just start doing them. And some of them you can't put off anyway.
I'm lazy, I make excuses to myself, I procrastinate -- when it comes to cleaning the home. I've gotten to a point where I will try ANYTHING if it means I'm doing SOMETHING, because doing SOMETHING will at least be better than doing NOTHING. I've subscribed! You make it sound fun, liberating, and simple!
I'm sure it's easier for stay at home moms. But I don't think it's impossible for working moms! You would just have to adjust it a little bit to fit your needs.
I've never seen a shorter routine, ever. The basic routine is about half an hour a day, not including dishes and laundry. The keys are #1. paring down your decor (declutter) because everything you own needs to be cleaned. She goes so far as to say that you don't do the zne cleaning until you declutter. #2. Time your chores and stop when the timer goes off. Don't keep going. Many people don't get that and think they have to keep going until a task is complete. That isn't the idea. That's why she divides the home up into weekly zones, and you work on one zone for 15 minutes per day.
She does have a routine for working moms too. Also as I said before, Dana from the secret slob did the working mom fly lady routine with her sister check it out!
I have seen so many different fly lady videos and yours is literally the only one that explains everything in the easiest way and leaves me with no questions
I have been a flybaby since 2003, (my eldest daughter was born 1994 also) Your video was a blessing, glad I found you. Empty nester now, but getting back to routines, to this day, sink shines, bed made every morning, and kinda zone clean... Thank you for the reminder, and you perfectly explained it! Bless you!
I'm sure it does! I don't have a dishwasher, but I do empty my dish drainer each morning, which makes it easier to wash my dishes later in the evening.
The whole point is to customize. I have been reading Flylady since my teens granted, but it's really doing what you can (progress not perfection) as you can, depending on your circumstances. The 31 Babysteps are WAY better intro to Flylady. 3 separate daily routines, zones, daily tasks, et cetera are advanced, for ppl that have gotten bare bones down and expanding what they can do. Diane in Denmark has a great series on babysteps and further instructions. I really liked the videos bc could listen while cleaning instead of reading then trying to remember enough to stay focused on task.
@@ThatAwkwardMom thx! Lol and now I feel like an idiot bc saw you have TONS of Flylady and 30 day vids. Diane is great. I had read the babysteps, printed them off, had the book but never completed all of them until had play list to watch.
My favorite thing about the flylady routine is that you will hit every part of your home about once a month. I've been decluttering my home it's way overdue. It feels good cleaning out all my kitchen cabinets. I now have an organized plan for keeping my home clean. Thank you Ariel I love your videos.
Thank you for being a real mom! There's tons of cleaning videos out there w/ barbie moms, white pristine clean pinterest houses, no offense, but way to make me feel 😫. Real moms, real homes, real life please.
I just found you. First, your editing is fantastic. Your personality comes through all your jokes and editing. Second, I absolutely love that your home looks similar to mine. I struggled watching videos and seeing people who have homes that are out of reach for me. Third, your video topics are always engaging and interesting! I absolutely adore you and your channel!
As someone who is new to the video editing world, I know just how much work this video took. Thank you so much for making it! I am sitting here folding my weeks worth of laundry (for 6 people… I was literally wondering why we even have clothes closets and dressers) and I am more determined than ever to try this routine so that the stops happening.
My sister decided to get baskets for her clothes and make sure that all of her clothes are things that don't wrinkle and now she just sorts them into baskets instead of folding. I don't have space for that, but when my twins were like 1 I decided I couldn't keep up on their laundry and that there was no point in folding anything because their clothes are so small. They are 4 now and folding would be better, but I'm not gonna do it until I can teach them how to do it. I have been slowly naturally passing laundry off to them anyways. They know what drawers all their clothes go in and can sort their laundry. They help with washing the clothes. I'm sure by the time they turn 5 thet will probably be managing all of their laundry themselves (except washing since our washer and dryer are outside and that's still a little young to be unsupervised with chemicals.) I can't get my own laundry folded, I refuse to fold theirs, I recommend it.
It's funny that putting on shoes is a task. Because when I need to clean and get stuff done, I put on my shoes too. Wearing my house furry Crocs, doesn't give me motivation. But getting fully ready, like I have to run errands, but just do it to clean, actually helps. I didn't know other people felt that way.
My favorite part of FlyLady routines is that they give me great ideas on chores for my growing boys. I've started subbing out some of my daily tasks to them! My 7 year old keeps their bathroom clean every morning (at least enough to make it ok for last-minute-company) and my 6 year old helps put away the dry dishes in my dishrack. 😍
I agree. I am still trting to grasp routines etc. I have trained my 4 yr old to do the trash removal and bag replacement. He does well with it. It is a quick task and he enjoys shaking the new bag, lol. He also empties all non breakables/sharps from the dishwasher. He is motivating me to get the routines down so our lives can be easier and we can dive into art projects.
I remember reading the flylady 20 years ago........ 😅......... how is that possible??? I hadn't heard this name for so long and forgot it was even a thing. But, holy crap! I still do so much of this. Not the having a clean house part (or exercise), but sink-shining before bed, hot spots, cleaning the bathroom while I'm in there anyway, but the big one is: putting on my shoes. It is so ingrained in me that my body knows putting on shoes = action. Sometimes that means I will change my shoes multiple times a day just to try to make my body "go!" do anything. 😅
Lol. I do t know how you ended up in my yt feed. I’m a 54 yo woman with grownup children and a cleaner. But I laughed the whole time! New subscriber here. 🤣🤣🤣
With two kids and one of them in cloth diapers, my washer runs 12 times a week. I've been following FlyLady per the Secret Slob now that I've finally decluttered. Dana K. White's decluttering without making a mess actually got me decluttered enough to actually clean. 🤯
@@taraparsons2740 the Secret Slob has a FlyLady baby steps playlist. I ignore stuff I don't care about like making the bed. Decluttering 15 minutes a day instead of zone cleaning like FlyLady says to do in the beginning wasn't enough. I didn't know how to declutter effectively. That's where Dana comes in. Her main thing is decluttering without making a mess and it works. You look for trash and duh donations first, then put things where you would look for them first. Putting individual items away instead of emptying a space or a shelf to sort everything means that when life happens, there's not the explosion of a project to deal with.
@@eahuebner1 Yes, I love her videos as well. Great motivation, very simplified/inspirational, and super interesting to see the house develop over time. :)
@@taraparsons2740 nothing worked because I had too much stuff. Dana K White's decluttering without making a mess helped me get rid of about half of the stuff in our house. With less stuff, it became doable to clean and maintain routines. If you don't have a third clean coffee cup, you have to do dishes before bed. If it's just as easy to put away as toss down, it gets put away. Routines don't work good in overcrowded spaces.
But why? Wearing shoes indoors just makes your floors dirtier. I like the Japanese method of taking shoes off in the vestibule and either staying in socks, or wearing house slippers.
You don't have to use dirty shoes but clean ones. You can use an old pair of trainers that you can wash or buy a new pair. The point is that when you have laced shoes you feel more productive+is more safe when doing chores. There are youtubers that follow flylady that recommend using clean indoor shoes and change to slippers once you are done with your tasks.
@@Puffolina15 I suppose if a person is used to wearing shoes indoors, that very well could be. Personally, I don't associate indoor footwear with productivity.
Oh wow the fact she includes getting us ready!? I’m very unemotional usually but that nearly made me cry!?? Kind of felt nice she’s saying hey you your human too and worth a minute of you time to look and feel pretty 🥰
I think the FlyLady routine is great for people who are hoarders/seriously cluttery, or who are chronically behind on even basic cleaning tasks. I really appreciate her positive attitude!
1994?! I GOT MARRIED in 1994. I found Flylady 7 years later. I'm coming back for a refresher, because her systems work. I will say, though, that in a homeschool household of eight, sweeping and taking out the trash and sweeping/vaccuming are definitely daily tasks, not weekly!
I am 64 years old she and her sister wrote their first book in the late 70’s and at that time there was no internet so many people subscribed to newspapers and magazines so that part has just probably never been updated 😊
That book was Sidetracked Home Executives and was Pam and her sister. FlyLady was one who followed that plan then developed her own from SHE. Now it’s fun to see it evolving again with adapting it by The Secret Slob, Diane in Denmark, FlyLady Kat and Ariel too! Amazing how these are still issues mainly women are dealing with!
Oh!.. I'm german and didn't know the difference between the english terms turtles & tortoises. Now I do! THANK YOU AWKWARD MOM! ♡ (In German they both are called Schildkröte. That's litterally "shield/armature toad" which is quite funny, I think!! 😄 And we distinguish by saying sea-.. or land-..)
I'm going to love this!! I found Flylady in a magazine before book published. Im OCD, ADHD hoarder, and now disabled on a new house. I HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN!!!
Clean hearts and happy homes is also a lovely blessing! I've been doing Flylady for 2 and a half years, and i will never go back! I don't do it perfectly, but it gets done, and that's the main thing!
I recently started the flylady cleaning system, thank you for introducing me! My home is cleaner than its ever been. I feel much more at ease. I no longer feel overwhelmed or burdened by cleaning. Its been almost a week and my home still looks clean!
Flylady says to use any liquid soap for daily cleaning of toilet, because "soap is soap" and it's cheaper than toilet cleaners. She suggests starting with soaps you have but don't use, like shampoo you don't use because you don't like its fragrance, but hare to "waste" it by throwing it away.
I like the part about getting dressed up for the day. I wear my pajamas all day and feel so lazy. When I put an effort to wash my face and change my clothes it gives me a boost.
I absolutely love her schedule and the way she does things the only issue I have with that is I’m OCD and things had to be done the right way the first time and I cannot leave a task undone it’s just not something I’m capable of doing so if I go over the 10 minutes then so be it it’s on me but by the time I’m done not only my tired but I’m satisfied because my house is clean and I can relax and it allows me to sleep a lot easier
Fellow person with OCD here ;) I was about to comment almost the same thing until I read your comment. I too love the schedule but I HAVE to have it done right before I stop or it'll bug the heck out of me till I do lol
I remember growing up as a kid I used to go to my cousin's house. After our bath and before we got out we were supposed to scrub out the bathtub, I was 7 years old lol
Love your advice. You’re sweet, honest, entertaining and not pretentious at all. Cleaning the shower while IN the shower is such an epiphany. I’ve rubbed off little globs of conditioner here and there but cleaning the whole thing while it’s already soaked from me showering would make it so quick and easy. Edit: I used to keep my curtains shut because the bright light seemed intrusive and too intense but I’ve started collecting houseplants so now I’m opening curtains ☀️ and even changing some of my heavy drapes to lighter sheers for my 20 beautiful 🪴 plants to receive plenty of light. It’s weird how I never realized how I kept the house so dark before 🤷🏼♀️
I discovered Fly Lady back in the 90s to try and help my daughter when she first got married and started a family. I still use her emergency kit for each family member because we live near a lake that floods now and then. I also use her travelling desk to answer letters, pay bills and send cards on busy errand days
Excellent overview. I found the zones, daily focus, and monthly missions confusing until I literally wrote them out and saw how they fit together. Your explanation was GREAT!
I'd never heard of flylady before this vid, but it reminds me of stuff my grandmother would do (which is by no means a bad thing) I'm super forgetful and get clutterblind, so I have to chain items together. I unload the dishwasher in the am (or run it because I forgot to last night...) When I have a dirty coffee mug to put away, and I brush my teeth when I get home from work...because I won't remember it before bed. It's been helpful establishing new good habits by stapling them to already ingrained ones.
Save even more time on your floors by investing in a robot floor vacuum! Even a basic Roomba is super helpful and forces you to pick up your floor!! The Shark brand comes with a self-emptying feature, with a canister base that you empty every few weeks. Wait for deals on Amazon Prime day or Black Friday!
Your video was my first exposure to the fly lady system and it motivated me to try it! I have RUclips on all day and watched a good portion of your videos yesterday and I want to wish you all the success in the world, you have such a fun and silly energy and make me actually laugh out loud! Keep the cleaning videos coming, the algorithm is suggesting you with cleaning stuff and your channel will continue to grow quickly. You’re doing a great job, congrats!! 🥳
I actually remember her website from 20 years ago when I had young kids in the house. I could relate to her, and her tips really helped me, especially when my husband was deployed in Iraq and Kuwait and stuff.
Listening to you definitely helps motivate me to clean. I just changed my sheets, started a load of laundry, and cleaned my kitchen while listening to your videos! Thank you!
I am dying... my head literally looks like that unicorn and I want to scream like that goat. We just moved into an 1800s cabin in Kentucky , it’s cold, drafty, etc. I needed this today . You. Are. Life. Subscribed 👍
New subscriber here! I have been following FlyLady for several years now, but due to health issues am no longer able many of the house cleaning chores. I have hired someone to come in and clean every 2 weeks, and can keep it looking clean between times, thanks to the FlyLady system! The easiest for me is the swish and swipe! I do that daily. Love your video, and look forward to seeing more!
Great video! I have left a comment on the Clean Mama vs Flylady system and now I have found this video. Perhaps I should try Flylady again. It sounds so much better how you explain the flylady. One tipp from me: You don't have to do all mirrors or windows one day! Just do them when you are in that zone! Watch the videos oft Diane in Denmark - she is marvellous! I am looking forward to your Flylady series.
Good point because I don't feel like the windows even need to be done every week, they don't seem to get that dirty like the floors do. Unless you have little ones that are putting their fingers all over the windows haha. I'll have to check out Diane, thanks Gabi!!
Yes, we do front of house Windows one week. Back of house next week. Rotate in mirrors another week. Window Wednesday. (Or mirrors). Gets done "enough" that they are acceptable for me, visitors, etc.
Hi! I've seen FlyLady on RUclips over 2 years, but just this summer started taking on the routines a little more consistently and have even started teaching my 20 year old daughter some of them. FlyLady is such a blessing and finding your summary of the routines has been a blessing as well. Thank you!
I laughed out loud (at work) when you took that level out of your purse. I find things like that too. Also, one thing I learned from K.C. Davis at Struggle care is to keep two baskets in your car: one for trash and one for things that need to go back into the house (reusable water bottles, cloth masks, etc). It makes weekly cleanup so much easier.
Awww! I was a Flybaby about 30 years ago, lol! I found my huge notebook a few weeks ago…fond memories! I loved the Sidetracked Home Executives that she followed too.
I'm an older lady, a recent widow. I tried flylady when she was new, years ago. I liked the 15 minutes a day concept and to not feel like you need to catch up or finish a room completely. I tried again recently to get her emails and was overwhelmed. I got a lot of spam type emails and 1 email with actual info, daily. I unsubscribed. It's not like it used to be. While I'm glad she's found a way to make money online, the it's all too monetized for me now. I would like to figure out the zones again for me now, but it was too overwhelming. So far I like your channel. I need a routine that is simple.
I can't tell you how amazing you and your channel are! I felt like the only young mom with young children that didn't have everything together all the time. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
More flylady videos please! Love your content, even though I’m not a mom (I work 45 hours outside the home a week). I could watch hours of you just cleaning your house and being yourself. Thank you for the humor and the motivation to clean!
I just love whenever you mention her website. It makes me die laughing to know somebody else feels the exact same so grateful for the tip of getting her out for the phone. Because her formats are really hard for my brain to make sense of so thank you for clarifying her methods!
I bought these scratchy exfoliating gloves and decided to put them on and scrub my showers with them. They work amazing! I can knock out my bathrooms (there are 3 in this house 🥵😖) a lot quicker.
When you first got started and told us to sit down after the morning routine, and then to get back up immediately, I cracked up! When I think of fly lady, I think of a woman who does nothing but scurry around her home decluttering and cleaning up like crazy. I'm exhausted just thinking about it. I know that if I can establish a habit, I will get ahead of the chaos but getting to a place where it all comes naturally and swiftly is daunting to me. I'm better than I was but I know it will help us all if I can improve. Thank you for sharing this!! I'll watch it again and take notes. I'm currently decluttering my bedroom.
Lol I used to use Fly lady back in early 2000s. Finally Loving Yourself. It worked for my young family att. This is still one thing I learned that I still do: always keep ur kitchen sink clean, empty & shiny. It can make world of difference if your overwhelmed by very messy kitchen.
After seeing you do different methods of cleaning, I noticed many similarities you could carry over to make your own cleaning system that works for you.
Hmmm, you make this sound doable. My problem is getting stuck in detailed cleaning and never getting to move to the next item on the list. Love @11:38 and Its amazing what you can learn from Blippi! 🤠
BAHAHAHAHAHA I have been a FlyBaby since the late 90s, never really left the baby stage but it has saved our @$$!~$ when we had 4 kids under 6. We upped laundry to 2 loads per day and installed an extra set of washers and dryers for real luxury living .also laundry folding time was the only time anyone left me alone so I learned to cherish it :) hahah.. I used it as prayer time or later netflix.
It’s so funny I already did all these things without even knowing the fly lady routine! I even wear shoes which I realized make me feel more productive!
I've been trying this this week. I really like that she includes breakfast, getting completely dressed, exercise and drinking water into her routine. These are things I am trying to incorporate and so it helps to just have it as part of the routine already. Because she does not talk about dishes, quick tidies, or putting the kitchen to bed, I added a quick tidy to the morning and evening routines. I also changed "shine your sink" to "put kitchen to bed." Other than that I really like the system!
I really enjoyed this video! I actually have "Sink Reflections" that the Fly Lady wrote, but I never finished it because I got stuck on the sink thing. I'm so glad I found your video because now I have a better idea of what her cleaning routine is like. Also, it's amazing how much I have learned from Blippi lol.
You are hilarious! Thanks for making these videos!! I remember the first time I learned about FlyLady.. you would've been just a kid lol. I learned lots of things from that cluttered website and her emails, such as baby steps, Your home didn't get dirty in one day, and it won't get clean in a day, "hot spots" and 27 fling boogie, just to name a few. I can't say that I've really ever been successful at doing the FlyLady system, but she got me going in the right direction.
NOTES ON THE VID// CHECKLIST feel free to comment missing parts or things that I got wrong :) Daily tasks Daily focus Zone cleaning ---Morning routine--- 🔘 Make the bed 🔘 Get yourself ready 🔘 Wipe down “swish” places- bathroom sink & toilet 🔘 Empty dish washer 🔘 Do a load of laundry 🔘 Check your calendar --Afternoon routine-- 🔘What’s for dinner? 🔘 Drink your water 🔘 15 min of exercise 🔘 15 min zone cleaning * 🔘 Fold and put away laundry --Evening routine-- 🔘 do the dishes and clean sink 🔘 Clean the hot spot 🔘 Put everything you need for next day in accessible place 🔘 Shower, 🔘 Clean the shower 🔘 Get clothes ready for next day * detailed cleaning - set a timer for 15 mins and clean specific area --Weekly routine-- MONDAY - Bless our home, 7 cleaning tasks no more than an hour of cleaning. 10 mins each 🔘 take off the sheets and throw in the wash 🔘 dusting everywhere 🔘 Vaccum 🔘 Empty Garbage 🔘 Purge Magazines // Paper clutter 🔘 Mop the floors 🔘 Make your bed TUESDAY - schedule play dates, appointments and so on so on. PLANNING Eg. 🔘 Meal Plan 🔘 Pay Bills WEDNESDAY -no procrastination day 🔘 Finish tasks that you have procrastinated. 🔘 Example: Clean our fridge THURSDAY 🔘 Errands Days eg. Bank trips FRIDAY 🔘 Clean our your car 🔘 Clean out your purses SATURDAY - Family fun day SUNDAY - You Day, take that day for yourself. Practise self care.
I love the FlyLady routine . I didn’t understand a lot but you fixed that ! Thank you dear . Btw I didn’t understand some of her routine , what I did understand has changed my life . Thank you . I have a room that’s used as a dumping groun during renovations . Can you help with a declutter routine or recommend one. I be subscribed . Thanks
I've watched a bunch of your videos over the past few weeks, and I think I am going to give Fly Lady a try! One of my customizations will be skipping the make your bed step - after decades of feeling kind of bad that I almost never make my bed, I realized...I don't actually care that much if my bed is made😂 There are plenty of other tasks that make a big difference in how my home feels to me, but that just isn't one of them. I think the most helpful thing about this system for me would be pushing past my perfectionism. Often I don't even start something because I know I don't have the time/energy/motivation to do it perfectly.
I am a mom of an autistic son dho has adhd too and i have a husband who does NOTHING except for cluttering everywhere he is. Myself i am ill too and my house looks like sh*t. Thats why i binge ur videos to see how u organize and clean everything. And i use ur videos to motivate myselfw even if i am in pain. But imagine i already deep cleaned my dining table which was a hot spot too. Thank u so much!
Loved the zone cleaning explanation 🤩and decluttering before cleaning is a thing right? I had always tried to organize while cleaning - never worked that well lol 😂
I tried her system but got completely annoyed by the email overload. It was 5+ daily and when she start talking about an exorcism for her friend’s home I was like ok, enough. I signed up for cleaning advice, not how to exorcise demons. Lol. That’s been several years ago, maybe she’s toned it down now but my inbox was constantly full.
I use the app. That's probably new. I think you only get one of those per day that way, and if there's more, who cares. It's just in the app and it's not going to blow up your mailbox. I really can't sit through her podcasts and stuff, at least most of them, because she goes super heavy on the Jesus stuff. I mean we've all heard cleanliness is next to godliness but I don't think that really means we need a sermon with our cleaning advice.
I really like how there is a time limit. I would like to try the flylady system. Thanks for giving a step by step tutorial of how it is done. Your videos are really funny and enjoyable!
I have never heard about this app. Just going to start it. Cause us moms needs a routine especially for cleaning with round our family/children’s schedule and our own sanity 😂. Awesome video !! Thank you for sharing. I love your jokes don’t stop 😂
I can't wait to try this. I have four kids and a not so clean husband. I think I've gotten depressed. I feel like I can't do it and I'm always tired. This video gives me hope.
I think I might try this one! I like that she has the stuff built in for fitness and mental health. I had her app years ago but it was very difficult to understand and super clunky
Looking at a paper magazine and physically turning pages can be more relaxing that looking at a lit screen. Plus, magazines still work when Comcast is down.
Great video! One thing I struggle with is sharing all those tasks: I don't want to be the only one cleaning up the house but Flylady's program seems to be very focused on one person doing everything. Any idea how to share the tasks with my spouse? We've mostly been doing things together but I feel like sometimes we could each be doing a separate task...
I guess you could assign half the tasks to your spouse! Maybe you could be in charge of the swish and swipe in the upstairs bathroom, he could be in charge of the downstairs. Maybe make a rule like whoever gets out of bed first makes the bed. You guys could even split the weekly home blessing down the middle and only have 30 minutes of cleaning each! You could zone clean the upstairs rooms, he could zone clean the downstairs rooms. Or if you don't have a two-story house then split up the rooms where you see fit. I'd say that's the best way to do it!
If you go deeper inter her program or the book she based it on (sorry don't remember the name) she explains on how to get kids to help. I just assign my kids the jobs she gives you to the kids but mine are a little older. dana from the secret slob has her littles help I believe you should check out her channel, she simplifies the fly lady a lot!
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What is your favorite thing about Flyladys cleaning system? Mine is the weekly home blessing! 😀
Mine as well. Fresh start to the week 👍🏼
Progress not perfection and using a timer to get started . . . Prior to those practices I never got started.
I like all of it. I’ve followed her routines since 2013. However, the daily focus freed me. It gave me a place to “park” tasks so I didn’t feel behind or distracted by them.
I love her daily routines. Once I got those down, I don’t even think about it anymore. I might be ready to tackle zones in the new year.
The baby steps are a good way to get momentum going
I’m not a mom but I can’t stop watching your vids! They’re informative and hilarious, love your unique brand of humor!
Ditto
Me three!
I'm with you all.
Subscribed.
Breath of fresh air.
I’m not even the one who normally has to deal with most of the household cleaning things. But I can’t stop laughing and watching either! I love my wife so much for what she does.. which includes handling 3 kids and hand washing laundry! We’ve worked out a daily routine and I’m always on the lookout for ways to make things easier for her. I’ve also never realized how we have things structured is so close to this method! Every Wednesday we have assigned to deep clean a certain room, or to wash bedding depending on what Wednesday of the month it is. Otherwise we have 5 days set aside for certain laundry items. 1 day of the week (one of the days I’m home) are project day! I handle kids, she works on anything she wants to do. Might have to try the timer method. Anyone else tho wish you had more days in the week or tried a method detached from the 7 day work week?
Same! I work, don't have kids, and live in an old apartment building... with one washer and dryer for 18 units.... three flights of stairs down. 30 minutes a day to do anything my ass lmao
The routines sound awesome - but would love to see a cleaning method for households where both adults work 10 hours outside of the home every weekday.
I’ve been making an effort to keep the sink clear by putting the dirty dishes right into the dishwasher and emptying the clean dishes as soon as they are dry. It’s made a huge difference! I’m working on adding some other small things like that to my list (and my husband’s) that we do daily before/after work
🙌 I was about to say something like this. Also include school age parents, homework & other kids activities, and those who lives in an apartment with no dishwasher or washer machine. I can’t go to the laundry daily.
Dana from a slob comes clean has a whole series on dishes math and it’s really true that if you keep on top of your dishes everyday it makes a huge difference. For me it’s the kitchen equivalent of making your bed everyday.
The Fly Lady system is the shortest routine I've ever seen. The basic routine is about half an hour a day. There are two key ideas: pare your stuff down to a minimum (declutter) because everything you have needs to be cleaned. A minimalist home is the easiest to clean. She goes so far as to say that you don't do the 15-minute zone cleaning until your home is decluttered. The second is that you time your chores; you stop when the timer goes off. A lot of people don't get that part and think that you're supposed to keep going until a task is complete, which can take hours. That's not how it works.
That means you need more of a schedule than you think you ever need it. I do 12-hour shifts you have to have a routine or it just goes the heck and a handbasket.
tbh then i would get a cleaning lady and do just the small maintenance stuff in between and laundry on the weekends + precooking .. at some point it is just enough and you have to relax as well
Am I the only one overwhelmed by the amount of tasks each day?
I'm with you on this.
One of the best tips I ever learned is to keep one of those dish wands, the ones that hold the dish soap inside, in your shower somewhere and every time you shower, right before you get out, or while you’re waiting for your conditioner to soak, take the wand (I keep blue dawn in mine) and just do a quick pass over your shower walls and floor. It will always be clean and this tip has helped save me so much time scrubbing!
Also the RUclips channel “The Secret Slob” has great ways to tweak the FlyLady’s system to meet your family’s specific needs. Loving your channel! Thanks for all the effort and hard work you out into your videos. It shows and we all appreciate you ❤️
Thank you SO much for your tip about the dish brush, that sounds great and very helpful in my life currently!
Thanks for the suggestion! That sounds like just what I need!
Thanks for the shower wand tip. I just put one in there and I'll use it tomorrow. 💗
Great tip, and I will probably see you over there at that channel sometime!
I like the wand idea.
I used to be a Flybaby, and there are a still a few things I have held onto. Probably the most often used is "soap is soap" - which is great for the tail end of bottles of soap, body wash, shampoo, etc. If you're wiping surfaces regularly and doing the daily swish in the toilet, you can get by without using harsh chemicals daily and put to use the remnants of those bottles that would otherwise not get used.
This is also something that I have held onto from my flybaby days😂. I don’t know why this was such a revelation to me back then, but it was. The idea that I didn’t need all of these special cleaners was mind boggling to me as a new (often broke) mother. Now I’m an almost 50 year old mother of grown children and this is the first thing I taught them about cleaning their own spaces.
@@deannekent1715 Vinegar & water cleans anything Glass, add Newsprint to wash & wipe the windows. Also a Denture Cleaner tablet into a cup or 2 of Hot Water, poured into your Toilet will clean your toilet for you in 10 minutes. Let it soak 10 min., go do something else & come back, give a swish, swish w/a brush & you're done.
What I like about "dress to shoes" is the awareness that homecare is a job that also needs feet protection. Many FLYBabies even have special "job shoes" at home. It gets you into a different mindset.
Shining your sink is done nightly. The big clean is only the first time.
Keeping the kitchen sink clean every night makes a big difference in waking up to a clean workplace in the morning
What I’ve learned is that it takes a LOT less time and effort to keep a place clean than to do a major cleaning every few weeks.
My favorite day is Wednesday, anti-procrastination day. Most of those procrastinated things only take a short time, but have a lot of tension attached. It’s great to be able to let go of the tension
Yes, I also enjoy anti procrastination day. I've been trying to be intentional about not allowing myself to procrastinate because it brings unnecessary stress then I don't want in my life!
Im just learning that bit mydelf. Ive wasted years procrastinateinng... lol oops sleepy in england. Xxx
@@ThatAwkwardMom Yess! With ADD I get so wound up in a ball with anxiety with worrying about what to do or how much there is to do. It really takes a load off my mind once I just start doing them. And some of them you can't put off anyway.
I'm lazy, I make excuses to myself, I procrastinate -- when it comes to cleaning the home. I've gotten to a point where I will try ANYTHING if it means I'm doing SOMETHING, because doing SOMETHING will at least be better than doing NOTHING.
I've subscribed! You make it sound fun, liberating, and simple!
As an old woman I remember older women used to do this. Some actually had a chore list and routine.
I feel the flylady routine works really well for stay at home moms.
I'm sure it's easier for stay at home moms. But I don't think it's impossible for working moms! You would just have to adjust it a little bit to fit your needs.
I've never seen a shorter routine, ever. The basic routine is about half an hour a day, not including dishes and laundry. The keys are #1. paring down your decor (declutter) because everything you own needs to be cleaned. She goes so far as to say that you don't do the zne cleaning until you declutter. #2. Time your chores and stop when the timer goes off. Don't keep going. Many people don't get that and think they have to keep going until a task is complete. That isn't the idea. That's why she divides the home up into weekly zones, and you work on one zone for 15 minutes per day.
She does have a routine for working moms too. Also as I said before, Dana from the secret slob did the working mom fly lady routine with her sister check it out!
I have seen so many different fly lady videos and yours is literally the only one that explains everything in the easiest way and leaves me with no questions
I have been a flybaby since 2003, (my eldest daughter was born 1994 also) Your video was a blessing, glad I found you. Empty nester now, but getting back to routines, to this day, sink shines, bed made every morning, and kinda zone clean... Thank you for the reminder, and you perfectly explained it! Bless you!
I've never done an actual "cleaning routine" but I do make sure to unload/load my dishwasher every morning. It makes a huge difference!
I'm sure it does! I don't have a dishwasher, but I do empty my dish drainer each morning, which makes it easier to wash my dishes later in the evening.
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@@LilyUnicorn I cook a lot for my family 🤷♀️ I guess it depends how much you cook and how many people are in your house.
The whole point is to customize. I have been reading Flylady since my teens granted, but it's really doing what you can (progress not perfection) as you can, depending on your circumstances. The 31 Babysteps are WAY better intro to Flylady. 3 separate daily routines, zones, daily tasks, et cetera are advanced, for ppl that have gotten bare bones down and expanding what they can do. Diane in Denmark has a great series on babysteps and further instructions. I really liked the videos bc could listen while cleaning instead of reading then trying to remember enough to stay focused on task.
I've heard a lot of great things about Diane! She seems to help a lot of people.
@@ThatAwkwardMom thx! Lol and now I feel like an idiot bc saw you have TONS of Flylady and 30 day vids. Diane is great. I had read the babysteps, printed them off, had the book but never completed all of them until had play list to watch.
@@mrslvw oh don't feel like an idiot, really I'm still new to all this. Still figuring it out!
My favorite thing about the flylady routine is that you will hit every part of your home about once a month. I've been decluttering my home it's way overdue. It feels good cleaning out all my kitchen cabinets. I now have an organized plan for keeping my home clean. Thank you Ariel I love your videos.
Thank you for being a real mom! There's tons of cleaning videos out there w/ barbie moms, white pristine clean pinterest houses, no offense, but way to make me feel 😫. Real moms, real homes, real life please.
The trick for the WHB is , if you don't get finished with an area ... start in that area the next week.
I just found you. First, your editing is fantastic. Your personality comes through all your jokes and editing. Second, I absolutely love that your home looks similar to mine. I struggled watching videos and seeing people who have homes that are out of reach for me. Third, your video topics are always engaging and interesting! I absolutely adore you and your channel!
As someone who is new to the video editing world, I know just how much work this video took. Thank you so much for making it! I am sitting here folding my weeks worth of laundry (for 6 people… I was literally wondering why we even have clothes closets and dressers) and I am more determined than ever to try this routine so that the stops happening.
My sister decided to get baskets for her clothes and make sure that all of her clothes are things that don't wrinkle and now she just sorts them into baskets instead of folding. I don't have space for that, but when my twins were like 1 I decided I couldn't keep up on their laundry and that there was no point in folding anything because their clothes are so small. They are 4 now and folding would be better, but I'm not gonna do it until I can teach them how to do it. I have been slowly naturally passing laundry off to them anyways. They know what drawers all their clothes go in and can sort their laundry. They help with washing the clothes. I'm sure by the time they turn 5 thet will probably be managing all of their laundry themselves (except washing since our washer and dryer are outside and that's still a little young to be unsupervised with chemicals.)
I can't get my own laundry folded, I refuse to fold theirs, I recommend it.
It's funny that putting on shoes is a task. Because when I need to clean and get stuff done, I put on my shoes too. Wearing my house furry Crocs, doesn't give me motivation. But getting fully ready, like I have to run errands, but just do it to clean, actually helps. I didn't know other people felt that way.
My favorite part of FlyLady routines is that they give me great ideas on chores for my growing boys. I've started subbing out some of my daily tasks to them! My 7 year old keeps their bathroom clean every morning (at least enough to make it ok for last-minute-company) and my 6 year old helps put away the dry dishes in my dishrack. 😍
That's great! I'll have to keep that in mind as my son gets older 🙃
I agree. I am still trting to grasp routines etc. I have trained my 4 yr old to do the trash removal and bag replacement. He does well with it. It is a quick task and he enjoys shaking the new bag, lol. He also empties all non breakables/sharps from the dishwasher. He is motivating me to get the routines down so our lives can be easier and we can dive into art projects.
I do this too! My teen boys have a very tidy room and bathroom as well as helping me around the house because of it. It’s so good!
I remember reading the flylady 20 years ago........ 😅......... how is that possible??? I hadn't heard this name for so long and forgot it was even a thing. But, holy crap! I still do so much of this. Not the having a clean house part (or exercise), but sink-shining before bed, hot spots, cleaning the bathroom while I'm in there anyway, but the big one is: putting on my shoes. It is so ingrained in me that my body knows putting on shoes = action. Sometimes that means I will change my shoes multiple times a day just to try to make my body "go!" do anything. 😅
When my adult kids were little-I LIVED the FlyLady life. My neighbor across the street followed the plan too.
Lol. I do t know how you ended up in my yt feed. I’m a 54 yo woman with grownup children and a cleaner. But I laughed the whole time! New subscriber here. 🤣🤣🤣
With two kids and one of them in cloth diapers, my washer runs 12 times a week. I've been following FlyLady per the Secret Slob now that I've finally decluttered. Dana K. White's decluttering without making a mess actually got me decluttered enough to actually clean. 🤯
I need more details. You sound like me
@@taraparsons2740 the Secret Slob has a FlyLady baby steps playlist. I ignore stuff I don't care about like making the bed. Decluttering 15 minutes a day instead of zone cleaning like FlyLady says to do in the beginning wasn't enough. I didn't know how to declutter effectively. That's where Dana comes in. Her main thing is decluttering without making a mess and it works. You look for trash and duh donations first, then put things where you would look for them first. Putting individual items away instead of emptying a space or a shelf to sort everything means that when life happens, there's not the explosion of a project to deal with.
@@eahuebner1 Yes, I love her videos as well. Great motivation, very simplified/inspirational, and super interesting to see the house develop over time. :)
@@taraparsons2740 nothing worked because I had too much stuff. Dana K White's decluttering without making a mess helped me get rid of about half of the stuff in our house. With less stuff, it became doable to clean and maintain routines. If you don't have a third clean coffee cup, you have to do dishes before bed. If it's just as easy to put away as toss down, it gets put away. Routines don't work good in overcrowded spaces.
Getting dressed to shoes has honestly been some of the best mom life advice I ever received, almost 20 years ago from the Fly Lady.
But why? Wearing shoes indoors just makes your floors dirtier. I like the Japanese method of taking shoes off in the vestibule and either staying in socks, or wearing house slippers.
In my country, people rarely, if ever, wear shoes indoors; it's filthy.
You don't have to use dirty shoes but clean ones. You can use an old pair of trainers that you can wash or buy a new pair. The point is that when you have laced shoes you feel more productive+is more safe when doing chores. There are youtubers that follow flylady that recommend using clean indoor shoes and change to slippers once you are done with your tasks.
@@Puffolina15 I suppose if a person is used to wearing shoes indoors, that very well could be. Personally, I don't associate indoor footwear with productivity.
Truth!! I also liked always being ready for anything.
Oh wow the fact she includes getting us ready!? I’m very unemotional usually but that nearly made me cry!?? Kind of felt nice she’s saying hey you your human too and worth a minute of you time to look and feel pretty 🥰
I think the FlyLady routine is great for people who are hoarders/seriously cluttery, or who are chronically behind on even basic cleaning tasks. I really appreciate her positive attitude!
1994?! I GOT MARRIED in 1994. I found Flylady 7 years later. I'm coming back for a refresher, because her systems work. I will say, though, that in a homeschool household of eight, sweeping and taking out the trash and sweeping/vaccuming are definitely daily tasks, not weekly!
I am 64 years old she and her sister wrote their first book in the late 70’s and at that time there was no internet so many people subscribed to newspapers and magazines so that part has just probably never been updated 😊
That book was Sidetracked Home Executives and was Pam and her sister. FlyLady was one who followed that plan then developed her own from SHE. Now it’s fun to see it evolving again with adapting it by The Secret Slob, Diane in Denmark, FlyLady Kat and Ariel too! Amazing how these are still issues mainly women are dealing with!
i always carry a spoon in my purse. you never know when someone will randomly show up with ice cream, and i want to be prepared. LOL
GREAT VIDEO!
Oh!.. I'm german and didn't know the difference between the english terms turtles & tortoises. Now I do!
THANK YOU AWKWARD MOM! ♡
(In German they both are called Schildkröte. That's litterally "shield/armature toad" which is quite funny, I think!! 😄 And we distinguish by saying sea-.. or land-..)
I'm going to love this!! I found Flylady in a magazine before book published. Im OCD, ADHD hoarder, and now disabled on a new house. I HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN!!!
Clean hearts and happy homes is also a lovely blessing! I've been doing Flylady for 2 and a half years, and i will never go back! I don't do it perfectly, but it gets done, and that's the main thing!
I found fly lady 17 years ago. It was life changing and life saving and brought me through many life crisises. I still fly all these years later.
I recently started the flylady cleaning system, thank you for introducing me! My home is cleaner than its ever been. I feel much more at ease. I no longer feel overwhelmed or burdened by cleaning. Its been almost a week and my home still looks clean!
Flylady says to use any liquid soap for daily cleaning of toilet, because "soap is soap" and it's cheaper than toilet cleaners. She suggests starting with soaps you have but don't use, like shampoo you don't use because you don't like its fragrance, but hare to "waste" it by throwing it away.
Dishwashing soap works great. I keep a small (refillable) bottle in the bathroom for cleaning the toilet and shower.
I like the part about getting dressed up for the day. I wear my pajamas all day and feel so lazy. When I put an effort to wash my face and change my clothes it gives me a boost.
I absolutely love her schedule and the way she does things the only issue I have with that is I’m OCD and things had to be done the right way the first time and I cannot leave a task undone it’s just not something I’m capable of doing so if I go over the 10 minutes then so be it it’s on me but by the time I’m done not only my tired but I’m satisfied because my house is clean and I can relax and it allows me to sleep a lot easier
Fellow person with OCD here ;) I was about to comment almost the same thing until I read your comment. I too love the schedule but I HAVE to have it done right before I stop or it'll bug the heck out of me till I do lol
Good for you, the ten minute rule really keeps me in check not to over focus on one stuff.
I try to put the priority on the time as the focus over the task. This helps me stop, knowing I accomplished the time.
I remember growing up as a kid I used to go to my cousin's house. After our bath and before we got out we were supposed to scrub out the bathtub, I was 7 years old lol
Love your advice. You’re sweet, honest, entertaining and not pretentious at all. Cleaning the shower while IN the shower is such an epiphany. I’ve rubbed off little globs of conditioner here and there but cleaning the whole thing while it’s already soaked from me showering would make it so quick and easy.
Edit: I used to keep my curtains shut because the bright light seemed intrusive and too intense but I’ve started collecting houseplants so now I’m opening curtains ☀️ and even changing some of my heavy drapes to lighter sheers for my 20 beautiful 🪴 plants to receive plenty of light. It’s weird how I never realized how I kept the house so dark before 🤷🏼♀️
I’m just now watching this, 9 months later, but I love the cat trying to get in while you’re prepping for tomorrow.
I discovered Fly Lady back in the 90s to try and help my daughter when she first got married and started a family. I still use her emergency kit for each family member because we live near a lake that floods now and then. I also use her travelling desk to answer letters, pay bills and send cards on busy errand days
Your description of the Fly Lady program is the best. It is clear and methodical, step by step.
Excellent overview. I found the zones, daily focus, and monthly missions confusing until I literally wrote them out and saw how they fit together. Your explanation was GREAT!
No kidding! I’ve found the zones sooo confusing. This helped me understand.
I'd never heard of flylady before this vid, but it reminds me of stuff my grandmother would do (which is by no means a bad thing) I'm super forgetful and get clutterblind, so I have to chain items together. I unload the dishwasher in the am (or run it because I forgot to last night...) When I have a dirty coffee mug to put away, and I brush my teeth when I get home from work...because I won't remember it before bed. It's been helpful establishing new good habits by stapling them to already ingrained ones.
Save even more time on your floors by investing in a robot floor vacuum! Even a basic Roomba is super helpful and forces you to pick up your floor!! The Shark brand comes with a self-emptying feature, with a canister base that you empty every few weeks. Wait for deals on Amazon Prime day or Black Friday!
Your video was my first exposure to the fly lady system and it motivated me to try it! I have RUclips on all day and watched a good portion of your videos yesterday and I want to wish you all the success in the world, you have such a fun and silly energy and make me actually laugh out loud! Keep the cleaning videos coming, the algorithm is suggesting you with cleaning stuff and your channel will continue to grow quickly. You’re doing a great job, congrats!! 🥳
Thank you so much!! 🥰
I actually remember her website from 20 years ago when I had young kids in the house. I could relate to her, and her tips really helped me, especially when my husband was deployed in Iraq and Kuwait and stuff.
I don't have a dishwasher either.
I wash dishes by hand 4-5 times a day. My sink feels small.
Thank you for helping me feel normal.
Listening to you definitely helps motivate me to clean. I just changed my sheets, started a load of laundry, and cleaned my kitchen while listening to your videos! Thank you!
I am dying... my head literally looks like that unicorn and I want to scream like that goat. We just moved into an 1800s cabin in Kentucky , it’s cold, drafty, etc. I needed this today . You. Are. Life. Subscribed 👍
I like that she includes things like the bills, cleaning your purse and car in her routine.
New subscriber here! I have been following FlyLady for several years now, but due to health issues am no longer able many of the house cleaning chores. I have hired someone to come in and clean every 2 weeks, and can keep it looking clean between times, thanks to the FlyLady system! The easiest for me is the swish and swipe! I do that daily.
Love your video, and look forward to seeing more!
Great video! I have left a comment on the Clean Mama vs Flylady system and now I have found this video. Perhaps I should try Flylady again. It sounds so much better how you explain the flylady. One tipp from me: You don't have to do all mirrors or windows one day! Just do them when you are in that zone! Watch the videos oft Diane in Denmark - she is marvellous! I am looking forward to your Flylady series.
Good point because I don't feel like the windows even need to be done every week, they don't seem to get that dirty like the floors do. Unless you have little ones that are putting their fingers all over the windows haha. I'll have to check out Diane, thanks Gabi!!
@@ThatAwkwardMom 😀 She has lots of zone-cleaning videos. I love the older ones.
Yes, we do front of house Windows one week. Back of house next week. Rotate in mirrors another week. Window Wednesday. (Or mirrors). Gets done "enough" that they are acceptable for me, visitors, etc.
Hi! I've seen FlyLady on RUclips over 2 years, but just this summer started taking on the routines a little more consistently and have even started teaching my 20 year old daughter some of them. FlyLady is such a blessing and finding your summary of the routines has been a blessing as well. Thank you!
I remember looking at her website like 20 years ago. The part I remember is the dishes every morning. Similar to the Slob Comes Clean method.
Yes I love Dana K. White too. From both methods I learned routine and consistency are key.
I have followed the fly lady for twenty years. I was so excited to meet her a couple of years back at a homeschool convention.
I laughed out loud (at work) when you took that level out of your purse. I find things like that too. Also, one thing I learned from K.C. Davis at Struggle care is to keep two baskets in your car: one for trash and one for things that need to go back into the house (reusable water bottles, cloth masks, etc). It makes weekly cleanup so much easier.
That part where you said you were born in 94 just made me feel old thank you.
(I say this with love)
Awww! I was a Flybaby about 30 years ago, lol! I found my huge notebook a few weeks ago…fond memories! I loved the Sidetracked Home Executives that she followed too.
I'm an older lady, a recent widow. I tried flylady when she was new, years ago. I liked the 15 minutes a day concept and to not feel like you need to catch up or finish a room completely. I tried again recently to get her emails and was overwhelmed. I got a lot of spam type emails and 1 email with actual info, daily. I unsubscribed. It's not like it used to be. While I'm glad she's found a way to make money online, the it's all too monetized for me now. I would like to figure out the zones again for me now, but it was too overwhelming. So far I like your channel. I need a routine that is simple.
I can't tell you how amazing you and your channel are! I felt like the only young mom with young children that didn't have everything together all the time. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Oh you're definitely not alone in that, all the others are just pretending lol. We're all hot mess mom's!!! Thank you ❤️
65 year old mom and grandma here, I just found your video, omg I just love you! Thank you so much please keep them coming.
More flylady videos please! Love your content, even though I’m not a mom (I work 45 hours outside the home a week). I could watch hours of you just cleaning your house and being yourself. Thank you for the humor and the motivation to clean!
I just love whenever you mention her website. It makes me die laughing to know somebody else feels the exact same so grateful for the tip of getting her out for the phone. Because her formats are really hard for my brain to make sense of so thank you for clarifying her methods!
Your editing is spot on. Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks 😊👍
It really is!
I bought these scratchy exfoliating gloves and decided to put them on and scrub my showers with them. They work amazing! I can knock out my bathrooms (there are 3 in this house 🥵😖) a lot quicker.
That's so smart!!
About to binge your videos! Laughed out loud more than once in this one, thanks for being so real 🥰
Yay! I just love to hear that people are laughing at my cheesy jokes 😆
When you first got started and told us to sit down after the morning routine, and then to get back up immediately, I cracked up! When I think of fly lady, I think of a woman who does nothing but scurry around her home decluttering and cleaning up like crazy. I'm exhausted just thinking about it. I know that if I can establish a habit, I will get ahead of the chaos but getting to a place where it all comes naturally and swiftly is daunting to me. I'm better than I was but I know it will help us all if I can improve. Thank you for sharing this!! I'll watch it again and take notes. I'm currently decluttering my bedroom.
I've been to that butterfly place with my granddaughter! You have a great presence here thanks for posting!
I thought it was a fun place! A little pricey though. Thank you 💖
Lol I used to use Fly lady back in early 2000s. Finally Loving Yourself. It worked for my young family att. This is still one thing I learned that I still do: always keep ur kitchen sink clean, empty & shiny. It can make world of difference if your overwhelmed by very messy kitchen.
After seeing you do different methods of cleaning, I noticed many similarities you could carry over to make your own cleaning system that works for you.
This video is actually a great resource. Humor is just a bonus 👍🏻
Hmmm, you make this sound doable. My problem is getting stuck in detailed cleaning and never getting to move to the next item on the list. Love @11:38 and Its amazing what you can learn from Blippi! 🤠
You were born in 1994, that's the year I graduated 😊 this is my second video with you, and I adore you. Thank you for the help!
BAHAHAHAHAHA I have been a FlyBaby since the late 90s, never really left the baby stage but it has saved our @$$!~$ when we had 4 kids under 6. We upped laundry to 2 loads per day and installed an extra set of washers and dryers for real luxury living .also laundry folding time was the only time anyone left me alone so I learned to cherish it :) hahah.. I used it as prayer time or later netflix.
I appreciate this video so much. Fly lady's website is ironically so cluttered 😅
It’s so funny I already did all these things without even knowing the fly lady routine! I even wear shoes which I realized make me feel more productive!
I've been trying this this week. I really like that she includes breakfast, getting completely dressed, exercise and drinking water into her routine. These are things I am trying to incorporate and so it helps to just have it as part of the routine already. Because she does not talk about dishes, quick tidies, or putting the kitchen to bed, I added a quick tidy to the morning and evening routines. I also changed "shine your sink" to "put kitchen to bed." Other than that I really like the system!
I really enjoyed this video! I actually have "Sink Reflections" that the Fly Lady wrote, but I never finished it because I got stuck on the sink thing. I'm so glad I found your video because now I have a better idea of what her cleaning routine is like. Also, it's amazing how much I have learned from Blippi lol.
You are hilarious! Thanks for making these videos!! I remember the first time I learned about FlyLady.. you would've been just a kid lol. I learned lots of things from that cluttered website and her emails, such as baby steps, Your home didn't get dirty in one day, and it won't get clean in a day, "hot spots" and 27 fling boogie, just to name a few. I can't say that I've really ever been successful at doing the FlyLady system, but she got me going in the right direction.
NOTES ON THE VID// CHECKLIST
feel free to comment missing parts or things that I got wrong :)
Daily tasks
Daily focus
Zone cleaning
---Morning routine---
🔘 Make the bed
🔘 Get yourself ready
🔘 Wipe down “swish” places- bathroom sink & toilet
🔘 Empty dish washer
🔘 Do a load of laundry
🔘 Check your calendar
--Afternoon routine--
🔘What’s for dinner?
🔘 Drink your water
🔘 15 min of exercise
🔘 15 min zone cleaning *
🔘 Fold and put away laundry
--Evening routine--
🔘 do the dishes and clean sink
🔘 Clean the hot spot
🔘 Put everything you need for next day in accessible place
🔘 Shower,
🔘 Clean the shower
🔘 Get clothes ready for next day
* detailed cleaning - set a timer for 15 mins and clean specific area
--Weekly routine--
MONDAY
- Bless our home, 7 cleaning tasks no more than an hour of cleaning. 10 mins each
🔘 take off the sheets and throw in the wash
🔘 dusting everywhere
🔘 Vaccum
🔘 Empty Garbage
🔘 Purge Magazines // Paper clutter
🔘 Mop the floors
🔘 Make your bed
TUESDAY
- schedule play dates, appointments and so on so on. PLANNING
Eg.
🔘 Meal Plan
🔘 Pay Bills
WEDNESDAY
-no procrastination day
🔘 Finish tasks that you have procrastinated.
🔘 Example: Clean our fridge
THURSDAY
🔘 Errands Days eg. Bank trips
FRIDAY
🔘 Clean our your car
🔘 Clean out your purses
SATURDAY
- Family fun day
SUNDAY
- You Day, take that day for yourself. Practise self care.
Thanks - this is very helpful 😊I was so enjoying watching, I failed to take notes….🥹
Love your humorous attitude about cleaning!
I love the FlyLady routine . I didn’t understand a lot but you fixed that ! Thank you dear . Btw I didn’t understand some of her routine , what I did understand has changed my life . Thank you . I have a room that’s used as a dumping groun during renovations . Can you help with a declutter routine or recommend one. I be subscribed . Thanks
I've watched a bunch of your videos over the past few weeks, and I think I am going to give Fly Lady a try! One of my customizations will be skipping the make your bed step - after decades of feeling kind of bad that I almost never make my bed, I realized...I don't actually care that much if my bed is made😂 There are plenty of other tasks that make a big difference in how my home feels to me, but that just isn't one of them. I think the most helpful thing about this system for me would be pushing past my perfectionism. Often I don't even start something because I know I don't have the time/energy/motivation to do it perfectly.
I "wake up" my home every morning by opening the curtains. My hubby puts the house to bed by closing the curtains. Lol
I am a mom of an autistic son dho has adhd too and i have a husband who does NOTHING except for cluttering everywhere he is. Myself i am ill too and my house looks like sh*t. Thats why i binge ur videos to see how u organize and clean everything. And i use ur videos to motivate myselfw even if i am in pain. But imagine i already deep cleaned my dining table which was a hot spot too. Thank u so much!
Loved the zone cleaning explanation 🤩and decluttering before cleaning is a thing right? I had always tried to organize while cleaning - never worked that well lol 😂
Yup lol can't clean clutter!
Your channel has brightened my life..you should keep up your unique clean humor
I tried her system but got completely annoyed by the email overload. It was 5+ daily and when she start talking about an exorcism for her friend’s home I was like ok, enough. I signed up for cleaning advice, not how to exorcise demons. Lol. That’s been several years ago, maybe she’s toned it down now but my inbox was constantly full.
I use the app. That's probably new.
I think you only get one of those per day that way, and if there's more, who cares. It's just in the app and it's not going to blow up your mailbox.
I really can't sit through her podcasts and stuff, at least most of them, because she goes super heavy on the Jesus stuff.
I mean we've all heard cleanliness is next to godliness but I don't think that really means we need a sermon with our cleaning advice.
It was purple puddles for me. Purple puddles everywhere
I use the Slob Sisters, which is where Flylady got her system. Save your lives with 3 x 5s.
I really like how there is a time limit. I would like to try the flylady system. Thanks for giving a step by step tutorial of how it is done. Your videos are really funny and enjoyable!
Well done! Such a clear, concise and fun way of explaining this. Enjoyed your video, thank you 😊
Hey, you're welcome! Thanks for watching 😁
I love the Flylady system. It saved me from my perfectionism! Thank you, Carla!
I have never heard about this app. Just going to start it. Cause us moms needs a routine especially for cleaning with round our family/children’s schedule and our own sanity 😂. Awesome video !! Thank you for sharing. I love your jokes don’t stop 😂
Thanks friend! I will never stop the jokes 🤓 the app is called flylady Plus if you want to download it!
I can't wait to try this. I have four kids and a not so clean husband. I think I've gotten depressed. I feel like I can't do it and I'm always tired. This video gives me hope.
I think I might try this one! I like that she has the stuff built in for fitness and mental health.
I had her app years ago but it was very difficult to understand and super clunky
Her app is much easier to follow now! She must have updated it. I wish she would update her website though lol
Looking at a paper magazine and physically turning pages can be more relaxing that looking at a lit screen. Plus, magazines still work when Comcast is down.
Good points! Ariel did make me feel a little old there but it just made me laugh.
Great video! One thing I struggle with is sharing all those tasks: I don't want to be the only one cleaning up the house but Flylady's program seems to be very focused on one person doing everything. Any idea how to share the tasks with my spouse? We've mostly been doing things together but I feel like sometimes we could each be doing a separate task...
I guess you could assign half the tasks to your spouse! Maybe you could be in charge of the swish and swipe in the upstairs bathroom, he could be in charge of the downstairs. Maybe make a rule like whoever gets out of bed first makes the bed. You guys could even split the weekly home blessing down the middle and only have 30 minutes of cleaning each! You could zone clean the upstairs rooms, he could zone clean the downstairs rooms. Or if you don't have a two-story house then split up the rooms where you see fit. I'd say that's the best way to do it!
If you go deeper inter her program or the book she based it on (sorry don't remember the name) she explains on how to get kids to help. I just assign my kids the jobs she gives you to the kids but mine are a little older. dana from the secret slob has her littles help I believe you should check out her channel, she simplifies the fly lady a lot!