The kids went to school! Happiness reigns.

the whole "get dressed every day" thing since I figure it's aimed more at people who don't work outside the home

I can see that -- if I don't have a bra on, I still feel like I'm in my pajamas. But I don't wear shoes around the house, ever. I take my shoes off at other people's houses.

But I totally agree that wearing shoes inside is a bad idea - if the goal is a cleaner home, leaving shoes outside goes a LONG way to not tracking dirt inside.

Agreed!

Though I should have Grace in lace up shoes with her brace all the time. But I usually don't, at least in the house.

Does she encourage that? I kind of skim past the whole "get dressed every day" thing since I figure it's aimed more at people who don't work outside the home. I mean, getting dressed every day is something I have to do no matter how clean & organized my house is.

Well, her whole first week is primarily the shoes thing and the sink. And I don't have a metal sink either, so the "shine" element is sort of moot.

Admittedly, I just looked at the first week, so her assumptions (everyone has a double sink, that's made of metal, shoes/makeup) sort of put me off. But I have been really lazy at home of late and I'm trying to get back on the true path, so I will check out the rest.

Yeah, I've decided to just kind of ignore what I don't like. I realize you're supposed to buy into the whole system and everything, but I'm past needing that in my life. I figure I'll use what works for me and ignore what doesn't.

I'm in the idealistic stage of fall where I believe I'm establishing all these great new habits and my life is going to be so awesome. It's traditional. It gives me enough time to fail, so that I can make new years resolutions to do better.

But along those lines, today I used Electric Sleep to wake me up at 7:30, even though I don't work this week! AND then I cooked breakfast for me and the SO. AND THEN I went out and did my workout before Noom could tell me to. So there! I showed it!

So now I'm getting my coffee and sitting down at the computer about the same time, but with ALL THE ACHIEVEMENTS.

I'm sure it will be this easy every single day all year, particularly when I have to get up at 5:30 to drive two hours to work after being up at 1:00 doing facebook chat with distraught students. In the middle of the winter. Uphill. It'll all be just fine.

I'm in the idealistic stage of fall where I believe I'm establishing all these great new habits and my life is going to be so awesome

Oh! Me too! Double this year because I've got a kid (gulp) entering public school. So "back to school" season actually means something other than the annual Staples-shopping-binge.

(Best organization tip I've ever recieved but have a really hard time following is to get your stuff organized BEFORE you buy anything new to help you get organized. Shopping for organization stuff gives a totally false sense of accomplishment.)

if the goal is a cleaner home, leaving shoes outside goes a LONG way to not tracking dirt inside.

I have inside shoes and outside shoes.

I have inside shoes and outside shoes.

Me too. Right now I'm wearing a pair of brown boiled-wool slippers with magenta and cream embroidery and beading, and very insubstantial soles. They are so comfy!

Funny that I like beading and embellishments on my shoes, but not on my clothing.

(Loves Liese to pieces).

I follow the adage of an (very) old Kevin Costner movie (from back when I liked him, Hec), American Flyers. "When you get it up, keep it up."

As long as I police clutter on a daily basis, things stay manageable. It's when I let it slide a day or two and turn around and the dining room table or the breakfast bar is a mountain of junk mail, electrical parts, nail polish and random unclassified flotsam.

I had to reheat my dinner the other night because cleaning up the pots, the stove, the counters, backsplash and sink after cooking took longer than expected. We usually do cleanup before we sit to eat--then it's ridiculous not to wash two plates, cups, forks, wipe down the table and sweep underneath it. Wash as you go (we have no dishwasher) is a simple rule, but it doesn't allow accumulation which attracts more of the same. It takes some dedication to get used to it, but once the practice is in place, it's self-perpetuating with little effort.

I can barely keep my shoes on at work, never at home.