In the new redesign Fly Lady goes into more detail about shining the sink and wearing shoes.
The basics were - she had a work from home job where she had to get fully dressed, evidently people you talk to on the phone can hear if you are "profesional" and fully dressed vs just in your pjs.
Also it's harder to kick your feet up and it makes you "ready for anything".
Plus she wore shoes all the time 2 summers ago and it totally helped her feet.
She even says to get lace up shoes to wear only inside if you don't normally wear shoes inside because of mud and dirt.
I'm modifying the wearing lace up shoes to be changing clothes completely from pajamas.
I can't do the shoes, doesn't matter how comfy they are, I feel like I can't breathe, but I do feel weird when I stay in pjs all day, and feel even better if I put on a favorite shirt. Today my shirt is kinda smock like, in celery green, with little buttons on the front and a little pocket on each side. It makes me happy. I also am good at ignoring things that are good for me. AND at getting pissy and spending when I can't. I am teppy AND smonster. Woo!
it's like wearing a bra for a phone interview, like Erin said.
Which I totally did! And I was even dressed in more than a T-shirt. Go, me.
Glad the saying it out loud made a difference, smonster, and I hope things continue on an upward trend. Sorry about StW. That's no fun.
I have found that I can't really start working until I change out of my gown, although my spiffy "work" uniform is sweat pants and an old t-shirt.
AND at getting pissy and spending when I can't.
Good gravy, yes. I'm better about it lately, but, yeah.
I certainly don't put on shoes every day, and I have a "working at home" uniform of leggings, bloomers, and t-shirts, so I don't spend all day in pjs. But I need to be better about putting on a little bit of makeup each day, because I know the act of putting on eyeliner makes me clearer-headed.
Okay, so I went over and joined Fly Lady. I had heard of it from a friend a while ago and just didn't get it. So I'm going to try it and see. (I really need something to help me build a good chores routine.)
I need some structure and help getting my house organized and then keep it at a decent level. I'm tired of wasting so much time and energy thinking about how it's not acceptable and I hate it and blah blah blah.
I do have clothes that are some times lounge clothes and sometimes pjs. I think I'm going to try and make a clear distinction between which are which so I do feel like I'm getting dressed. Even if it is just changing into yoga pants and a sweatshirt.
The dog really helps with the whole putting on clothes thing. Well, not literally.
I'm definitely not at the point where I'm following FlyLady's schedule for newbies (I don't think I am, at least; I read through it once and then just thought about what my goals are and what I can handle).
I just started with the dang washing the dishes every night thing (although I still don't do them *every* night -- probably 5 or 6 nights a week, though), and I stuck with that for a couple weeks. Then I started adding a quick wipedown of the bathroom mirror/sink/toilet every 2-3 days, depending on how it looks. I've been doing that for about 10 days.
And just this week I started making the bed before I leave for work. Maybe next week I'll add something else in.
I don't do the daily zone chore dealies yet, although I read the e-mails and think about it.
I already was doing some stuff, like getting my clothes ready the night before, so I don't really "count" that as part of a routine, although I guess I could. But it's not something new that I started as a result of FlyLady.
