It is all pretty.

We are also twins in the unnecessary dread of the post office. I have put off sending packages for ages, and then POOF! Finally take care of it and I realize how simple that was. I am trying to get better about doing things sooner rather than later.

Well, the flylady gives me the hebiejebies because of the cheerful tone - however the concept of schedules,plans, and even rules ( did you ever wonder how I got to the library ) appeals to me. And I do not want to become my folks where every Saturday was clean the house day. However -- there are a whole bunch of things that make sense. And I am going to start this as we pull everything out of the bedroom to redo it - which causes chaos. But the idea is that I can create an area of control...

I think the reason I signed up is because she said - this is my routine, you need to create yours.

I will not be doing the dishes every night, because somethings are more important than the dishes. However, I know I like to wake up to a clean sink

Woo, chatty Bitches tonight!

But my couch holds me and tells me to forget about those damn floors. My couch will love me forever! Screw you, floors!

I love you, Nora.

I hate the post office, too! And it's never that bad! I don't know why.

My super awesome wise friend who can always put relationship shit in perspective for me has done so again. eta her email included this sentence, which is ringing in my ears like a bell: "You can't give up on every good thing just because it doesn't go at the pace you want." I just sent StW a short and calm email clarifying some things. We'll see what I get back. I also pulled out a Thich Nhat Hanh book and started reading it, that was good. Need moar mindfulness.

Time to see if I can get my back to unkink so I can get back to sleep.

Migraine-induced insomnia (augmented by the meds, which have caffeine in them -- UNFAIR). God DAMN, it is 4:25 a.m.

Looks like a half-day tomorrow. Heavier drugs and hot compress, here I come.

I've been using the FlyLady stuff that makes sense for me, and ignoring the rest, as well as rolling my eyes at the perkiness. But it's really helpful to me to have things broken down into steps and small tasks. Like, today's task is to pick up all the jackets and shoes and stuff that collect by the front door and put them where they belong. Which I know needs to be done, but so do a million other things, and I would have gotten bogged down in trying to decide which thing to do first and ended up doing nothing.

Me, too. My main solution has been to put dishes away whenever I'm microwaving something. Of course, that's during the brief periods when the dishwasher is working.

That's exactly what I do. When I microwave or am making coffee I load and unload or clear crap off the counter. It helps things not get too far out of hand.

So I decided to sign up for flylady e-mails last night just to see if it would be helpful to me, and since then I have gotten 7 emails from the website. Is this a normal day with flylady or is this just a lot of introductory stuff all at once? Because honestly, I find 7 e-mails in 24 hours from the same website more annoying than helpful.

sj, that's one of the reason I unsubbed, besides the too fucking cheerful about cleaning -- too many damn emails.

If you switch to digest, is it better?

yes, switch it to digest. I did that and I think I get an email a week.

However, in direct opposition to flylady style: I do not read the email messages.