What happens to us is that when we get overwhelmed our brains keep trying to play catch up and in the process, this brain frenzy short circuits our actions. Now don’t get me wrong we are working like...
I have been brainstorming on how to help you enjoy using your calendar. I have put together a list of 11 Tips to make your calendar work for you! 1. Color Code your calendar. Use a high lighter for ...
This past week I joined many members from our community to kick off the fundraising for our new Animal Shelter. While I was a County Commissioner several years ago it had been on our priority list, a...
Do you feel like you never get finished with the laundry? Is there evidence of the laundry process all over your home? Are there soured towels in the washing machine because you forgot about them? Do...
No More Parents Left Behind by The FlyLady Marla Cilley This time of year everyone is writing articles on how to get the children ready to go back to school. I know this is an important topic for you...
Slow down you move too fast. We are all in such a hurry these days that we don’t take time to stop and smell the roses. We hear ourselves say “I don’t have time” yet we waste ...
The storm is a brewing and it is not in the Caribbean; it is in your head. That storm has caused our thoughts to blow wildly in every direction and they become a vicious cycle that plays havoc with o...
In 2001 we built our first website. We just needed a place to put some of our basic FlyLady System essays. Kelly and I never set out to have a website or to mentor almost a million people. We just wa...
Do you remember those family pot-luck get-togethers we used to have when we were little? Our aunts would cook their traditional family favorites. Our uncles would grill something to go along with all...
I am so excited to tell you about my trip to the great Northwest. Just sit back and visualize 18,000 yellow rubber ducks in a row and one purple one. The row of ducks was over a mile long through a p...
From the beginning of FlyLady, I have always insisted on our main rule: No Whining Allowed!! I don’t believe that I have ever told you the reasons behind this FLY-Decree! We have all caught our...
All around us there are things we miss because we are running around and do not take the time to stop and smell the roses. We live in such a frantic paced world! The world is not frantic; we are! We ...
When we least expect it, perfectionism reaches out and knocks us in the head. It keeps us from following our hearts desire and stops us dead in our tracks. Perfectionism triggers procrastination. Thi...
What is it about out busy lives that cause us to spout angry words like a geyser? At the drop of a hat we can spew nastiness all over our loved ones, friends and even total strangers. I have heard ev...
My grandmother taught me that if you couldn’t say anything nice then say nothing at all. That is such a wonderful adage to live by. I first wrote to love by and that is probably the best way to live....
Young@Heart by Pam Young I was deeply touched by Marla and Leanne’s courage to be honest with us about the issue of their body clutter. It’s embarrassing to admit to being in denial on a subject as ...
Dear Friends, I am following Kelly’s example of quitting smoking for my Body Clutter Journey. I have set a reward for myself; it is a windmill. It is not something I would buy for me because they are...
Dear Friends, Body Clutter, like any kind of clutter, demands constant vigilance. Anything less and before you know it, the clutter creeps back in and you find yourself with a great big mess to tackl...
This past weekend Leanne Ely and I had a “Girls Weekend”! We had a great time reminiscing about our decade of friendship. We have been on quite a journey! Those life experiences have had many up and ...
Did you ever sit and wonder how your life would be if you had only made a different decision? One time I was queuing up an email to go out at a later date. By accident I put yesterday’s date in the b...
I started getting organized in 1999 with two ideas in my head. The first one was to establish one habit at a time. The second was the most important and it was to be nice to me. These two ideas have ...
Every time we turn around we are slammed in our face with the fact that our economy is in a recession. What we think about we bring about. I am not about to allow some talking head to tell me how I ...
Everyone is feeling the pinch of the rising fuel prices. Did you know that when you are FLYing you are saving money? I want to discuss some of these money saving habits we can help you establish. Dec...
Are you always at full throttle? I know that I lived this way for many years. The main reason I was always rushing was that I felt like I was behind and playing catch up. This was a vicious cycle th...
Many of you are habitually late! This is a common trait for most of us. Our husbands hate it too. Believe it or not this has to do with our martyred attitude. Tardiness is a passive-aggressive behavi...
Every year I am asked to do interviews about Spring Cleaning. The reporters are always shocked to find out that I have a chapter in my book Sink Reflections called, You Never Have to Spring Clean Aga...
We all get in an uproar about Valentine’s Day. All any of us want is to feel loved! We don’t have to wait for someone to love us, we can start today by taking a little time to pamper ourselves....
We all have a scared little kid living inside of us. We like to think of ourselves as being all grown up; after all our age and our bodies are matured. Somewhere along the way we have felt like we we...
Have you been wearing your heart on your sleeve? Do you perceive that you have been wronged in some way by others? Are you wearing all the wrongs like a cloak of armor? Have these wrongs been the fou...
Every day we all waste time searching for something and trying to make decisions. The funny thing is that the reason we are searching for an item is because we put off making a decision in the first ...
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