Ideas Gleaned

Flylady has some great ideas.  Cleaning zones, better organization....the list of things that are good about the site is actually long.  However, I fell apart at the routines.  They are too strict for me!  Plus, as my sister in law pointed out - I don't wanna wear lace up shoes when I'm at home! That's my barefoot time!

One of my favorite ideas from Flylady, though, is the idea that "Everything you do to clean your home is a blessing."  No matter how small the effort is, how incomplete I think the job is, the fact that I put effort into it today is a blessing was a radical idea to me.  I don't have to clean an entire house at once???  I don't even have to get one room completely clean at once?  I can do the dishes but not wipe down the counters?  I can scrub the toilet but not clean the whole bathroom? 

Every small thing you do to organize or clean your house blesses your home.

When I first started getting myself together and cleaning regularly, I didn't always have the motivation to get started.  When I reminded myself that I'd be blessing my home and family by doing just a little, it was easier to get up and get it done.  I'd found some of my motivation.  It was incomplete still, but I had something to get me started each day.