FLYing through March
Are you all exhausted after the 280 Challenge? Do you have ANYTHING left unlisted in your house? Or are you burnt out on listing and looking to tackle a new project? If so, I believe Rebecca has just the challenge for you.
She posted on the forums about joining the Fly Lady program, and has invited our members to participate as well. I plan to do it this month, since I signed up last month but was too busy listing to clean anything!
This could be you!
If you’d like to play along, your goal today is simple – shine your sink. Get it positively sparkly and glowing, right down to every crack and crevice. Bust out the bleach and a toothbrush and leave no crook or cranny untouched – by the time you’re done it should be glistening.
That’s it!
The idea is that one small change leads to other small changes, and they are easy to work into your routine.
I believe the same can be said for our eBay businesses. Sometimes making one small change (like tackling Mt. Unlisted) can motivate you to make other changes as well. In a previous post I wrote about my inventory storage system. Once I bought these new bins, I was thrilled. Ridiculously, embarrassingly thrilled. The kind of thrilled that made me throw open my closet doors and stand back admiring my beautiful new bins for hours minutes at a time. More than once a day. And my closet looked so good that I wanted to make something else look good, too, so I tackled my desk. And my sewing room.
And now I need to do them all over again, but we won’t talk about that.
The point is, you can change. You can change how you run your business, how you care for your house, how you care for yourself. If you are active in our forums you’ve already seen that HCTS helps you in all of those ways (and more!), both personal and professional. And if you aren’t active in the forums or are not yet a member, then don’t wait any longer.
Now is the perfect time to join us. We’ll FLY through March together!
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I aint gonna be wearing no shoes in my own house (I dont wear a BRA either, though Im not sure thats part of her advice!)
My sister gave me 2 books on de-cluttering/keeping organized for Christmas one year. You all can guess what I did with THOSE!
Yep! Sold them on ebay!
I did join flylady at one point YEARS ago. Lots of good stuff, but TOO MUCH for someone like me. Part of success is knowing your limits, right?
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Oh, Cindy! TMI!!
You always make me laugh.
GREAT POST Heather!! Dh and I took measurements yesterday, he is planning on making me a wall of storage, and I will double my existing ebay space. I can’t wait to pick my pretty bins!!
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Wish I would have saw this earlier today…I’m thinking that I am ready to hang out on the couch a little while tonight. The sinks will have to wait until tomorrow.
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Yeah. I tried in January and it was a little overwhelming for me too. I am willing to give it another shot but not sure I can do it. I will try though.
Maybe I need to get my daughters involved and they can help. They sure are old enough and maybe they will think it is fun.
My sink is already clean tonight. Good thing! Ok.. Maybe I did not shine it but at least it is clean and dishes free.
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You know… I think I DID learn a lot of good things from the time I was enrolled in Flylady.
I did add shelving in some great spots, which I still use!
Of course, Im also a CHEAP lady… so I dont buy bins, I already HAVE boxes – so I accomplish two things at once… getting rid of boxes that are hanging around here, AND, getting my stuff stored better!
The household chores is where she is far too much for me. I just dont feel the need to be SO “efficient”. This is my home, not my job
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