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Welcome back and are you ready to declutter?
This is episode 8 in my FlyLady series in which I go over and explain everything you need to know about Zone Cleaning! Enjoy and get cleaning!
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I loved this series, thanks for doing it. I did understand one part of the book differently than you....she said to only spend 15 mins a day in each zone. So you won’t get to EVERY task on the list sometimes. But the next time that zone comes around you start where you left off. Eventually after a few cycles you will have completed everything.
You are a teacher! I love how you showed the calendar lists, that's what really confused me, I didn't know how to plan! I am really going to try this, I work stupid hours and am tired so I need a plan. I leave my house at 3:30a.m. and get home around 2p.m. and look around at my house and don't know where to start as I have no time in the morning. I need to have lists to show me what to do! Thank you so much for putting it so simple..............Mary
When I tried FlyLady before I tried to do every task on the detail cleaning list and I got overwhelmed and stopped, this time I am spending 15 mins a day on zones and then I am done and for me that is good enough. Like you said it is more than I am doing now and the routines and weekly home blessing are keeping my home looking pretty good, dishwasher is always empty and laundry always done. For me I have to let go of the perfectionism to make it work. Thanks for your videos Sophia, looking forward to seeing your zone cleaning.
The first month on the FL system is no fun! It is not about the house but the change of mentality. But then the rewards are immense.... Take care of yourself, dear friend!
Sophia, I am widowed, an empty nester, and retired. My house is uncluttered. This system works beautifully for me. But at one time I had a husband, a job, four children, three dogs, hamsters, an aquarium and... oh my goodness how did I stay sane? I think the Fly Lady system works for everyone!
I am hooked on your fly lady videos! I love all your videos...but these ones especially.
Sophia, you are ahead of time with your chores! Did that ever happen before? Congratulations! This is very inspiring.
Would love to see video showing what you did in a zone that week! (Squeaks with excitement)! 👏🏻👏🏻
Love the explanation. It's a great system even if you're systematic and organized. I was stressing a lot before while having everything clean. Now, I'm timing myself and enjoying it more. Thanks for sharing. Blessings
ps. My house is large. 5/3 and 3,600 square feet. Also, 1/2 an acre lot. This system works!
Thank You for clarifying and simplifying Zone Cleaning!!! Your hair looks so nice!!!
Loving the Flylady book. Going to work on my Control Journal tomorrow. I have a garage and a 5ft crawl space to fit into a zone. I'm determined to get rid of stuff and keep this house in order!!!
Gosh, you only need to clean the pet dishes once a month. Think the Flylady needs to relook at her lists, as I'm sure all us pet owners wash their dishes more often than that. Great video Sophia I am going to follow this zone routine but it's going to need to be adjusted to suit my small English home. Also need to add in the shed as I tend to use mine as a dumping area.
Sofia, you have been doing very good at staying with the program. I haven't been able to stay with it as good as you, but I have been maintaining a clean house. When I was in my teens, & twenty and early thirty's I kept my house very clean. I was a clean freak. Then I had kids and the kids took over the house. lol Now I'm trying to get my Grove back. Have been doing pretty good. I am proud to see you sticking with it. Live your videos. tfs
Thanks for explaining the way the zones stay on the same week no matter how many days are in that week that particular month. Loving this series.
Sophia you are simply fantastic! Thank you, you explained it perfectly. Can't wait to get started in my zones. Still decluttering here. Uggggg, but it is sooooo liberating. . You are such an inspiration. 🤗
Love these videos. Just wanted to add to not kick yourself if you cannot do all items in the zone. (Ask me how I know, lol.) Remember that anything is better than what you were doing before!
Really enjoying these videos i have known about zone cleaning for a while but you have explained it so well to make it feel manageable for me
Thanks, Sophia. I love doing FlyLady with you. It is really helping me.
Thanks Sophia you make me love flylady and my house is looking the way I all ways dream to and thanks for explain everything so good 😊!!
You are amazing!!!
This is the most brilliant, thorough and easy to follow explanation I’ve ever seen! Thank you! I understand it so much better finally.
Love the Flylady. It is how I found you ! Thank you for passing on zone cleaning and the entire system. It completely changed my life. You will change others with your simple explanations and examples.
Awesome job Sophia!!! I am new to flylady and are starting zones tomorrow for the first time. im actually excited about cleaning!!! TYFS
Perfect explanation. Getting out my calendar right now. Thank you so much!
Hi Sophia. I love this! I havent started yet. But i need too. When you discribed the crazy 3 days before visitors I had to laugh because that is me! Thank you for your time and showing me the way to a clean house xxxx
Hi Sophia, you are looking so very pretty today, and that jumper looks great on you! Thanks for re-inforcing in me the zones, although I am still deep into decluttering...so not there yet. One thing though Sophia, I think you may be putting on too much...I may be wrong, but I seem to recall that flylady suggests - then of course we all tweak it for our own life - to do less, just a little every day (or a little more only on some days if different schedule) in the zones, without having to do it all - BOING BOING PERFECTIONISM ALERT!! :-)) - and if you get to the end of the week and did not cover the whole list, it gets rescheduled to the next month. This can happen when there are only a few days for that zone/ when you have many rooms that go under a certain area category/ when you just can't make it happen. So the detailed cleaning is supposedly done in the month, but it can slip to the next month for certain items on the list, it still gets done way more than normal in this way. Great job! looking forward to your videos! Take care of yourself too!!
I would do half the chores for the zone and then wait the next month and do the rest. zone 2 month 1: cabinets, fridge, wood trimmings, drawers, under sink. Zone 2 month 2: oven, stove, Windows, cupboards, pantry, and floors. Just a suggestion. I am a stay at home mom and I don't do all the chores each week. I split them up. the only things I do consistently is cobwebs, vacuum, dust, and mop. the other tasks are special and don't need to be done each week. I do hope you figure out what works for you. I was like you in the beginning. I did everything and then figured out that some things just didn't need to be done each month. it might help to do the flylady Rebecca's missions too. Each week she posts 5 missions. I do all that apply to me and most of the time that takes care of 2/4 of my chores.
Another great video so well done! I love having a jumping off point to get started.
This series is great! I've heard of FlyLady but thank you for taking us along on your journey, you are an excellent teacher! I usually do the marathon cleaning every weekend but starting next month I'll have a toddler and a newborn so I'm thinking I need a new cleaning routine. 😳Thanks for all these videos!
Great information Sophia, thank you for breaking it down. I started about 2 weeks behind so I plan on kicking off zone cleaning in June. You are so organized and you are looking great! I can tell you've lost more weight.
You Can Do It, Sophia!!
This seems very organized and easy.
Thank you! For a year I let my craft room go. Yesterday I tackled it in small sessions taking breaks in between just like Flylady suggests. You are an inspiration indeed because you keep it real. I love your sweet family.
You are a superb teacher Sophia, and so inspiring. Thank you!
Thankyou for making these videos for us.I really like your Idea of a planner in your control journal .I will add a planner in my control journal too.
Brilliant!! Thanks Sophia!! I've watched your channel for eons and have tried to 'fly' in the past.. today was the first time I've ever actually understood the zone system lol :D
Well done!! Thank you for your thorough and easy to understand videos.
thank you for explaining the zones I just started the fly lady. This is the first time l have heard of the fly lady. And I was lost, but since you explained it .step by step. I can do this. Thank you . I well follow you.
Explained very well Sophia and you are very motivating!! Thank you.
you look awesome and I am so happy that you are completing this series for all of us
Thank you so much for explaining this system so well. I've tried to follow her system before but didn't really understand thanks again. Hello,to the family!!
thanks a LOT Sophie! i just ❤ this zones plans! gonna share with all i know! , thanks again for your time on making this videos!😘😍
You explain everything so well ! I have so much decluttering and I am disabled but I will get there . I am binge watching your videos ! I love them !
You are just amazingly motivational! Thanks for such great content.
I will start my zones tomorrow :)
I do have a bit of decluttering to do still but I know I will easily get that done during the next few weeks so I feel confident in starting my zones.
Flylady says no zone cleaning until the de-cluttering process is done. Do 15 minutes a day in the zone of the week. :-) I jumped ahead (many times trying the Flylady system) and the it did not work and I gave up. Just take baby steps.
Thank you so much for your comment and your concern Jane and I know I might be cheating the system a bit here but I really only have 2-3 15 minute sessions (if even that) of decluttering left in some zones so I really do feel like I can start with the zone cleaning now.
lagrima308 me too. good luck to us both and all of you beginners 💗
Thank you for the way you explain everything. I've been working on the decluttering. Have a long ways to go but feeling great about how far I've come. I didn't think I'd need the zone part but after watching this video I know that I do. And you make it all seem so simple. Think I'll go now and check out the zone lists so I can get a journal started. Thanks again.
Thank you! Always look forward to your videos. I will be decluttering a while longer, but look forward to zones at some point in the future :).
Love your explanation and how to details. Very easy to follow and understand 😀👍👍
Best explanation ever of this system!! Thank you, Sophia !
Can't wait to zone clean with you!
"I am going to be successful..." ! That's the attitude.
I have always Loved your videos, your explaining of the fly Lady system is great, I wasnt too sure of the zone cleaning, but I get it now so thank you! I am going to use a Calendar like you have shown, you make it look so simple, can't wait to start, your looking good, you have a glow again! Hugs from UK.
Thanks for sharing. I’m new to learning about the FlyLady but my perception of zone cleaning was 15 minutes per day over the course of the week and what dosnt get done on your list gets done the next time your back cleaning that zone.
Nonetheless, love your videos.
Yes, I think you're right. Everything doesn't have to be done every week....you just do what you can during your allotted time, check it off the list and whatever is left gets done the next time you are in that zone.
well done you i need to prepare as i have just moved house but i think i will create the zones tonight to start in May tomorrow
Thank you so much Sophie, your an inspiration! Love your channel💗
love your videos and as always thank you for sharing. i like the idea of zone cleaning and even if you cant give it your all one week and you just make small effort you know that zone will be back next month ;)
Great video! Perfect explanation! Thank you!
I really liked how you explained this. :)
Very nice job,thanks for explaining. I think that the cleaning list is there so that you know what you have to do,but you are not supposed to do all of it every month. I was under the impression that you work on the zones 1 or 2 days of the week, 15 or more minutes at a time,and then you continue working in that zone next month. So that you dont get overwhelmed and also so that you dont clean all the time. I may be totally wrong though.
you can do the whole thing or you can trunk it down if you fear you will be overwhelmed. I think I am explaining that in an upcoming video.
Thank you Sophia!
Loving this series!
Sophia, can't you add additional zones instead of trying to pack everything into just 5 weeks. Especially for someone with a large home like yours. You have 4 floors including basement, plus yard and garage. I think if you try to put too much into each zone then you (generic you) will become overwhelmed and then you're back to square one. Thoughts?
I think the trick is that you don't do everything to perfection. Especially with such a large house and active family.
I am on day 6 of fly baby steps. Sophia I am confused about doing the zones at this point. Aren't we just adding a task per day? I don't know, but along with your videos I am watching Flylady Diane in Denmark. You are further ahead then me. Thanks. Great video and ideas :)
Karlie Patterson you need to watch the series from the begining. we have been doing this for over 21 days now and went through all the babysteps and decluttering already.
Thx
love it!! I am still with you!
I already get overwhelmed reading the detailed cleaning lists....
Show me how to make a bed look nice....I work in a care home....always in trouble for my bed making.....Ann Stockport
ANNSHEARD i have a video for that. search how to male a bed like a hotel bed
You got it girl! 👍🏾
I love these videos. Thank you so much.
Thank you for this video it's a very good explanation. The only question I have is how long do you set your timer when doing your detailed list?
Such a great series Sophia and I'm loving it, thank you x Only thing is, the pet dishes, you clean them once or twice a week? Is that when they're washed thoroughly in dishwasher but usually washed in sink each day? We only have one furbaby, our much loved dog Jade but her dishes are washed each day. I'd no sooner re-fill her dish with her dinner without washing it than I would serve our dinner on same dishes we used day before without washing them. I'm so not complaining or "having a go" at you, you mean too much to me for that, I adore your channel and it really makes my day to see that you've uploaded a new video. Just trying to understand is all. Am I being odd? I admit I have a touch of selective ocd when it comes to all things germy & bacteria -y
I had such a good de-cluttering week last week, not big things like furniture but I have been going through drawers and cupboards and my donate bags keep filling, I owe all of that to you. You're an inspiration Sophia, thank you for helping me to stay motivated and for always making me smile. Sending heaps of hugs from bonnie Scotland x
I don t wash their dish every day. they take too much room in the dishwasher. I would say maybe every two to three days. I don't like doing them by hand because of all the slime
Rosies Cottage Don't forget that animals eat raw food, carrion, offal, and other nasties....and they clean themselves with their tongues. So they are far more tolerant of bacteria than we are. (Which is why is always a good idea to wash your hands after handling any animal, even those you love with all your heart. 💕)
Having said that I wouldn't deliberately give them food in an obviously dirty dish, but there is no need to disinfect their dishes every day.
Thank you Sophia for taking time to reply. We don't have a dishwasher so everything done by hand here, although Hubby helps bless him. Our furbaby Jade has dry food, the Vet's Kitchen one, so it's like little crunchy pieces, so all it leaves in her bowl is a sort of dust sometimes, like from cereal? I think you're right, maybe I am being a bit paranoid but I get so worried she'll get ill since I lost one of my furbabies to cancer. Thank you for your help and for replying, sending hugs from a very rainy Scotland xx
Thank you Lisa, you're right, our furbaby probably has a better immune system than I have and since her food is a dry dog food even wiping out her dish with a dry, clean microfibre cloth would remove the dust that falls from her food, bit like from dry cereal. As I said in my reply to Sophia, I'm just so nervous that things can make Jade ill after having lost a furbaby in the past to cancer. Thank you for replying, it means a lot to me, sending hugs from a rainy Scotland xx
hanging in there with god bless could tell again the fly lady app. is...
my whole family is decluttering...we hv decluttered so much that we are in shock on how much we accumulated
LOve what you did for yourself with the bedroom.
I stop video to load this great idea thanks to share this with us .
I can't find the app for iPhone or iPad!? Please help thanks in advance. Btw your so helpful throughout this journey so thank you Sophia lots of love to you and your family xo
Leemariexo I can't find it either
Leemariexo flylady.net
Leemariexo Try FlyLadyPlus in the AppStore
Leemariexo , I cannot find it either, but I have FlyLadyPlus app, which I think is the same. Happy flying!
Leemariexo I can't find it too 😭😭😭😭
Je pense qu'avec la vie que nous menons actuellement nous pourrions étendre les zones sur deux mois. Dans le programme Fly Lady plein de détails manquent... si nous voulons avoir une maison impeccable, petit à petit, 8 ou 10 semaines sont nécessaires. Ne t'épuise pas Sophia! Un bonjour de Bruxelles 😘
This would definately have me overwhelmed. I really think you do not have to do the entire detailed cleaning list every month. Other flyladys say that you do only one hour of zone cleaning each week. So you choose tasks from the list, and next month you will do something else. Many tasks on the list do not have to be done every month.
Rikke Holmberg thanks for pointing this out!!! I really am not up for never-ending spring cleaning every day forever....I thought fly lady said you worked 15 minutes in the zone daily, and what you didn't do this month gets done eventually as you do the zones every month.
Exactly. 15 minutes a day in the zone for four days of the week. That is one hour 😊
Rikke Holmberg i am doing the full list in may because the house needs it. june may br lighter
My Great Challenge We love you Sophia--but you have a tendency to over do it.... pace yourself💐💕🌸
Rikke Holmberg Sophia is only doing 1/2 hr / day. And then stopping. If she gets the whole list done for the zone ... good on her. But I'll bet her cabinet fronts won't need cleaning in June 😉 Unless she's a really messy cook 😄
it took me a while, till I realized, that zone cleaning is not necessarily about completing all tasks every month in each zone week. it depends on how long it takes. as I understood recently, it is about doing a couple of 15 min steps throughout the week. depending on the time and time table one has. and depending on how much decluttering is still needed. e.g. if some of the detail cleaning tasks have not been completed, then one can come back to that or continue next month... is that so? as a person with a job, what is your experience or recommendation, on how much minimum time should one invest daily in zone cleaning? or would you recommend to have days off from the zones during the week but then do about 3x or 4x15 min for zone cleaning? any suggestions or did you do a video about this already?
how do you do months, like April 2017, when there would be six zones?
Mya Cusimano that s when you do that extra stuff like garage or shed
Thank you very much!
I see you mentioned Weight Watchers, can you do a video about how you are doing on it,
Laura Watts it s on my channel
So what happens when you need to re-paint a room, do a remodel, etc?
Michele McGill you put that room on hold unless you still use it, then do what you can or nothing at all. it s flexible there are no rules. you clean for 15 minites in each zone everyday. what tou can t get done this week you do next month when you re in that zone again.
thank you Sophia you explain that so well but I'm having a problem how the basic weekly plan fits in. you explained family home blessing Monday Tuesday was free day Wednesday's planning Thursday Aaron day Friday is clean your car and purse day Saturday is family day and Sunday is your spirit Do you do the zones same day too?
Laurie Fleming not Aaron. errands.
Love your channel! I recommend you get the heavy cussion of your light colored bed....... its to heavy for you're idea of a bedroom..... 😘
Sophia, are you doing the zone cleaning in the evenings along with your nighttime routine?
Annette Robinson yes
Got the app
I'm in England and flyhelper doesn't come up in my App searches either.
Cheryl hall just go on the flylady website you can get the list there. i am sure if you searxh zone cleaning in your app someone has one.
My Great Challenge thanks managed to download from site but would like to use on phone but no App so I'll use manual sheets until I find it. Love your videos. Any more diy ones to come? How did the grouting in kitchen stand up to your cleaning with toilet cleaner?
Cheryl hall If you are on Apple try FlayLadyPlus
I think your new haircut is very pretty 😊 I also think you are overly ambitious and will not be able to keep this up. With your schedule I would do this: keep the Home blessing on sunday if that works for you. The two days you are home late forget the zones. Focus on routines and self pampering. Do the zone work only one hour a week. Maybe half an hour on saturday and 15 minutes on two other days. This is what works for me. You will not get the entire cleaning list done in a week, but next month you will do something else.
would love to download this but it says it can harm my computer or device. Do you have any suggestions?
Download what.?
Thank you Sofia for all your videos, especially the fly lady challenge ones. Where did you get the app? I can't find it in my App Store. Thank you
Iris Feliciano look for fly helper
32K woot woot 😁
is washing your curtains every 5 weeks nessary. think its a tad obsessive
Edward Byrne it s freshen drapes. i am understanding it as either air them or spray with fabrix freshener.
if you did one room's drapes and blinds on rotation instead of all the house at once it may actually be more of a quarterly thing... If you have cats (or dogs!) that hang out in the windows though you may feel better washing them on a five-week schedule to get their hair and allergens out. Like Sophia says it's what works for you! For ME I think if I did the living room one week, kitchen/dining another, each kids room, spare room, basement, and master all on separate weeks when I am otherwise caught up that it would be a good rotation and the task wouldn't feel so daunting! I think that would put me on about an 8-week rotation if I also do the ones on the doors. Every two months definitely doesn't seem like a lot. I have allergies and often forget these so it may just be what I need to really help my home be more nice to me! LOL!!
I'm a rebel like that! Lol
Sophia to get the Zones to print out I have to buy the app? Or is it available on line some where?
Jill it s available on flylady.net. google flady zone 1 you ll get to it then copy and paste into a word doc. then do the same for each zone
Thanx Sophia, Now I have to get a date calendar book like you have.....
Sophia, Thanks a lot for all your videos 😉
I don't like this video!!!!! I adore it!! Thank you
Dear Sophia, you have a stressful job, a long work day, a long commute,
husband, children, dogs - I hope you don't crash and burn. Just do what
you can do, something is better than nothing. You don't need to do everything in the zone cleaning list to see benefits. And don't forget day 29 of
the 31 beginner babysteps - 15 minutes of pampering, me time, self care
time - what ever you want to call it - 15 minutes a day, everyday, it
recharges your batteries, makes you less grumpy, helps you slow down.
sofia the rebel
That cranberry and bronze square pillow is taking away from your wonderful and fresh-looking bed ensemble. Your bed looked much better without it. There comes a point when something is "too much". When your bed looks "too much", the temptation to overdo on other things in the bedroom can take over. We artists have to learn the value of negative space. It gives the eye a rest and allows it to notice what you want it to notice -- the good stuff.
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Melissa C. i am just trying it for size until i find the right cover for it.