I couldn't ever do zone cleaning, because I had too much clutter- you can't clean if there is clutter! Now I've started to declutter... I'm on the road to house and mind clearance.
Me too , I had so much stuff a couldn’t look after it , so I gave a lot of plants away and oil paints and garden things , I’m keeping going till my house looks like a holiday rental
In the beginning instead of doing the zone cleaning, I did zone decluttering. It was hard for me to deep clean when I have so much stuff in the way. I did 2 zones a month in the beginning instead of one zone a week for decluttering. Now I'm able to get into the detailed cleaning lists after 10 bags of trash and 30 boxes of donations leaving my home.
This my biggest struggle. We live with and care for my parents (pay all utilities, half the mortgage, buy all the household food and goods etc) they are mid 70s and will not part with anything that "might be needed someday" so I'm moving stuff and struggling to deep clean constantly. If I try to get rid of things my mom freaks out and will tell me to move out, but obviously they would starve and be stuck here with no social life or utilities without us. Sigh, I know she needs to feel like it's her home and she has "control over her environment" but it's so exhausting.
@@tishyj53 Oh my - you're really in a difficult situation. My late mother had some of those issues, but not till she was in her 80s. I didn't live with her, but it was hard to watch even from the outside.Bless you for being such a good daughter! May God give you strength and joy from knowing you're doing the right thing.🙏
@@tishyj53 I'm not sure what your storage situation looks like but would a wall of clear totes in a garage help your mother? You'd have all the back up items sorted by room or season so she feels like you're not tossing out her stuff but you also have the house free for things that are used daily/weekly/monthly. I hope you find a happy spot for both of you as that's a rough situation.
I'm currently re reading sink reflections(fly lady's first book) and she says in the beginning if your house is really out of hand, you start with decluttering instead of the zone cleaning. Her quote is 'You can't organize clutter' chapter 3 and there are instructions on how to tackle the clutter
I love the flexibility and adaptability of this system. I stated this past year and I like the structure which keeps me on track. Yes, there have been weeks where no zone cleaning happens, but that's ok. It's important to give yourself grace and let the system work for you instead of being a slave to the system.
I'm a not so secret slob, but I'm trying to change that. I have lupus, fibromyalgia, and several other auto immune illnesses, so I stay so tired and I hurt all the time. I must admit I've let my house go, but I'm retaking it. I've been working on my kitchen for a week or so and I've decluttered most of the cabinets, wiped down the microwave and the stove, swept and mopped, and today I started on my pantry. I'm feeling accomplished, but I can only work for about 30 minutes to an hour at a time.
Same here just finished two years Cancer treatments. Still on cancer medicine I'm 70 with fibromyalgia too. I'm so far behind in house. Trying to declutter and start doing things again. 30 minutes to hour is my limit on cleaning. I hope to get some money saved for window cleaners and carpet cleaners this year. It's overdue
@@carolnolan9439 congrats on finishing your treatments! I'm sorry you went through cancer. As long as we make steps to fix things baby steps are ok. They're still steps in the right direction.
This really helped me. When I’ve researched fly lady before I was so overwhelmed by the different layers of the system. Your video really broke it down! Thank you! I started a power hour yesterday. It got interrupted but I got SO much done! So thankful I made progress♥️
I've been doing the fly lady system for years. Steph your weekly planning sheet is my favorite! Everything in one place. Love the color of your top and the way you explain things to make it simple.
@@TheSecretSlob I like the ideas of fly lady, but your sweet and fun personality, combined with your encouraging and break it down style is just great. I love your videos. Thank you
I discovered Fly Lady because I kept seeing people mention her in comments on Pinterest. So I read her book, Sink Reflections, and really loved it! However, I learned to use her system by watching your channel! So I appreciate you so much, thank you for sharing and breaking things down
You make it so easy to "do" Fly Lady! Her website is overwhelming. I don't have a daily Control Journal, but I do have one for Thanksgiving. Everything is there, so the prep, cooking, etc. is on autopilot. I don't bat an eye about getting the huge dinner done....by myself. Haha.
I have one for Thanksgiving and Christmas, including a baking sheet -everyone's favorite cookies and treats. I do my holiday baking the 1st weekend in Dec and freeze so I have them done and can pull them out for gatherings and get togethers.
@@lyndacolvin642 do you make the dough in the first week of December and freeze that or do you actually bake them all and freeze? Do they turn out ok? Would you share what kinds of cookies you do that with because that's my goal, to make them ahead in the first week of December so I can relax a bit the week before Xmas. It's usually a sleepless frantic time the week before and I'm too tired to enjoy myself and need a week to recuperate afterward.
I downloaded the fly lady app a month ago. It's really helpful and customizable. I highly recommend it. I don't like having paper checklists around. My phone is usually with me so I have music, timers, and the checklists all in one place. This is a great video to go over how it works! Thank you!
I'm a flylady newbie. I like to choose one weekly focus daily. Kinda like you choose your dinner. My weeks never look the same. I find it easier that way.
I love how you break down the flylady system to make it feel doable . Your 21 day babysteps and weekly printable helped me get started and now I've been able to make it work for my life ❤
I have adjusted FLS to work for me. M-Home Reset, T-Bed n Bath, W-Plan n Pay, Th-Errands n Car, F-Home Blessing. Weekends are busy. I agree the daily routines are the KEY!! Papers are still a problem though!! Maybe that could be a video....Hint.
Thank you Steph for going over this again. I always enjoy watching your videos, because it’s like you stopped by for a cup of coffee/tea. You are always so enthusiastic and sweet. You help me stay motivated. I’m a 67 year old Grandma with a very bad back. So, I’ve zoned cleaned for years. I am usually able to keep my main living areas clean and decluttered; living room, den/kitchen, master bedroom and 1/2 bath, laundry room and small front bath. It’s the 3 front bedroom that are stacked up right now. (We are waiting for May to have a garage sale. It snowed last week and it’s been cold and windy in Amarillo TX). Thanks again. Be safe and watch out for those bears. ❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏
I seriously have been following you since you started and NEVER get tire of seeing you remake these videos from time to time.....it's a great reminder and motivation to stay on or get back on track! ❤️
I have just started watching your videos today, and have really enjoyed them! Your technique reminds me of Mark Twain’s famous quote: “The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”
I have been doing flylady for a bit less than 2 years. In that time i did a huge amount of decluttering. It took me nearly that entire time to make a control journal, but my favourite thing is your weekly printable. It makes it so easy. When you said you write all over the back of it, my heart did a little happy dance. I thought it was only me who needed to do that! Thank you again for everything!
Your bubbly energy and positive outlook are so refreshing. You make this seem so doable! I have really learned a lot from your videos and am slowly incorporating these routines. My house is getting better! You are the only person that has made FlyLady comprehensible to me.
I've watched this video almost every day for a week now. Having started FlyLady and then let parts of it lapse a couple times... I just want to get the basics firmly implanted in my brain.
This is a wonderful video...soooo well explained.. I finally got the zone looping and that is what I will now do as the short weeks do throw me off. Thanks so much Steph! Your lists are the best, simple, very useful and manageable and not overwhelming!
This may sound silly but I found that your zone names were a big help and inspiration for me. I also found zone "looping" instead of partial/full week numbers was a game changer for me. Oh, and the 1 page "journal" is BRILLIANT!
Thank you for these videos. I tried fly lady in the past but only did the daily routines up to 21 days. I still make my bed. That’s the only habit it stayed with me. You explain the system so easily.
I found the Flylady system years and years ago. Honestly, it confused me so much that after trying it numerous times I always gave up. It wasn't until I found your channel, hearing you explain it so simply, that I finally was able to make the system work for MY needs. I can't thank you enough for that. My house used to be so messy that it was causing tension in myself as well as my marriage. Using your tools has transformed me as a person. I love having a neat & tidy (but lived in) home and hubby likes it too. Some weeks I "fall of the wagon" but thanks to you, I realize we all do at times and I just start at the beginning and get right back on. Thank you so much for all your tools, support and your positive attitude. Thanks to you I'm now a reformed slob - lol.
it's thanks to this channel of the secret slob I started working with the fly lady system, on the website of the fly lady itself I felt totally lost in all the details. I am still finding my way around it. It's not that I lived before in a total mess but more an idea of finding ways to make it easier. I love the morning and evening routines. One big win for me is, doing my dishes every evening (by hand, don't have a dishwasher) and putting them away in morning, and every morning a quick bathroom clean. And another game changer for me was buying a cordless stick vacuum cleaner and one of those floor mops with a build-in water-soap reservoir. Where I could postpone this task forever vacuuming and mopping, I now almost enjoy doing it.
The best thing that I got our of the fly lady system is the control jurnal. It is just a clean point that I can bring myself back to if I get flustered or overwhelmed. I also keep in it ideas for projects I want to do. And all my self improving information I print out for myself.
Stephanie you are the reason I do fly lady my way! I use your zone sheets every wee and do the loop as well. I already had a menu system so meal planning didnt need its own box. I customized it for FROG stuff sonce i am such a procrastinator! (The frig came from. The Minimal Mom). I have customized other things as well including mirning routine to include devotions and prayer journal along with excercise since i had a knee replacement this summer! Thanks so much for this updated video. I plan to share it with family and friends. 💜
Frog stuff, though minimal mom definitely discusses it, is originally a Mark Twain reference to his quote, “If the first thing you do in the morning is eat a live frog, you can go through the rest of the day knowing the worst is behind you.” Brian Tracy adapted it to a productivity system called Eat That Frog. Your frog is your worst task, and you should do it first thing in the morning. The rest of the day is a breeze. It’s worth checking out on its own. :)
Devotions are part of my morning routine. I can’t do the whb on one day. It doesn’t work for me. I do one room a day for 10 minutes, Mondays to Friday. Just a note to let ppl know they can adapt to what works.
I do zones the same as you. Full weeks. I write down what I get done in a cheap planner. That way, when I come back to it, I have a list of what got done.
So glad I found you a couple years ago now, you've helped me totally get a handle on my home! Thank you for making the fly lady approach so do-able and fun to go thru it with you! Loving everything you share!
Thank you for a captivating, clear and concise video. I have really bad ADD and this kept me focused for the entire video…which is no easy feat 🙂 just thank you Steph
I use the flylady system, but do rooms as I feel they need it. Some rooms in my house don’t get used a lot so it’s not always necessary to clean them each time that particular zone comes around.
Thank you for making this system doable! I started the Flylady system years ago, but eventually fizzled out because the website and so many emails just overwhelmed and exhausted me. A friend and I wanted to start again and help hold each other accountable. Your videos have been a tremendous help! You make it so much easier to understand, and you allowed me to give myself permission to make the system fit me and my home. Thanks!!
Thanks Steph. You are fun and make things doable and easy to understand. Flylady is very overwhelming. I tried to follow before I found you and they send way to many emails..glad I found you.
Steph! You've made the Fly Lady SO easy to understand! I had heard of it years ago but never could navigate her site. I really like your explanations of things. Thanks!
The FlyLadyPlus app was a game changer for me. I’m able to check things off and keep track of what I still need to do. It’s basically the “control journal.” Best thing is it’s free
Thank you as always!!! I've been following the flylady for 10 years now and I've been following you for about the same as well now ❤! I get what you mean, when you first start it can be overwhelming for you, with zones, dailys and everything. I've got a new job so I need to rearrange my routines now!!! 🙏👌🏼👍🏻 And like you said, you have too make it work for you! I like to lamanate the to do lists and get a dry-wipe pen to mark with then when done you can wipe clean for the next day/month. 😉😍🥳❤🙌🏼 Lots of love from the UK. ❤❤❤ xxx
I love the flylady system , I have flown on and off for years ! Really appreciate you breaking it down ! I love to turn on your channel and declutter while you talk!
I love that you took the Flylady system and made it work for you and your family! I did the same for many years, working shifts and being on call made for really strange hours but I took the core message and made it work. Fast forward a bit, my life went off the rails (again) and I'm now ready to jump back on, with changes to suit my life. My whole house needs a really deep clean, it's a bit overwhelming but I know that I'll get there week after week.
I have been watching your videos for a while now and this one is just perfect!!! It is the most complete and it breaks down the system so well. Also, I love the fact that you just rotate the zone cleaning week after week because I have been postponing this and telling myself that I will start at the beginning of the month and keep forgetting and postponing again. The way you do it, there is just no excuse😅 Thank you so much
Love you Steph! You are amazing! Thank you for offering all these free! You have changed my life by making the FLYLady system easy in my home! I found you when my twins were 4m old and my oldest was 2… took me about a year to really comprehend kinda like your year of flylady fails! But you have mastered it and made it attainable plus your encouraging AND entertaining! I know we’d be friends if I lived in Canada! Next on my list is to up my activity goals! If you can do 30k steps in a day while nursing an infant I can achieve my goals too! Thanks again! All the love!
Love your channel. You are so positive and happy about the whole system . I really need to try it. The pne question I have is that with the basic jobs, then the daily jobs, the Zone cleaning and the power hour, are you not just cleaning all the time. That's how I feel now and the house still isn't right!
Wow! That's so good!It's one of my favorite channels on UA-cam!,I want you to know you're doing really well!, I always support your wonderful channel.I hope you're always lucky
Thank you for being a breath of fresh air! 🥰 I greatly appreciate how you simplify things, cut through the extra, and get to the heart and point! Congratulations on all the progress you have made! 🎉 And truly thank you for being a cheerful, kind guide... Gently reminding us to be patient with ourselves, to forgive ourselves, and jump in where we are! 😊 I am so grateful for you!!! 🥰🤟
Thank you so much!! I absolutely adore the Fly Lady system but have been so overwhelmed by its components that I can’t seem to fully implement it. Seeing it broken down this way just clicked on a light in my head that put it all in perspective! I appreciate you and your channel so very much!!
This is great! I get stuck with keeping on top of all the different focus areas. Would love to see your schedule for a week in cal. format where u allocate time for each task (morning and evening routine, daily focus, zone cleaning, decluttering, and most importantly where do u fit in meal planning, tidying up after your kids and doing the actual cooking). I find the last three really hard to juggle with a 2 and 3 year old who need a lot of attention especially as the day draws to a close.
I personally don’t use the “daily focus” portion of the system. I just do those types of things as needed - the extra daily focuses on top of all the routines really seemed overwhelming to me. I just focus on a morning and evening routine as priority, and the weekly home blessing. Zone cleaning I’m not so strict with, and I don’t do it daily, but I do try to do it at least a couple times a week. It’s not set in stone you just make it work for you❤️
She did do a series not long before she moved where every Sunday she did a quick live and filled out her weekly thing including her meal plan! It all only took about ten mins
I have a 3 BR, 2 bath apartment with laundry and balcony. We’re retired and have minimalized our furnishings. Daily routines keep the apt. in shape and tidy. My husband vacuums 3-5 times a week.
I'm brand new to your channel and I was wondering if you have a video on how to organize a kid's room and tips on decluttering it. I have three sons and two of them share a very small room. It can get very overwhelming because there isn't much room for storage and they are "not so secret slobs"! hahaha, It's one of those spaces that is in desperate need of a revamp, but just walking in to wake them up each morning overwhelms me. Thank you so much for all the videos you do, they are so informative and have really helped me a lot!
Watch The Minimal Mom. She has 4 kids and they're happy with less stuff. Sounds like the key for you. Maybe each boy only needs 10 outfits, only 10 toys, etc. How many can they wear or play with at once? Teaching them young about contentment is important and less stuff is the key to being tidy. Teach them now so they're never overwhelmed like you are. Get them involved with the process of donating their clothes when they outgrow them so there's less to wash, fold, store, etc. Teach family to not give toys as gifts so you're intentional about how much they have and when toys come in that they love, they can donate toys they're too old for or don't love. Separate emotions from things. It can be hard to live without the first "this" or something you remember from baby-hood, but you, and they, need to separate the emotion from it for a healthier life or they'll be 30 and overwhelmed with a garage or basement full of boxes of "crap" they've been moving every time they relocate. Less stuff should be taught early. It comes from parents. It will solve your overwhelm as well as prevent it from them getting there. Incorporate a "giving" 15 minutes once a week into your routine where you sit on the floor with a kid and decide on what you can bless someone else with because they enjoyed it, but it's time to go live in someone else's house. This might be clothes they don't wear or a toy they don't love or don't play with anymore. Keep them involved and after you've done it weekly with each kid for a while, then you can start recognizing and acknowledging with them how there's more space to play and easier to get dressed in the morning and being tidy is easier. You can connect the act and existence of less stuff to the feelings of less overwhelm and the benefits. Don't skip this step, where you praise their ongoing work of blessing others with the positive feeling and life change it has on them (and you). This is where they learn less stuff is so good and they carry it with them. If you don't connect the dots, the light bulb moment won't happen. But I stress, wait for weeks to make them stop and observe the benefits of less stuff in their room. They need to see a big change. This is where it makes sense to take a couple pictures now, when you go in their room to wake them and feel overwhelmed. Then weeks later, when there's really a difference that less stuff makes on their room, you can sit quietly with them and reflect on the difference and they will actually feel it. Don't do this step too soon. The Minimal Mom stresses the importance of "managing less inventory" in every room of your house. It doesn't mean you have nothing but it means your kitchen drawers aren't overflowing and you don't dread folding laundry and putting it away because it all fits. Sorry to carry on and on but I had to learn this as an adult and I think teaching kids this is valuable. You shouldn't look at it as being an overwhelming project you have to do, but instead, a loving project you can teach your kids that they can take with them for life (like math class!) and they'll never experience this overwhelm you have right now. To them it's normal, so change their normal over the next few months.
Thanks for the refresher! I love your channel! I’m a new mom and I’m struggling to keep up with all the fly lady tasks. How long did it take you to get back into your cleaning routines after your last baby? I’d love to see a video with advice for new moms like myself.
Hi! Here is the video series I made about getting back into it after my 3rd! Day 1 - Top 3 Habits | Flylady Routine Refresh | Clean with Me 2020 ua-cam.com/video/vGvaddADp70/v-deo.html
Great video and printable! Thank you for making all of this video very simple and putting it all together as you did. Wow, to be so organized. I’m going to give it try!
Love this method, but I agree with the suggestions of cleaning up the website. Even brighter and more modern colors. The website IMO is kind of old fashioned. Methods are almost perfect (with exceptions of magazines, dirty dishes under sink).
I NEED to try this. I have a hard time doing “just enough”. I struggle differentiating between general daily cleaning and all in deep cleaning. I overwhelm myself and feel like I actually get less done by the end of the day.
This is a much nicer breakdown of what the flylady system is. (Flylady's website is just an awful cluttered disaster. Not motivating at all and not laid out well at all either.)
Love you stuff, I would really love to see a video about sharing cleaning duties with a partner and getting older children involved, even though i know that yours are still littlies
This is THE best intro to fly lady on the internet. Straight and to the point. Thank you!!!!!
I couldn't ever do zone cleaning, because I had too much clutter- you can't clean if there is clutter!
Now I've started to declutter... I'm on the road to house and mind clearance.
Awesome! It will be so much easier after it’s been declutter Ed, you are right!
Me too , I had so much stuff a couldn’t look after it , so I gave a lot of plants away and oil paints and garden things , I’m keeping going till my house looks like a holiday rental
Get in the Fly Lady habit by decluttering in the zone for each week.
In the beginning instead of doing the zone cleaning, I did zone decluttering. It was hard for me to deep clean when I have so much stuff in the way. I did 2 zones a month in the beginning instead of one zone a week for decluttering. Now I'm able to get into the detailed cleaning lists after 10 bags of trash and 30 boxes of donations leaving my home.
I love that! 2 zones a month until I'm (mostly) decluttered! Crossing my fingers that this is the jump-start I need.🤞🙂
Katrina .. great idea!
This my biggest struggle. We live with and care for my parents (pay all utilities, half the mortgage, buy all the household food and goods etc) they are mid 70s and will not part with anything that "might be needed someday" so I'm moving stuff and struggling to deep clean constantly. If I try to get rid of things my mom freaks out and will tell me to move out, but obviously they would starve and be stuck here with no social life or utilities without us. Sigh, I know she needs to feel like it's her home and she has "control over her environment" but it's so exhausting.
@@tishyj53 Oh my - you're really in a difficult situation. My late mother had some of those issues, but not till she was in her 80s. I didn't live with her, but it was hard to watch even from the outside.Bless you for being such a good daughter! May God give you strength and joy from knowing you're doing the right thing.🙏
@@tishyj53 I'm not sure what your storage situation looks like but would a wall of clear totes in a garage help your mother? You'd have all the back up items sorted by room or season so she feels like you're not tossing out her stuff but you also have the house free for things that are used daily/weekly/monthly. I hope you find a happy spot for both of you as that's a rough situation.
I'm currently re reading sink reflections(fly lady's first book) and she says in the beginning if your house is really out of hand, you start with decluttering instead of the zone cleaning. Her quote is 'You can't organize clutter' chapter 3 and there are instructions on how to tackle the clutter
I love the flexibility and adaptability of this system. I stated this past year and I like the structure which keeps me on track. Yes, there have been weeks where no zone cleaning happens, but that's ok. It's important to give yourself grace and let the system work for you instead of being a slave to the system.
I'm a not so secret slob, but I'm trying to change that. I have lupus, fibromyalgia, and several other auto immune illnesses, so I stay so tired and I hurt all the time. I must admit I've let my house go, but I'm retaking it. I've been working on my kitchen for a week or so and I've decluttered most of the cabinets, wiped down the microwave and the stove, swept and mopped, and today I started on my pantry. I'm feeling accomplished, but I can only work for about 30 minutes to an hour at a time.
Same here just finished two years Cancer treatments. Still on cancer medicine I'm 70 with fibromyalgia too. I'm so far behind in house. Trying to declutter and start doing things again. 30 minutes to hour is my limit on cleaning. I hope to get some money saved for window cleaners and carpet cleaners this year. It's overdue
@@carolnolan9439 congrats on finishing your treatments! I'm sorry you went through cancer. As long as we make steps to fix things baby steps are ok. They're still steps in the right direction.
Gentle hugs to you, I get it. I've had MS now for almost 20 years.
@@glitterrrgirlll5299 hugs to you as well.
This really helped me. When I’ve researched fly lady before I was so overwhelmed by the different layers of the system. Your video really broke it down!
Thank you!
I started a power hour yesterday. It got interrupted but I got SO much done! So thankful I made progress♥️
I love how you break this all down. I am happy I completed the 21 days PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION 😆
I've been doing the fly lady system for years. Steph your weekly planning sheet is my favorite! Everything in one place. Love the color of your top and the way you explain things to make it simple.
How do I get weekly planning sheet?
I've started to declutter! Spring really makes me feel better and now I feel like cleaning
Me too! Bring on the summer!
@@TheSecretSlob I like the ideas of fly lady, but your sweet and fun personality, combined with your encouraging and break it down style is just great. I love your videos. Thank you
I discovered Fly Lady because I kept seeing people mention her in comments on Pinterest. So I read her book, Sink Reflections, and really loved it! However, I learned to use her system by watching your channel! So I appreciate you so much, thank you for sharing and breaking things down
You make it so easy to "do" Fly Lady! Her website is overwhelming. I don't have a daily Control Journal, but I do have one for Thanksgiving. Everything is there, so the prep, cooking, etc. is on autopilot. I don't bat an eye about getting the huge dinner done....by myself. Haha.
I have one for Thanksgiving and Christmas, including a baking sheet -everyone's favorite cookies and treats. I do my holiday baking the 1st weekend in Dec and freeze so I have them done and can pull them out for gatherings and get togethers.
@@lyndacolvin642 that's brilliant!! I'm going to apply this this Christmas so that I'm not baking for days before Christmas! Thank you!!
@@lyndacolvin642 do you make the dough in the first week of December and freeze that or do you actually bake them all and freeze? Do they turn out ok? Would you share what kinds of cookies you do that with because that's my goal, to make them ahead in the first week of December so I can relax a bit the week before Xmas. It's usually a sleepless frantic time the week before and I'm too tired to enjoy myself and need a week to recuperate afterward.
@Lynda Colvin Would you be willing to share your Thanksgiving sheet- I really need that. 🥰❤️🥰
Would you be willing to share your Thanksgiving sheet? 🥰❤️🥰
I downloaded the fly lady app a month ago. It's really helpful and customizable. I highly recommend it. I don't like having paper checklists around. My phone is usually with me so I have music, timers, and the checklists all in one place.
This is a great video to go over how it works!
Thank you!
I'm a flylady newbie. I like to choose one weekly focus daily. Kinda like you choose your dinner. My weeks never look the same. I find it easier that way.
I love how you break down the flylady system to make it feel doable . Your 21 day babysteps and weekly printable helped me get started and now I've been able to make it work for my life ❤
I have adjusted FLS to work for me. M-Home Reset, T-Bed n Bath, W-Plan n Pay, Th-Errands n Car, F-Home Blessing. Weekends are busy. I agree the daily routines are the KEY!! Papers are still a problem though!! Maybe that could be a video....Hint.
You give the best and clearest explanation of this system! Thanks Steph 😊
Thank you Steph for going over this again. I always enjoy watching your videos, because it’s like you stopped by for a cup of coffee/tea. You are always so enthusiastic and sweet. You help me stay motivated.
I’m a 67 year old Grandma with a very bad back. So, I’ve zoned cleaned for years. I am usually able to keep my main living areas clean and decluttered; living room, den/kitchen, master bedroom and 1/2 bath, laundry room and small front bath. It’s the 3 front bedroom that are stacked up right now. (We are waiting for May to have a garage sale. It snowed last week and it’s been cold and windy in Amarillo TX).
Thanks again. Be safe and watch out for those bears. ❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏
I seriously have been following you since you started and NEVER get tire of seeing you remake these videos from time to time.....it's a great reminder and motivation to stay on or get back on track! ❤️
I have just started watching your videos today, and have really enjoyed them! Your technique reminds me of Mark Twain’s famous quote: “The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”
I have been doing flylady for a bit less than 2 years. In that time i did a huge amount of decluttering. It took me nearly that entire time to make a control journal, but my favourite thing is your weekly printable. It makes it so easy. When you said you write all over the back of it, my heart did a little happy dance. I thought it was only me who needed to do that! Thank you again for everything!
Great timing! It feels like a madhouse in my home right now. Someone been sick every week in my house for months now. Thanks for motivation !
Your bubbly energy and positive outlook are so refreshing. You make this seem so doable! I have really learned a lot from your videos and am slowly incorporating these routines. My house is getting better! You are the only person that has made FlyLady comprehensible to me.
It all just overwhelms me. I tried to do this years ago and never stick to it. I’m trying to find motivation again through your videos!
Did you see the one right before this one? Master your morning routine? Have a look, it’s only 6 minutes or so and it might give you the answer!
I've watched this video almost every day for a week now. Having started FlyLady and then let parts of it lapse a couple times... I just want to get the basics firmly implanted in my brain.
This is a wonderful video...soooo well explained.. I finally got the zone looping and that is what I will now do as the short weeks do throw me off. Thanks so much Steph! Your lists are the best, simple, very useful and manageable and not overwhelming!
This may sound silly but I found that your zone names were a big help and inspiration for me. I also found zone "looping" instead of partial/full week numbers was a game changer for me. Oh, and the 1 page "journal" is BRILLIANT!
Thank you for these videos. I tried fly lady in the past but only did the daily routines up to 21 days. I still make my bed. That’s the only habit it stayed with me. You explain the system so easily.
I found the Flylady system years and years ago. Honestly, it confused me so much that after trying it numerous times I always gave up. It wasn't until I found your channel, hearing you explain it so simply, that I finally was able to make the system work for MY needs. I can't thank you enough for that. My house used to be so messy that it was causing tension in myself as well as my marriage. Using your tools has transformed me as a person. I love having a neat & tidy (but lived in) home and hubby likes it too. Some weeks I "fall of the wagon" but thanks to you, I realize we all do at times and I just start at the beginning and get right back on. Thank you so much for all your tools, support and your positive attitude. Thanks to you I'm now a reformed slob - lol.
it's thanks to this channel of the secret slob I started working with the fly lady system, on the website of the fly lady itself I felt totally lost in all the details. I am still finding my way around it. It's not that I lived before in a total mess but more an idea of finding ways to make it easier. I love the morning and evening routines. One big win for me is, doing my dishes every evening (by hand, don't have a dishwasher) and putting them away in morning, and every morning a quick bathroom clean. And another game changer for me was buying a cordless stick vacuum cleaner and one of those floor mops with a build-in water-soap reservoir. Where I could postpone this task forever vacuuming and mopping, I now almost enjoy doing it.
The best thing that I got our of the fly lady system is the control jurnal.
It is just a clean point that I can bring myself back to if I get flustered or overwhelmed.
I also keep in it ideas for projects I want to do.
And all my self improving information I print out for myself.
Stephanie you are the reason I do fly lady my way! I use your zone sheets every wee and do the loop as well. I already had a menu system so meal planning didnt need its own box. I customized it for FROG stuff sonce i am such a procrastinator! (The frig came from. The Minimal Mom). I have customized other things as well including mirning routine to include devotions and prayer journal along with excercise since i had a knee replacement this summer! Thanks so much for this updated video. I plan to share it with family and friends. 💜
Frog stuff, though minimal mom definitely discusses it, is originally a Mark Twain reference to his quote, “If the first thing you do in the morning is eat a live frog, you can go through the rest of the day knowing the worst is behind you.” Brian Tracy adapted it to a productivity system called Eat That Frog. Your frog is your worst task, and you should do it first thing in the morning. The rest of the day is a breeze.
It’s worth checking out on its own. :)
@@azlizzie Dawn gave credit to Brian Tracy AND his book for the "eat that frog". I absolutely love Dawn!
Devotions are part of my morning routine. I can’t do the whb on one day. It doesn’t work for me. I do one room a day for 10 minutes, Mondays to Friday. Just a note to let ppl know they can adapt to what works.
Thank you! Everyone’s life will need a different system, I’m sure this will help a few people!
I do zones the same as you. Full weeks. I write down what I get done in a cheap planner. That way, when I come back to it, I have a list of what got done.
I love your happy spirit. It touches people more than you know💜
So glad I found you a couple years ago now, you've helped me totally get a handle on my home! Thank you for making the fly lady approach so do-able and fun to go thru it with you! Loving everything you share!
Thank you for a captivating, clear and concise video. I have really bad ADD and this kept me focused for the entire video…which is no easy feat 🙂 just thank you Steph
I use the flylady system, but do rooms as I feel they need it. Some rooms in my house don’t get used a lot so it’s not always necessary to clean them each time that particular zone comes around.
I was very overwhelmed by fly lady, so glad I found you! ❤
Thank you for making this system doable! I started the Flylady system years ago, but eventually fizzled out because the website and so many emails just overwhelmed and exhausted me.
A friend and I wanted to start again and help hold each other accountable. Your videos have been a tremendous help! You make it so much easier to understand, and you allowed me to give myself permission to make the system fit me and my home.
Thanks!!
Thank you Steph. I have followed fly lady off and on for years. But I was confused with several things and this has helped a lot.
Very nice, friendly and modern approach to Fly Lady System. It is always a joy,when you create a content.
Thanks Steph. You are fun and make things doable and easy to understand. Flylady is very overwhelming. I tried to follow before I found you and they send way to many emails..glad I found you.
Steph! You've made the Fly Lady SO easy to understand! I had heard of it years ago but never could navigate her site. I really like your explanations of things. Thanks!
Your timing was perfect-I needed to be inspired and I needed to be encouraged to overcome dread of FlyLady complexity.
Thank you so much for this breakdown! You make the Fly Lady system so much simpler!
The FlyLadyPlus app was a game changer for me. I’m able to check things off and keep track of what I still need to do. It’s basically the “control journal.” Best thing is it’s free
Thanks for making Flylady a working system :)
Thank you as always!!! I've been following the flylady for 10 years now and I've been following you for about the same as well now ❤!
I get what you mean, when you first start it can be overwhelming for you, with zones, dailys and everything.
I've got a new job so I need to rearrange my routines now!!! 🙏👌🏼👍🏻
And like you said, you have too make it work for you!
I like to lamanate the to do lists and get a dry-wipe pen to mark with then when done you can wipe clean for the next day/month. 😉😍🥳❤🙌🏼
Lots of love from the UK. ❤❤❤ xxx
I love the flylady system , I have flown on and off for years ! Really appreciate you breaking it down ! I love to turn on your channel and declutter while you talk!
Amazing explanation Steph. You and Diane in Denmark are the best. Well done on your subcriber number and thanks for your encouraging videos
Thank you Margaret! You have been there for me from the start and I never forget it 💕💕💕
You really set it out so simply. A good reference video for people starting out and trying to wrap their head around this system!
How fun to revisit the Flylady system! I used it when the kids were little but have gotten away from it. Thank you for an awesome reminder!
You changed my cleaning life Steph by introducing me to flylady and I even read the book... life changing. Thanks so much hey
I condensed my control journal too! It feels more relaxed for me.
I love that you took the Flylady system and made it work for you and your family! I did the same for many years, working shifts and being on call made for really strange hours but I took the core message and made it work.
Fast forward a bit, my life went off the rails (again) and I'm now ready to jump back on, with changes to suit my life.
My whole house needs a really deep clean, it's a bit overwhelming but I know that I'll get there week after week.
This was/ is PERFECT TIMING. Thank you, Steph
I have been watching your videos for a while now and this one is just perfect!!! It is the most complete and it breaks down the system so well. Also, I love the fact that you just rotate the zone cleaning week after week because I have been postponing this and telling myself that I will start at the beginning of the month and keep forgetting and postponing again. The way you do it, there is just no excuse😅 Thank you so much
Love you Steph! You are amazing! Thank you for offering all these free! You have changed my life by making the FLYLady system easy in my home! I found you when my twins were 4m old and my oldest was 2… took me about a year to really comprehend kinda like your year of flylady fails! But you have mastered it and made it attainable plus your encouraging AND entertaining! I know we’d be friends if I lived in Canada! Next on my list is to up my activity goals! If you can do 30k steps in a day while nursing an infant I can achieve my goals too! Thanks again! All the love!
Love your channel. You are so positive and happy about the whole system . I really need to try it. The pne question I have is that with the basic jobs, then the daily jobs, the Zone cleaning and the power hour, are you not just cleaning all the time. That's how I feel now and the house still isn't right!
I’m here because OPERATION NIKI said she uses the Flylady method but change it to fit her family like You suggested in this video!!! Thank you 🎉❤
Started the app as my control journal! Starting out, I will be decluttering my Zones.🎉
You somehow miraculously made this sound fun? Great video- I have been curious and really think I need to adopt some of this! Ty
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Disregard that typo, please.
Wow! That's so good!It's one of my favorite channels on UA-cam!,I want you to know you're doing really well!, I always support your wonderful channel.I hope you're always lucky
Thank you!
Thank you for being a breath of fresh air! 🥰 I greatly appreciate how you simplify things, cut through the extra, and get to the heart and point!
Congratulations on all the progress you have made! 🎉 And truly thank you for being a cheerful, kind guide... Gently reminding us to be patient with ourselves, to forgive ourselves, and jump in where we are! 😊 I am so grateful for you!!! 🥰🤟
Thank you so much!! I absolutely adore the Fly Lady system but have been so overwhelmed by its components that I can’t seem to fully implement it. Seeing it broken down this way just clicked on a light in my head that put it all in perspective! I appreciate you and your channel so very much!!
Miss U...love yr thoughts and ideas...
I’m going to start my coffee while unloading the dishwasher RIGHT NOW!
I love your tips and approach to this system. Thanks for the inspiration.
I really like the zone looping
This is great! I get stuck with keeping on top of all the different focus areas. Would love to see your schedule for a week in cal. format where u allocate time for each task (morning and evening routine, daily focus, zone cleaning, decluttering, and most importantly where do u fit in meal planning, tidying up after your kids and doing the actual cooking). I find the last three really hard to juggle with a 2 and 3 year old who need a lot of attention especially as the day draws to a close.
I personally don’t use the “daily focus” portion of the system. I just do those types of things as needed - the extra daily focuses on top of all the routines really seemed overwhelming to me. I just focus on a morning and evening routine as priority, and the weekly home blessing. Zone cleaning I’m not so strict with, and I don’t do it daily, but I do try to do it at least a couple times a week. It’s not set in stone you just make it work for you❤️
She did do a series not long before she moved where every Sunday she did a quick live and filled out her weekly thing including her meal plan! It all only took about ten mins
I have a 3 BR, 2 bath apartment with laundry and balcony. We’re retired and have minimalized our furnishings. Daily routines keep the apt. in shape and tidy. My husband vacuums 3-5 times a week.
@@yolandapagan5656 same. I have a big house though, but our daily routines has kept our home the cleanest and tidiest it has ever been.
I'm brand new to your channel and I was wondering if you have a video on how to organize a kid's room and tips on decluttering it. I have three sons and two of them share a very small room. It can get very overwhelming because there isn't much room for storage and they are "not so secret slobs"! hahaha, It's one of those spaces that is in desperate need of a revamp, but just walking in to wake them up each morning overwhelms me. Thank you so much for all the videos you do, they are so informative and have really helped me a lot!
I don’t.. yet! Thank you for the suggestion. I do not keep toys in their rooms almost at all (just stuffies) and that helps a lot!
Watch The Minimal Mom. She has 4 kids and they're happy with less stuff. Sounds like the key for you. Maybe each boy only needs 10 outfits, only 10 toys, etc. How many can they wear or play with at once? Teaching them young about contentment is important and less stuff is the key to being tidy. Teach them now so they're never overwhelmed like you are. Get them involved with the process of donating their clothes when they outgrow them so there's less to wash, fold, store, etc. Teach family to not give toys as gifts so you're intentional about how much they have and when toys come in that they love, they can donate toys they're too old for or don't love. Separate emotions from things. It can be hard to live without the first "this" or something you remember from baby-hood, but you, and they, need to separate the emotion from it for a healthier life or they'll be 30 and overwhelmed with a garage or basement full of boxes of "crap" they've been moving every time they relocate. Less stuff should be taught early. It comes from parents. It will solve your overwhelm as well as prevent it from them getting there. Incorporate a "giving" 15 minutes once a week into your routine where you sit on the floor with a kid and decide on what you can bless someone else with because they enjoyed it, but it's time to go live in someone else's house. This might be clothes they don't wear or a toy they don't love or don't play with anymore. Keep them involved and after you've done it weekly with each kid for a while, then you can start recognizing and acknowledging with them how there's more space to play and easier to get dressed in the morning and being tidy is easier. You can connect the act and existence of less stuff to the feelings of less overwhelm and the benefits. Don't skip this step, where you praise their ongoing work of blessing others with the positive feeling and life change it has on them (and you). This is where they learn less stuff is so good and they carry it with them. If you don't connect the dots, the light bulb moment won't happen. But I stress, wait for weeks to make them stop and observe the benefits of less stuff in their room. They need to see a big change. This is where it makes sense to take a couple pictures now, when you go in their room to wake them and feel overwhelmed. Then weeks later, when there's really a difference that less stuff makes on their room, you can sit quietly with them and reflect on the difference and they will actually feel it. Don't do this step too soon. The Minimal Mom stresses the importance of "managing less inventory" in every room of your house. It doesn't mean you have nothing but it means your kitchen drawers aren't overflowing and you don't dread folding laundry and putting it away because it all fits. Sorry to carry on and on but I had to learn this as an adult and I think teaching kids this is valuable. You shouldn't look at it as being an overwhelming project you have to do, but instead, a loving project you can teach your kids that they can take with them for life (like math class!) and they'll never experience this overwhelm you have right now. To them it's normal, so change their normal over the next few months.
Another great video Steph! I have friends who are just starting out - this will really help them ... along with your "21 Days" of course! :-)
Thanks for the refresher! I love your channel! I’m a new mom and I’m struggling to keep up with all the fly lady tasks. How long did it take you to get back into your cleaning routines after your last baby? I’d love to see a video with advice for new moms like myself.
Hi! Here is the video series I made about getting back into it after my 3rd!
Day 1 - Top 3 Habits | Flylady Routine Refresh | Clean with Me 2020
ua-cam.com/video/vGvaddADp70/v-deo.html
@@TheSecretSlob awesome thanks!
Thank you for sharing!!
Great video and printable!
Thank you for making all of this video very simple and putting it all together as you did. Wow, to be so organized. I’m going to give it try!
I am doing the baby steps as well and it’s been interesting to learn these habits slowly
Love this method, but I agree with the suggestions of cleaning up the website. Even brighter and more modern colors. The website IMO is kind of old fashioned. Methods are almost perfect (with exceptions of magazines, dirty dishes under sink).
I am new to the method and your channel this has been the most helpful video. Thank you for making the detailed cleaning list so accessible!
This was a great video Steph. I really appreciate the review of the whole system.
This has helped me so much. Thanks!
The penny pincher planner is the best fly lady tool
I NEED to try this. I have a hard time doing “just enough”. I struggle differentiating between general daily cleaning and all in deep cleaning. I overwhelm myself and feel like I actually get less done by the end of the day.
Thank you! Perfectly explained for a newbie like me!
Thanks so much for sharing your Weekly Cleaning/Planning Schedule sheet. It is such a great tool.
I hope Marla watches your videos and pays heed to some of the comments here! Thank you Steph!
You are AMAZING, and I love the way you explain it! Thank you!!!!!
Thank you for sharing these great resources!
Excellent explanation of the FL system!
This is a much nicer breakdown of what the flylady system is. (Flylady's website is just an awful cluttered disaster. Not motivating at all and not laid out well at all either.)
Home routines app can help with this!
Great video. Thank you so much!
Wish you still did the Sunday morning weekly plan now . Seriously miss it.
I don't have a personal laundry room. No washer/dryer machine.
Love you stuff, I would really love to see a video about sharing cleaning duties with a partner and getting older children involved, even though i know that yours are still littlies
Another excellent video.❤️
I found the app it's really helpful
Love this video 👍🏻
This was so helpful!
Hope you guys are doing ok up there
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Thank you for sharing this, God bless .
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