Hi FlyLady,

I have flown, off and on for many years and each time I fell off the wagon, per say, I retained a little bit more of your way. I don’t call it a system but rather a way of life, motivated by your love for your neighbor.

I didn’t always view it that way though.

My biggest problem was that I direguarded your guidance on perfectionism and used your ‘techniques’ as a starting point to fuel my own perfectionism. It wasn’t until a had, what southerners kindly refer to as a “come apart” that I finally began to let go of the perfectionism and get what you were talking about.

We have a large family, homeschool and family business. Our stresses and responsibilities have not changed but I have. For the first time in my adult life, I am relaxed and learning to enjoy life.

Implementing your advice led to a welcome challenge, what to do,  how live and feel when the CHAOS moved out. I am still learning and was recently led to read a book called, Leisure, the Basis of Culture. As I read it, I see that the forces that drive Americans to live as if the only real life is one of perpetual motion, joyless and strained, run deep. I can’t help but think as I read, the flylady has this covered.

I and my family thank you so much.

Peaceful and contented in FL