Dear FlyLady,

I’m so proud of myself! I’ve just done some decluttering in the utility room, the job I had been procrastinating for a very long time.

I do my weekly home blessing and have established some basic routines. I’m on top of my laundry and the majority of the house is decluttered. But I still have some areas I need to work on. I have a hard time implementing zone cleaning and doing daily missions.

But last Sunday I had a light bulb moment. I was reading your emails and remembered you always saying that I just need to take baby steps. So I took a calendar and my control journal and colour coded all my zones. This week is my blue zone – the bathroom and one extra room. I coloured the squares in the calendar light blue and wrote down the daily missions.

Yesterday was Monday so I cleaned my bathtub screen and even scrubbed the tub. It took only 15 minutes. Today I did some decluttering in the utility room because I no longer have any paper clutter. I cleaned and decluttered four drawers and four shelves, and even shined the mirror and washed the sink. It only took about 15 minutes.

My dinner is planned, the house looks great and now I can relax and then prepare for my Bookkeeping and Computer classes.

Thank you for everything you do for us, dear FlyLady and your team.

A grateful Flybaby in Ireland