Side Tracked Home Executives was written by two sisters who got together to reform their slob ways and built a system of household organization based on 3 x 5 cards. This is a must read. They have a website and now sell a planner based on the original system. Check out their website, http://SHEsintouch.com. Another website on the same subject is http://www.organizedhome.com. You’ll find instructions and free forms to print for a household notebook to get you started.
4. Subscribe to FlyLady’s daily emails at http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/flylady... These email messages are a form of brainwashing inspired by the side tracked sisters philosophy. See her website at http://www.flylady.net. If you can stand the number of emails and direct approach they really work. Yesterday after reading Kelly’s Counter Rant email I cleared my kitchen counters of five small appliances.
5. Lead your family by example. My son begs to dust furniture but has to wait until his own chores are completed before I let him. Need I say more?
6. Build habits by establishing a morning and evening routine. See the FlyLady link above for her sample routine. Replace the television habit with reading before bedtime and doing daily pick up and prep for the next day as a family.
7. Think and be professional about your responsibilities as a homemaker, even if you work outside the home. This includes hiring someone else to do it, if that is within your means.
8. Open windows and let fresh air and sunshine it early in the morning. Cool fresh air and sunshine promote a cheery chore time and helps to me see what really needs to be cleaned and wakes everyone up.
9. Think through all your responsibilities and decide which ones are important. Make out a weekly schedule as a guide, but not a taskmaster. Take seriously the impression your home makes and the way an orderly, calm household quiets the spirit.
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