Next Week Zone 4

Happy Friday To All!  We are finishing up in Zone 3 (decluttering or detail cleaning) whichever stage you are in which is a Bathroom and one extra room.  Next week on to Zone 4 Master Bedroom/Master Bathroom and it will be the same (Declutter first or Detail Clean)  You can not detail clean until you have the room decluttered.  Simple as that.  Some of the things you would be decluttering in the Zone 4 would be:

Things That Don’t Belong In There
That’s right!  You know what it is!  I actually have a couple things that don’t belong in my bedroom come to think about it.  It was from the major declutter of my extra bedroom storage room.  I will declutter that first.  If I have time, I will do whatever Kelly’s Missions from Flylady are.

Things That Don’t Belong In Your Closet
You know what I am talking about here too.  Someone is coming over for a visit and you have to do a stash and dash.  Most people don’t go into one’s bedrooms so clothes closet is the best place to stash and dash.

When Was The Last Time You Did A 25 Fling Clothing Boogie?
Maybe that’s the reason you have clothes on the floor, laying on a chair, hanging on some exercise equipment.  Laundry is one of our biggest headaches and it isn’t really the process of it UNLESS you have overflowing drawers of clothes and closet doors that are hard to shut that make it difficult to put anymore in there.  Have you ever considered assigning a drawer or two and a section in your closet for clothes that you FLY in?  I have and it sure makes it easy to get dressed to shoes hair and makeup each day.

I know many want to do Zone Work and you can!  What must be done FIRST is to declutter the zone.  So while some may be doing Kelly’s Missions, if you haven’t decluttered the zone, do that instead!  It is not going to look clean anyway with clutter spilled over.  This is my opinion and not of The Flylady Company.

When I first found Flylady in 2005 I was too focused on Zone Detail Cleaning and would get frustrated because there was just too much clutter to do it.  What would happen next?  I would feel like a failure and then my basic habits and routines that were not yet established would suffer and then I would be back on that merry go round of being busy all day long and exhausted at the end of the day.  I would look around and not see any improvement in my home.  Then I wouldn’t do any Flylady for a week or two.  I thought Flylady everyday and it was by thinking Flylady daily I was able to Jump Back In and give it another try.
Keep FLYing!
Marilyn