This week we are in Zone 4 the master bedroom.  September is also the month we are having the event ‘Declutter Your Clothes And Make Your Bedroom Special.’  If you haven’t started on it, please don’t give up.  Yes, it sounds overwhelming but by the end of this blog I will give you some ideas to help you, especially if this is your first time through with ‘Declutter Your Clothes And Make Your Bedroom Special Event.’  Are you ready to look at this with an open mind?  I hope you will say yes.

The first thing I want you to do is ‘dedicate one dresser drawer for three to four tops and same for bottoms.  This will be your ‘FLYing Drawer.’  I actually have one drawer for tops and one for bottoms that are for FLYing.  The other thing is to create a section in your closet of clothes you hang that are FLYing clothes.  When I did this, my Before Bedtime Routine went so much faster.  In fact I am challenging you to do this.  Think of your FLYing clothes as uniforms in a way.  I wear tank tops and bottoms with at least side elastic jeans and then I have shirts hanging in my closet that I can slip on if I need to make a quick trip to town.  Most of my trips are planned out anymore but if I need to run to the town that is only 13 miles away to pick up milk and bread, I am ready to roll.

To tell you the truth in the very beginning I had three outfits I rotated when I took my challenge in March of 2011.  The decluttering of clothes is a continual process just like housework.  It never really ends.  The best way I have found is to twice a year do a maintainence declutter.  Some of you will be going through it for the first time.  I have been through it several times and still feel I need to do it twice a year.

Another point I would like to make is when you do zone work you must declutter first.  I know when I was gearing up to do my Get Dressed to Shoes, Hair and Makeup Challenge, I decluttered my bedroom and got everything out of there that didn’t belong.  The stuff went into my worst room that I could shut the door on.  I did this so that I could focus on my Before Bedtime Routine and Getting Dressed To Shoes, Hair and Makeup.  We simply cannot do all of this at once.  That is what we have been trying to do for years.  It just doesn’t work for us.

The next point I want to make is whatever zone you are in, I have learned during my ‘Weekly Home Mambo’ I pay special attention to that particular zone we are in.  We usually know what needs to be done.  You can do Kelly’s Missions if you would like.  You will have to go to www.flylady.net to get them.  She has a website.  I have groups and pages and am not a business.  I am trying to help you withing the realms of Facebook and Blogger.

The last topic I want to bring up is this.  If you are feeling overwhelmed with all of this then what I ask you to do is focus on my ‘Nine Habits Each Day Every Day.’  Why?  Because it will get you ready for the day and get the very basics done that will continue to keep you going.  You will get fed, clothed and sent on your way each day whether it is outside of the home or not.

These Nine Habits you don’t have to like.  When I finally surrendered to accepting this fact, things went better.  I know now that I must do these habits to keep my home from getting out of control and in the state before I found Flylady.  I am working on a blog about this subject.

Let’s have a great week!  Summer has ended and now we turn to fall for most of us.  Please take time to do some of the suggestions I talked about.  What can it hurt?
Dance Till You FLY! mw
Marilyn