I take comfort in the knowledge that no one is reading this blog. That no one even knows it exists. I haven’t even told my husband. I’m not hiding it; I just get so tired of failing when it comes to this housekeeping thing. I’ll go through times where I do pretty well. And then life happens. I know that’s cliche, but there’s a reason that some phrases become cliches. If ALL I have to focus on is my home, and I’m not in the middle of VBS, gymnastics, birthday parties, soccer/baseball/basketball/whatever games, I can do this. But as soon as “obligations” start, my house gets forgotten. One day I’ll be on track, and then two weeks later, I’ll look around and see stuff everywhere, and I’ll realize that it hasn’t even occurred to me in the past two weeks to pick up, put away, etc. And I don’t notice until it’s a foot deep and needs a full week of dedicated professional help.
So I haven’t told my husband because, behind his sweet and supportive smile, I know what his eyes are really saying. “Sure, honey, we’ll see how long this one lasts.” I kind of took this advice from the SHE book, which I’ll talk about in future posts. They advise that you don’t tell anyone what you’re doing until they notice the difference. When I did flylady for a while, my husband actually laughed. It was a kind, loving and warmhearted laugh. But it was a laugh.
I don’t want anyone to read this so I can really let it all out. You know, messiness is shameful. I am actually a very honest person. I never pretend that I have this home organization thing all figured out. I tell people my house is messy, but inside I always hope that they think I’m exaggerating. My goal here, as I’ve said, is to be honest. Not so much honest for the sake of you, my non-existent reader, but for my own sake. This needs to be something I work on. Something I am consumed with thinking about so I can figure it out.
But then, of course, I DO want people to read this, to cheer me on, to believe in me. My real hope and prayer is that this will actually work. That combining my desire to write and my need to fix this mess will come together and I’ll be successful. I need motivation. I’m not ready to actually invite anyone to pop into my home unannounced, but I do want people to come to my blog to check my progress and hold me accountable.
I am afraid that you do have a fan now and I read your blog everyday. Just started a few days ago and I am Hooked! Your day to day struggles are so similar to mine and alot of others who are too afraid to admit it. Thank you so much for your honesty.
Sorry, I couldn't resist reading this post based on the title alone! We may not be popping in your home to check on your progress but it seems we are popping into your blog to do almost the same thing.
Keep plugging along. I am by no means a total clean freak now, but my house usually looks more presentable than not. But the most important thing is that I know how to get it back to an acceptable level of clean when I fall off the wagon. I don't have to panic, I just know that when life settles back down I will be able to dig back out and keep on going.
A fellow slob here, agreeing with your comment that "messiness is shameful." You would think that shame alone would motivate me to be less messy…alas, instead of cleaning right now, I'm reading your blog! Please succeed at "your journey to an orderly home," if only to inspire me to keep at it!
Hi Shelly,
Thanks for the encouragement (and pressure!). I have finally realized (not that simply realizing makes my house orderly) that this is a process. A lifelong process with lifelong struggles to overcome. As depressing as that can seem on some days, the inspiring thing is that with that realization, I can also see that it is possible! Not easy, but possible.
I almost want to cry now that I've found someone who is just like me. Cleaning does not come naturally to me (much to the shame of my mom and sister) and I get so unbelieveable overwhelmed. I appreciate your honest and am so thankful I found someone I can relate to. You're so right when you say, "Messiness is shameful," and it's very hard to be transparent about it.
Thank you, thank you! I just got started reading but I am excited to see read through your journey.
I am crying. I need to do this too. I have failed at flylady. It is seems like it should be easy but it just isn’t. It is nice to see others who have tried, failed, keep trying..and have husbands who laugh at them.
I stumbled in here while 'blog hopping' and I am totally pulled in. How timely! I was visting with a friend earlier this week, saying that what I need is to find inspiration from someone who has overcome messiness (or slobdom), not advice from naturally organized but well meaning ladies who seem to have all the answers.
It is now a year and a half since your first post and you are still going – congratulations! and thank you.
So glad you're here! I agree. Though I had no idea that would be the case when I started, I'm amazed at how much people need to see the reality of the struggle. And it's so encouraging to me in my journey to know there are others out there who understand.
I just found you and so will be following you! I too am a huge slob and can't seem to keep things nice for long! I try to change and then the child in me comes out and I drop the ball…again…this time I am trying to take baby steps and hopefully the new baby habits will stick! Looking forward to reading all your posts!!
I am cracking up 🙂 I am such a naturally disorganized person. I even tried doing what you have done and by chronicaling my journey to getting it together but only got as far as creating a blog and coming up with a name, I still don't even know how to post on it! LOL I have often said that if I ever figured out how to get it together, and keep it that way, I would write a book. There are so many books/blogs on home organization written by amazing women, but most are naturally organized, motivated, disciplined and I am just not, so it never works. My heart is so happy to hear you say, "I look up two weeks later and…" because that is exactly how I feel. My husband of almost 13 years is also good at the supportive "well, let's see how long this lasts" smile. I am a stay at home mom is who has tried Fly Lady and all the others and learned, but failed. I am SO blessed and challenged by this role God has given me, but fail so continuously. My heart longs to bless my family with a stable, well run household, but I need more direction on how to get my hinney in gear! Thank you for writing so candidly so that others can see hope in you, someone who actually gets it.
I'm only a few posts in and I already sighing a breath of relief knowing that there is someone else dealing with the same thing! Not just a little, but exactly the same thing! I love organizing and I love drooling over the organization blogs and their pics of perfectly tidy and organized homes. It does motivate me to get in gear, but it's also discouraging to think their houses always look that way and mine, well, it doesn't! lol. I too have tried flylady over and over, it doesn't work for me, and my husband too laughed when I started. Just as he also sighs at all my new "ideas" and says "yea sure, how long will this last" As i keep reading I hope to see you reach your goals and inspire me to reach mine too!
I TOTALLY am like this post!!! It amazes me that you can read something from someone or talk to someone, and you are exactly the same!! I am going to start my journey too!! We are on summer break, and my goal is to clean up and build some new habits before school starts again. I homeschool, so starting when school starts doesn't work, school is too much. Which right now is why my house is in the state that it is!! LOL
I too am honest with people and tell them my house is a mess. The problem is they never believe me. And then I emphasize, "NO, I MEAN A MESS, A REAL BIG MESS!" And they usually laugh it off!
And my husband has also laughed at me. I did FlyLady too, he thought it was crazy! He also has those "we'll see how long this one lasts" eyes too! I feel you!
I am going to blog my journey too…on occasion. My journey this summer is better home habits and better health habits. Thanks for sharing and being so honest! It is nice to know you aren't alone.
I wanted to comment about how you sound exactly like me from your struggles, to your husband to your very writing style. I wanted to tell you how encouraged I am by your blog. I haven’t even read the current stuff. But after reading your other readers comments, I want to say how encouraged I am by all the others who are banding with you, hoping for your success and hoping for their own. These dear readers of your encourage me! I am a slob. Naturally neat folks just don’t understand. It’s nice to know I’m not alone!
Thank you, Suzann! It is so encouraging to me to know that I’m not the only one out there!
Wow! I am so glad I found your blog (link on Eat At Home blog). When I read about your attempt with the flylady, I couldn’t help but laugh bc my husband laughed at me too! I have decided to take your advice and not tell anyone of my plan to change this messy house. Thanks for the inspiration!
I’m so glad you found me too! It was so hard to keep my mouth shut, but I’ve learned it’s much better to let myself talk about what I have done instead of what I plan to do. (But it’s still hard!)
I’m convinced that there’s a certain amount of energy involved in any project we feel impelled to tackle. Talking somehow uses up some of that energy. Maybe even a lot of that energy! …leaving less for the project. The actual *doing* can be energizing. You’ve hit on something, that it’s better to talk about it after rather than before. No matter how tempting! It can be another form of self-sabotage. (and it’s so discouraging to see that “I wonder how long it will last this time” expression on someone’s face. A real energy robber.)
Thanks!
“the reality of the struggle”… so true. You know, other folks spend their whole lives struggling with other things. We applaud them in their efforts and admire their determination in the reality of the daily struggle. Why do we have this idea that homekeeping is not supposed to be a struggle? For me (and many of you, I’m discovering) it is. This may be a life-long battle, but I am now determined not to give up. I may not always win the fight, but I don’t want to surrender!
Hm. Re-reading what I just wrote, I sound very full of myself! Sorry! I just mean to say how much it is a REAL struggle for me. :/
Spot on. Seriously. I didn’t know that anyone else was like me.
Wow. More than just a few of us are alike.. I didn’t know either, Sherry!
Yep, I’m with you. Slobs-R-Us. I keep a homeschool co op organized for crying out loud and yet can’t figure out how to focus on the house cleaning. Am enjoying your blog immensely so far. Thanks for being so brave!
I just heard about your blog today. I’ve only read a few posts, but THIS one right here gives me hope. I’ve been trying to follow FlyLady for years and I just can’t seem to make her system of routines work for me. Why? Because my life is never “routine”! Like you, I can keep my house in decent shape if I focus on that and only that. But when I’m always running from one kids’ activity to another (which is most of the time), then it just falls apart. I’m looking forward to reading more from you, and hoping that if you’re figuring out how to make this work, maybe I can too!
I don’t know that it will ever be automatic for me, but I’ve definitely found hope and understanding of what it takes to keep my home in order! I’m so glad you found me!
Welcome!
So happy to have found your blog. This messiness goes deeper than the surface & the answers aren’t more organizational tools. Thanks for helping some of the rest of us to not feel so isolated & inadequate.
OMG, I am the same! My husband and I nearly split up due to my lack of housekeeping. I have flylady products listen to her radio shows waiting to be inspired. i go well for a month then it all ends up a mess again. Ive started to meet my inner child but that brat just wont get off her backside. As im watching your youtube channel and reading your blogs my lounge room has got toys and stuff everywhere. my 2 boys (aged 5.5 and 3.5) room is a mess. My daughters room(2.5) is a dumping ground and mine and my husbands room is a disaster. AGGGrrrrr
I am so happy I am not the only one. Your entire post could have been written by me. From Flylady ( I have been on her list since 2000) hahaha. To the sweet husband who is totally laughing at me on the inside. I will follow your journey and hope I do better this time!!!
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be one of those people who can, without embarrassment, invite someone into their home and say, “Please excuse my house, its such a mess” and secretly know its sparkly clean. he, he.
I just found your blog the other day while looking for a cleaning list when I saw a comment you made that lists don’t clean houses people do. That phrase has been running through my head ever since. So today when my whole plan failed to get the house clean and I looked at my house completely overwhelmed I came to you blog and started from the beginning like you suggested. Well this post had me in tears I totally didn’t know that anyone felt like this. I have had the same experience with fly lady and my Husband saying okay and then not expecting me to follow through. Thanks for your honesty. I hope to follow your blog and have the same success you have had.
I’m so glad you found me! Welcome!
I am so happy to have found your blog!!! Your struggles sound all to familiar. I have a very wonderful husband all though he is somewhat of a perfectionist and it really bugs him how our house looks most of the time. And while I want to be a good housekeeper it seems all to often I fail. I to can do good for a while and then something comes up and I neglect the house and it just snowballs into one HUGE mess. And I get so discouraged because even though I want a clean house it seems like it might never happen. I am so glad to find someone else who can relate. 🙂
Welcome, Mary!
Sigh! I have been on this terrible roller coaster and the ups and downs really got to me today. There might have been a point in my life where things were manageable, but I can barely remember….I was in tears today, then did the dishes :D, then looked at the piles, then cried, again. I found you a few days ago and knew I had found something that just might work for me. I guess I got ahead of myself and tried to conquer the whole thing. Well, of course, that is typical of me too, big creative plans and dreams. Thank goodness you are here!! and I can start over again! I got sober 25 years ago and that was the hardest thing I ever did. I think this is harder, but I will start…with baby steps 🙂 Thank you so much for being you, and being here. I’m in, one day at a time.
Welcome, Pam! Yes. One day at a time is truly the ONLY way!
I accidentally found your website yesterday. This post sums up where I am. I’ve tried SHE, FLY, a Feng Shui program, and others. I really, truly thought it was just me being a failure. That you’ve survived 3 years of decluttering and deslobifying gives me hope.
I am so glad that I found this blog. I hope to keep up with it and follow through. :-\
I’m glad you found it too, Regina! Welcome!
I thought my husband was the only one wo laughed at his wife for doing Fly Lady! I have been at this decluttering/deslobifying thing in earnest for three years, and I have to say, my house is better. Like you, life gets busy and I realize that ” two weeks” later I am climbing over the chaos! I am so glad I found your site…I often feel so alone and isolated in this chaos and trying to figure it out alone is torture! Thank you for your honesty!
Welcome, Kelley!
Looks like you’ve made real progress. Hope I do too!
Oh!! I loved this post!
I am OCD. I used to keep my house perfectly spotless.
But then, life happened!
I had a child. I married a hoarder.
I gave up. I have what I like to call OCD fits where I go through and get
The house perfect and then scream at everyone that comes along and messes it up.
I feel overwhelmed most of my days.
Sunday-Thursday is full on nothing but go, go,go. And without fail on my only day I can be at home for nearly an entire day someone needs something and that day gets filled.
Thank you for being real. I’m looking forward to reading more from you!!
I want to cry. It’s like I had written this… its exactly my life. I’m not alone!
I’m overwhelmed when it comes to cleaning… nothing has ever “stuck” and it is depressing every time I fail. (I always know it’s only a matter of time before it gets too much to handle and the mess overtakes the house again, but I still have to try) I’m so glad I’ve found you. LOL NOW I’ve just got to remember you’re here and make myself get stuff done!!!
Welcome, Jess! You’re definitely not alone!
Oh my goodness – I know exactly what you mean. Whenever I bring up a new scheme or plan, my husband gets this look on his face that says “Bless – Here we go again” And I feel like a failure before I start. And then I feel like a failure when I actually fail! My husband moved out two months ago – partly because of my lack of housekeeping skills. And if that isn’t a reason to de-slob, I don’t think I’ll ever find one. Love the blog – keep up the excellent work!
I am so happy to have found your blog. I’ve read a bunch of your posts already, but have just started to “read backwards” as you suggested and already I feel like I could have written many of them myself as your words ring so true to how I feel! I am cautiously hopeful that reading about your journey will help me stay focused on mine and similarly help consume my mind with what needs to be done in my house. I think the first step is restraining myself from reading every single blog post yove written in the past 5 years instead of cleaning up the mess! But, oh, it’s so tempting…
Thank you for your transparency. I’ve recently discovered your blog and I am hopeful. I woke up one morning at 56 and cannot get a handle on the mess that is my home. For me, there is so much shame. Thank you for helping me see that I am not alone.
Thank You! I have searched blogs trying to find help and good ideas for my crazy life and managing the affairs of my home. A lot of times I just end up feeling more stressed and ashamed that my home/fitnesss/finances/cooking/mothering isnt “pinterest perfect” like everyone elses’s seems to be dispite their challenges and ability to do all this perfectly while still having time and energy to climb Mt. Everest and cure cancer. (read: I must just be a failure). I’m not saying that they’re all like that all of the time, and I have benefited from a lot of awesome information and inspiration, but it is so easy to get that feeling as I compare my worst to their best. Thank you for having the courage to admit to what are my failures too. It helps me know it’s okay to have this as my starting point too as long as I move foreward like you are.
I used to think I was good with this cleaning and organizing stuff, but then came four closely spaced kids and moving a lot as my husband tries to climb those ladders at work and I am having a humbling time of not being able to keep it all together. I will appreciate your doable plans and how they come from someone whom I now feel trust and friendship with because of the way you write about this 🙂
Thank you for this comment, Amanda! And welcome! There are so many more of “us” than I ever thought!
This post seriously brought tears to my eyes. It his so close to home. This is me, this is my biggest struggle! I neglect tidying my house until the cluttered mess is overwhelming. Some times I used to forget it needs to be cleaned until we were expecting company. Out of lack of time to do it all, I would throw everything into laundry baskets, boxes and bags, and put them in the nursery and/or my bedroom where I would forget about them long enough for the kids to get into them making a complete disaster out of the two rooms. I have been working on making cleaner habits for long enough now that I have mostly figured out how to keep my main living areas tidy enough to not have to stash boxes of stuff but rather clean up and put things away, but the nursery and master bedroom have yet to recover from my previous clutter stashing habits. My poor baby sleeps in a room that looks similar to something you might see on “hoarders buried alive.”O.k. so it’s not nasty dirty in there, but it is packed with clutter. She sleeps safely in a crib, but I feel sorry for her to have to wake up to all that mess. I don’t want her to grow up thinking it’s normal. It seems during the day I barely have enough time to keep up with the main living areas of the house, the areas I have figured out how to keep tidy. If I spend too much time on the disaster areas the rest of the house will fall back into the way it was before. I am excited to read your blog and learn with you how to conquer this mess. Thanks for sharing.
I feel Ya here. I’ve got 3 under 5yrs to include a 4 month old! It’s hard trying to keep my house livable. I see this post is from last year- I hope your progress has been steady. Wish me luck as I take Nony’s advice too!
i thought i was the only one! Im so glad theres very little parking around my house because it keeps people from coming over. If someone showed up and saw the state of my home i would die a thousand deaths. Im a single mom and i work full time. Im just not capable of keeping a clean pretty home and it makes me feel so ashamed.
You are now being held accountable. That’s a lot of pressure! Now go WASH the trash can….have you in a year? Not sure I have…lol!
Wash the trash can?! I’m going to do that today. That’s a great idea!
Your posts give me hope that I too can change!! I let my SIL come over yesterday and help declutter my walk in closet… That was pouring out all the way to the end of my bed at the other side of the room… It took her only 2 hours to get it straight. I’ve now got 3 bins of stuff to go through, clothes are hung and trash is out. With your blog and her help I think my house will be livable again soon!
I was born a slob, just ask my mom. And my college roomies. Then I married a man who grew up in a spotless home (with 5 kids, no less!) and has anxiety – made much worse by mess. I worked hard to learn the basics of housekeeping in the first couple years of marriage, but four kids later my improvements in cleaning and organizing have not been able to keep pace. My four children are all slobs too, and through the kindness and generosity of others, we have acquired TOO MUCH STUFF! I subscribe to FlyLady, but mostly I don’t bother reading the emails because I’ve restarted the baby steps so many times and not had it stick. I feel like I fail my family every day. A few bouts of clinical depression have either been the result, or compounded the problem, or both. I’m just starting to read your blog at the beginning, and I hope the end of the story gives me hope!
I wish I would have searched for this years ago! It was shameful writing “I’m a slob” in the search engine, but the best thing I could have done! This post made me cry. It’s so me! My marriage is falling apart due to some huge issues on his part, but all my husband can focus on are my “mess” issues. It’s disheartening and makes me feel like a failure. I try everyday but sometimes just walk in circles, literally. I’m so overwhelmed, so thank you. I’m going try and not tell anyone like your post says. Last week I did so good but tonight I’m exhausted and I left my downstairs a disaster! Once it gets like that it’s so overwhelming to change it. But tomorrow is a new day and I appreciate the motivation!
Welcome!!!
I was up until 2:30am last night reading your new book ($2.99 on Amazon and the great reviews omg!) until I basically passed out because I couldn’t stay up anymore. I laughed several times, but what got to me the most was the times when I wanted to cry because I felt like someone actually, truly, REALLY understands how I feel. And that’s so stupid and cliche to say. I feel like a phony just saying it. But honestly, I’ve read dozens/hundreds/quadrillions of organizing/cleaning/etc. books, and they alllll say how they’re messy at heart, but no. No they aren’t. You wrote about anecdotes and thoughts and embarrassments that a fake slob could never dream up. And so much of your advice and whatnot already feels actually doable – like I could maybe, possibly, one day get to a point where I am not (or, at least, don’t feel like) a complete failure at being an adult/mother.
I wish I had a blog so I could review your book and write down the myriad things that you’ve said, feelings you’ve had, and advice you’ve offered up already that are like *insert angelic choir here.* But 1) I don’t have a blog and 2) I’d basically just be rewriting the book with a whole bunch of “OMG THIS IS SO ME, I GET THIS, SHE’S GETS ME, I’M SO HAPPY THIS BOOK IS REALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!!!!”
So I was hit with the cleaning energy two days ago, and I got so much done. It felt like nothing (and I just read the chapter about how cleaning/decluttering areas that you never use/are in basically is just as good as getting nothing done when the rest of your house stays the same – and SERIOUSLY. Duh, Diana!), but I’m still on a bit of a high from it, and I want to skip the rest of the book and just DOITALLNOW, but your advice and wisdom and cautionary tales are enough to remind me that doing that will only make me stop and that I need to just take it slow because it’s not a project. Day Two and everything. I’m putting off Day One until I finish the book (which will be tonight) and can’t wait to get started; and then can’t wait to get annoyed about it not being a project but something I have to do daily; and can’t wait to finally get to a point where I am begrudgingly okay with following my new routine (because it won’t be a decision, obbbbviously!).
And I’m here at the beginning of your blog because I can’t wait to read through it all and get even more inspiration and motivation out of it. /end novel.
Speechless but had 2 at least say “THANK YOU, NONY!” I’m a SAHM to 3 kids (1yr, 2yrs & an 8yr old w ADHD.) I have my hands full & when I read ur post about OP (other people) being the #1 excuse, I cried.. I could write pages 2u but based on the hundreds of comments I’ve read, u’v heard it already. Still, thank you. U have a way with words (& yes, you’re funny as hell! Thank God! Lol) U’v no idea how much u’v blessed this tired, depressed, overwhelmed, borderline suicidal Mama.. Please thank ur family 4 sharing u w us. Let them know how ur as much of a blessing 2 us as I know u r 2 them.. I discovered ur blog by accident. I’d start w a post & open new tabs every link u listed. B4 I knew it I had 40+ windows open of unread posts. I’m finally starting backwards but couldn’t continue until I told u how much u & ur blog mean 2 me. We’re kindred spirits & u r so special! Fixing 2 follow u on YouTube as well. Big virtual hugs from Grover, NC & again, Nony, Thank You honey! Xoxo
Oh my gosh, you are my housekeeping soul mate. I am in the process of setting up my own blog (which is in the same state as my house) in order to try and force me into cleaning / decluttering action, and I too have not told my husband because, been there done that, and I’m just drowning in the mess. But wow, what an inspiration you are to have written this ten years ago and be where you are today. It totally gives me hope!
Just found your blog from another “organizational” blogger. So, I decided to get out to the front room to try to sort through the grandkids toys. I went into the spare room (where said kids sleep) and got side tracked. Now I’ve emptied some shelves (everything is on the two beds) and came out to the kitchen, where I’m reading and typing, lol! Back to the room – nobody will be able to sleep if I don’t get toys, and games off the beds.
And, I’m done! The books aren’t as organized as I would like, but I’m happy with the box I have to give away, and I have more room on the shelves. I did vacuum and bit, although there are still things under the bed that I didn’t want to get on my hands and knees to get. Mmmm, the grandson is 3 – an easy fit!
Maybe tomorrow I’ll actually get the item I originally went in there to get, and start on the front room toys 🙂
Darn, I wish you could edit – “vacuum a bit”.
I just discovered your blog and started at the beginning. I was inspired to respond because I see a hope and a prayer answered. You , said in 2009, “My real hope and prayer is that this will actually work. That combining my desire to write with my need to fix this mess will come together and I’ll be successful.” Looking back from 2020, it happened!!
Sorry – I read it! Had to comment on this one because this is SO me.
While no one was allowed to set foot in my home, 5 years ago I uploaded a “shame video” to facebook to hold me accountable for getting my house under control the month I had it to myself. Last year I sent a friend of mine before & after photos of cleaning sessions. I just needed confirmation from validation from someone else that I had made a difference…even if it only lasted for the day. Covid quarantine is what made me FINALLY realize that my issues of too much stuff, and not being able to keep my home under control….are directly related.
I listened to Decluttering at the Speed of Life and Sink Reflections back to back on Audible a couple of months ago, and I think a mix of the two systems is what’s working for me. Your tips and the container concept helped me fill (and I mean fill) my car twice for Goodwill trips. I got stuck, because my “duh”s were gone. FlyLady has given me a daily focus, and as I’m working in those spaces, I come back to the container concept and your two decluttering questions.
Seriously, thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
fairly late to this party- BUT… the husband’s smile… SAME, girl! I do notice many comments with that response, which tells me that there are lots of loving husbands out there- that, too is refreshing. So begins my journey. Bought your newest book. Reading the blog backwards. doing the things today- hoping I will be doing them for days to come. 😉
So I am late to the party, by years obviously, but what a timely find for me! I’m excited to read your progress as I start to chart my own course and progress of a messy home. Ready to keep some doors open instead of closed for a change. bravo!
I can so relate to the very last paragraph, about wanting to write and fix this mess. I am starting to become more serious about taking back my apartment, and decluttering the items I’ve built up. I just signed up for the Take Back Your course, and I’m excited about going thru it and continuing to see progress!
I’ve been following you for a few years now and I’m even a Patreon supporter. Your teachings have changed my LIFE!!! I can’t believe I’ve never gone back and read your old posts. I’m excited to time-travel back in time and follow your journey 🙂 But first I have to go throw that bag of garbage away LOL
SHE and Flylady, WOW! we must be on the same path! Thank you for putting it all out there so that at this point in my life, I can pick up again where I left off. I’m not terrible at this organization thing, but have had some setbacks. It’s time to get back on track and I look forward to reading backward through your journey for motivation. Again, thank you for putting it out there! <3