EFFICIENCY and ROUTINES The Four Sturdy Legs of the Organizing Table, on which much organizing success rests! 1 - Bed made daily and kept clear 2 - Clear dining room table 3 - Sink clear as you keep things moving 4 - Inspiration Point guarded from clutter Four important legs keep your "Organizing Table" firm and sturdy. They will magically steer your house toward order and beauty. Sandra Felton, THE ORGANIZER LADY® ---------------------------------------- Contents of New Ideas for Today 1. Message of the Day 2. More Help Here! 3. Habit of the Day 4. Family Reminder of the Day 5. Quote of the Day 6. Question of The Day 7. From the Trenches 8. More Info -------------------------------------- **The Messies Anonymous website, www.messies.com, is back up! Thank you for your patience.** **Learn how to get organized with Marsha's (FREE) YouTube videos! ** ***If you are having problems with Yahoo Groups mailing, you can subscribe to https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3490310591173841338#allposts to receive the exact same messages.*** ---------------------------------------- 1. Message of the Day - EFFICIENCY We want to be CAPABLE, can-do people who finally get on top of the problem of clutter. We want to be COMPETENT. Competent means "adequate." We want to be EFFECTIVE. That means "accomplishing the desired effect." But most of all we want to be EFFICIENT, "productive without waste." That means we want to get our job accomplished with the least effort possible. When we look around at our friends' houses, we often see they live orderly lives with what seems to be a minimum of work. Organizing the house is not rocket science. It does not require much training. What it does require is focusing on a few important principles consistently. What it all boils down to something very simple --- organizing basics and good habits. -------------------------------------- 2. More Help for Efficiency Here! The NEW and IMPROVED K.I.S.S. Flipper Have you ordered yours? The K.I.S.S.(Keep It Super Simple) Flipper has fresh ideas on how to move through your home, day by day, room by room, with simple choices for maintenance and organizing. It will gently guide you through the process of creating clear and shining surfaces throughout out your home! With the NEW K.I.S.S. Flipper all you have to do to is FLIP through the spiral-bound, sequentially numbered, full-color job idea cards. No more sliding cards into sleeves; the NEW K.I.S.S. Flipper is ready to use out of the package. When you are ready to begin, make a few simple choices each day from one card and you will be on your way to a clutter-free and well maintained home. Free BONUS: Once you order, you will also receive the "K.I.S.S. eBooklet" via email to learn the "Hows and Whys" of the system while you wait for your K.I.S.S. Flipper, so you will be ready to start the day your K.I.S.S. Flipper arrives. Introductory price $26.00 US postage included Go to the link below to order you NEW K.I.S.S. Flipper today. messies.com messies.com One of a kind design for home maintenance, The Super Flipper by Sand... View on messies.com Preview by Yahoo -------------------------------------------------------- 3. Habit of the Day - THIRTY SECOND RULE If it takes thirty seconds or less to do, do it immediately. -------------------------------------- 4. Family Reminder of the Day In our family, we push our chairs up to the table when we leave. In our family, we use one bath towel for a week. -------------------------------------- 5. Quote of the Day A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone." Henry David Thoreau -------------------------------------- 6. Question of the Day Name one new thing you can to maintain as you go that you are not doing now. Tell us what you plan to do different on a daily basis. Tell us by posting on Friends-of-The-Organizer-Lady. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Friends-of-The-Organizer-Lady -------------------------------------- 7. From the Trenches - ROUTINES The thing that has helped me stay on track is routines. I know it sounds dull and boring, but I have added a few things to my morning and evening routines and voila! I just do them without thinking. I follow Sandra's list: get up, make up the bed, etc. After taking care of myself for a couple of months, I did another important thing: I helped my 4 yr DD make a list of HER morning routine. I let her choose pictures [from a small selection] and wrote beside it what it was. We hung it inside the closet, and I have her look at it every morning. After we finished it, my husband said he thought it would be helpful for grownups, too. DD has had her list for 2 weeks, and hardly refers to it but knows what to do. We're going to make a night routine next. We move to our new home in 4 weeks. I'll do one for my husband then, too. -------------------------------------- 8. Extra Help Are you tired of the never-ending clutter? The Organizing Mastery program has helped many people get rid of clutter for good. It is done through a weekly virtual program that’s hands-on and gets results. To learn more about it, just click here. Click here If you'd like to speak to an organizer about your clutter problem. ******************************************************************************** 9. More Info Reminder: You can edit your membership at Yahoo Groups home page https://groups.yahoo.com/neo or to unsubscribe, click on the word "unsubscribe" at the very bottom of this post if it arrived in your email inbox ---------------------------------------------- 10. Free YouTube Videos Learn how to get organized with Marsha's (FREE) YouTube videos! -------------------------------------------- "Are you at home thinking about the organizing you need to get done? Take a look at our SOS program designed to jumpstart your organizing immediately. Buy now: https://sortitout.thinkific.com/courses/SOS-Organizing-Program For more information: http://www.sortitout.net/sos-solutions-solutions-program-sf This is a simple program. We stick with the basics as they are presented in these messages. Keep reading. Keep adding one part of the program at a time. Repetition is important. Forward to friends if desired but not to other sites. Read this whole posting or only what you can take in today, then delete it. Don't forget the daily reminders!!! The daily Reminders and How-To's are found on our website at "How to Begin" http://www.messies.com ------------------------------------------ MESSIES ANONYMOUS SLOGAN Please memorize this slogan and post it on your wall. The secret to success is making very small, yet very consistent, changes. Or to make it short; Baby steps, baby steps in the right direction. Never underestimate the inevitability of gradualness. Anonymous 76 © Sandra Felton 2010 THE ORGANIZER LADY® is a trademark of Sandra Felton, founder of Messies Anonymous.