SLACKNESS and AUSTRALIAN PROBLEM SOLVING While in the burn-out phase, we need to seek outside help for the some of the activities we find are unable to do. Sandra Felton, THE ORGANIZER LADY® -------------------------------------- Contents of New Ideas for Today 1. Message of the Day - SLACKNESS 2. More Help Here! 3. Habit of the Day 4. Family Reminder of the Day 5. Even More Help 6. Quote of the Day 7. Question of the Day 8. From the Trenches – AUSTRALIAN PROBLEM SOLVING 9. More Info -------------------------------------- **Learn how to get organized with Marsha's (FREE) YouTube videos!** Finally defeat the clutter! Only $27 per month. Only $27 per month. Click here for more information.** ***If you are having problems with this Yahoo Groups mailing, you can click here to subscribe on Blogger to receive the exact same messages every day.*** --------------------------------------- 1. Message of the Day - SLACKNESS Your house needs your attention badly. You have let it get in the condition you find it now. To make your situation worse, you have trouble getting up the desire or energy to do anything about it. How are we to think about that? Shall we make excuses? Shall we berate ourselves? Leave the house and find diversion elsewhere? Let's take a reality check. First check out that there is not something physically wrong like low thyroid or a myriad of other low grade chronic disorders that can drain our physical energy. Also make sure you are not battling a low grade depression that zaps you physically and mentally. If these are not true of you, move on to solving the problem. Rather than saying we are lazy, which is a term that attacks us personally and will discourage us from action, let's take another approach. Let's say our behavior is slack and go about tightening it up. Focus on changing behavior not on berating yourself. Do what you have to do. Go about it in many different ways. - Learn new and easier techniques. - Read motivational books. - Stick with your online support group. - Start small, maybe just setting a timer for ten minutes. Then go for it one small step at a time. -------------------------------------- 2. More Help Here You can finally defeat the clutter with the approved SOS Organizing Program. Only $27 per month. Click here for more information. ------------------------------------------ 3. Habit of the Day FOLLOW THE RULE OF TEN (THROW-AWAY THINGS) Gather ten things to throw away. Get them in the trash immediately. -------------------------------------- 4. Family Reminder of the Day In our family, we don't complain about our responsibilities. In our family, we always flush the toilet immediately. -------------------------------------- 5. Even More Help The NEW and IMPROVED K.I.S.S. Flipper 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 Sandra Felton View on messies.com Preview by Yahoo 6. Quote of the Day "When in doubt, throw it out." -------------------------------------- 7. Question of the Day If you had one specific wish and one wish only, for your house, what would that wish be? Is there any one step you can take to start making that wish come true? Tell us by posting on Friends-of-The-Organizer-Lady. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Friends-of-The-Organizer-Lady -------------------------------------- 8. From the Trenches AUSTRALIAN PROBLEM SOLVING Hi, Thank you for your book and the website, which have been really useful. I am a combination of the perfectionist, relaxed and sentimental messie but primarily the perfectionist messie. A friend who shared the house with me for two years once told me that she knew why I didn't do housework It was because I am such a perfectionist that a job takes me several times longer than everybody else. She was right too. On the very rare occasions that I washed the floor, I even took off all of the door stops and washed them as well! I have recently had the house renovated and had to move out in order for workmen to get the job done. Moving out was of course a nightmare as you couldn't see some of the floor in my study. Even though friends helped I had to resort to professional packers. Soon after I moved back in a friend loaned me a copy of "The Messies Manual". Less than a week later I gave her back her copy and bought my own. I have been bringing things back into the house gradually so that I do not get overwhelmed and am trying to find homes for everything before I bring the next box in. This is not proving to be as easy as it sounds, however, your "centers" idea, the labeling and the boxes ideas have proved to be very useful. Recently, I established an "Electrical box" in which I keep extension cords, double adapters, light bulbs, batteries, insulation tape and a torch. It will soon have fuse wire, wire cutters and pliers in it. The box is clear plastic and I have used a Dymo labeler to list the contents on the outside, including the location of an extra-long extension cord. Twice lately I have been asked if I had a double adapter and once for a light bulb. I was able to find them all within seconds - in the past I was always buying new ones because I couldn't find the ones I had already. Thank you so much for your book and the ideas in it. I dread to think what things would be like without them. Thanks to Penelope. -------------------------------------- 9. More Info 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 ------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------ 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 86 © Sandra Felton 2010 THE ORGANIZER LADY® is a trademark of Sandra Felton, founder of Messies Anonymous.