I recently became a follower of Flylady, and I have to say I'm in love!! With a third child on the way I began looking around out minihome and the walls were closing in, "Stuff" was everywhere, there was no place for it and I was feeling trapped. How could we fit another person (even a little one :) into this space?!?! I was going to go crazy. I was taking out all my stress on my poor family. I knew I needed to get control of my house, but seriously, how could I do that with two small children who seem to need me everytime I start a project?
Then I remembered reading something about the flylady. I looked her up and my life has never been the same. While I am not perfect and do not follow her to the letter my home is a peaceful and happy place once more. I honestly cannot believe how much bigger this minihome looks and feels. the amount of "stuff" I have clearned out is amazing! It truly was just stuff. I cannot even remember half of what I have thrown and donated. I do not miss any of it. You know what else I don't miss at all? All the stress and depression I felt everytime I walked into my house. The defeated feeling that took over as I sat unmotivated on the couch and looked around my home. Clutter is NOT my friend! I feel so much better without it.
The best part of all this is how much happier and full of joy I am. I WANT to play with my kids, spend time with my husband and even clean my house! I LOVE coming home and relaxing, and just looking around at the clean and peaceful enviroment. The whole atmosphere has changed. My kids are happier and behave better, I deal better with it when they don't and Trev and I get along better. I have to admit that it's such a great feeling now when family come over. Before I would cringe when they walked in the door because I didn't feel proud of the chaos, but now I can't wait for them to come in and see our clean and organized home. And they notice!! Let's face it, it's always nice when someone notices your hard work and compliments you on it ;)
It never ceases to amaze me how something as small as a less cluttered and more organized home can have such a dramatic impact on a person, on a whole family. I am so thankful for finding someone who has helped me gain control of another aspect of my life, and helped make my life happier and simpler! The best part? I'm doing it 15 minutes at a time! Who doesn't have time for that?!
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