It's everywhere. All we hear about is declutter, declutter, declutter. Buy this book on how to organize, indiscriminately throw 27 things away, get rid of everything you don't need right now. On and on and on.
On November 21, 2008, I joined FLY just to see what it was about. After several hours of "arguing" with my computer, I finally got a new email account set up and started to receive messages from FLY. In approximately 53 days I have received hundreds of emails from the FLYLady and her ilk. Today I deleted 598 unread messages. Remember that is less than 2 months! That is an average of almost 12 a day. Think how many more it would be if I knew how many read emails I have previously deleted.
I should have known better when I saw the FLYLady web page. Talk about CLUTTER! The site gives me a headache. (See Flylady.net) Oh, and they sell things - t-shirts, diaries, calendars, etc. - more clutter!
So now that I've got that off my chest, I'm going unsubscribe to Fly Lady and see if I can close that email account. You might have noticed that I already deleted one blog. I'll start decluttering by getting rid of some time-wasters.
My apologies to those who like the FLYLady.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
27 things - growl & laugh
One email about decluttering said to throw away 27 things. I don't know when that was posted, and I don't care. But, I am NOT going to throw away 27 things just to throw things away as suggested. That email made me mad. That is why I wondered if it was such a good idea to sign up to FLY. Now I have another email account with dozens of new emails to look at. These may not clutter the house, but it does clutter my brain and my time.
On the bright side, the post made me mad enough to clean out the medicine cabinet and clear off the bathroom counter. I did gather up several bottles of lotion and hair stuff and gave them to my friend's teenage daughter. (Now my friend can deal with the clutter - smile.) I did get the overnight bags repacked. (The stuff was strewn all over the bedroom and bathroom.) I did throw out some outdated medicine, and I did put more than 27 things away.
Ya suppose that making us "mad" was the purpose of the email? lol
On the bright side, the post made me mad enough to clean out the medicine cabinet and clear off the bathroom counter. I did gather up several bottles of lotion and hair stuff and gave them to my friend's teenage daughter. (Now my friend can deal with the clutter - smile.) I did get the overnight bags repacked. (The stuff was strewn all over the bedroom and bathroom.) I did throw out some outdated medicine, and I did put more than 27 things away.
Ya suppose that making us "mad" was the purpose of the email? lol
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