FlyLady vs MotivatedMoms?

[Silent1CB]

I've tried FlyLady in the past, but just found the website & routine to be so hard to understand for newbies. Recently, I learned she's on Facebook now. She posts a daily Flight Plan for the next day, which seems somewhat easier to follow, but I still haven't figured out the Control Journal thing.

I just ran across a site called Motivated Moms.
http://www.motivatedmoms.com/products.html?ev=03bf627146
They have daily plans you can buy & print out that tell you what to do each day of the year. I could follow that.

Just wondering if anyone has bought these, and if it really ends up covering every room and the in depth stuff like FlyLady does. The plans, from the little I can see in the samples, don't tend to focus on rooms or zones, but seem to jump around a lot. Will a room ever been clean all at once?

Any other websites out there like these 2?

 

[Spoonful of Sugar]

I haven't used these, but I wanted to say thanks for posting this and bringing it to my attention. I have had so much trouble getting into a good cleaning routine since my daughter was born (a year and a half ago!) so the house is just always a mess. I looked at both these websites, and they both look good. You're right that the motivated moms one seems to jump around a lot. I like that it has things to check off for each day, but it includes a lot of things that I wouldn't be doing, like making vet appointments, so for me it might not be worth sending away and paying for. I like the flylady website. And I like that it's free .

 

[Suz D]

Although it's not free (unless you get it from the library) I really recommend reading flylady's book "Sink Reflections". I have followed the website for years and never really "gotten it". I bought the book and started reading it and the very next day I started with a baby step. Our house is much more organized now (I have a long way to go, but I'm really getting some routines down) and I just feel more in control (hence the name control journal). Anyway, before you give up on flylady you might want to check out her book.

Also, the ladies who inpired flylady wrote Sidetracked Home Executive which is a fun (and helpful) read.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I'll have to read the book, too. I tried the Fly Lady website years ago, and it was just too many e-mails. I do still do the...I think it was "21-fling boogie" once in a while (though I change the number to suit what I can do at the time). I'm forever trying to get a good routine in place - but one will last for a little while, then fizzle.

 

[susykt4]

I got really into Flylady when my kids were very young and I was still staying home. After a while, the email got to be too much. I remember we went on our first family Disney trip and were gone 8 or 9 days and I had to delete seemingly hundreds of Flylady emails. Anyway, I think if you take her basic concepts- you can do anything for 15 minutes, having certain days of the week to focus on certain areas, decluttering and "flinging" you can get a lot out of it without needing control journals and stressing over hourly emails. I bought the book for my mom a few years ago and it hasn't helped her. Of course, she wasn't actually looking for help

 

[DMickey28]

I like that motivated mom's. I like for $8 it might be worth giving it a shot. Cheaper than any organizational book you can get in the store!

 

[kinntj]

I think I'll try motivated moms. For $8 you can't go wrong with at least trying it. I printed out all the pages now, so I can keep them in a binder clip in a drawer and pull the week I need. I think I'll use the menu plan sheet, but I don't think I'll plan 2 weeks in advance.

I guess I'll try it out and see how clean my house stays by following it. It looks like there's a daily chores on the left, so there's stuff you have to do every day and then do other specific chores on the right.

 

[luvmyfam444]

I've not tried (or seen) Motivated moms - but I've subbed to flylady - but didn't stick to it.

Just wanted to add that if you have a itouch or iphone there's a couple apps out there for orgnization/ chores, etc.

I've been meaning to start a thread to ask if anyone has used any of them...maybe that's something one of you want to try..

 

[Silent1CB]

Today I was going to google & see if there were any others out there to take a look at. I find that crossing something off a list makes me feel accomplished. How sad is that?

My old old method of cleaning rooms daily/ weekly, then doing a very heavy spring & fall cleaning for a solid week works. BUT that week long heavy seasonal cleaning physically messes up my back & sends me to the chiropractor in pain. So need something where that heavy cleaning is spread out like FlyLady does.

I never did subscribe for FlyLady's emails because I heard they were too much. I only tried to make sense of the website. But like I said, its been easier for me to understand her daily Flight Plan on Facebook & just print it out each day & cross it off....except for the Control Journal part that I haven't written yet.

I'll post what I google up.

 

[Silent1CB]

I googled "homemaker chore list plans" and came up with these results that I'm working my way through. Each has so many great ideas. I see I'm going to want to make myself a binder like so many of these ladies have done.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...homemaker+chore+list+plans&btnG=Google+Search

 

[Silent1CB]

I've decided to spring for the $8 on Motivated Moms. If it doesn't cover everything, at least it will help get me into some type of routine & motivated. THEN maybe my brain will be ready to take on the job of making a FlyLady Control Journal.

Any little motivation, routing & direction at this point will help!

And somewhere in that searching today, I wandered onto a site of lists (that you needed to pay for ) but you could print a few for free. I found a handy room by room purge list I'm going to include in my binder & work on.
http://listplanit.com/lists/home-management/10-room-by-room-purge-ideas/

 

[OceanAnnie]

Although it's not free (unless you get it from the library) I really recommend reading flylady's book "Sink Reflections". I have followed the website for years and never really "gotten it". I bought the book and started reading it and the very next day I started with a baby step. Our house is much more organized now (I have a long way to go, but I'm really getting some routines down) and I just feel more in control (hence the name control journal). Anyway, before you give up on flylady you might want to check out her book.

Also, the ladies who inpired flylady wrote Sidetracked Home Executive which is a fun (and helpful) read.

Thank you for posting the books! I have both on hold at the library now. I really like Fly Lady. I was overwhelmed with her e-mails. And although I liked the concept, it was too much at the time. A few things did stick with me, the biggest being the clean sink.

I put the Motivated Moms website on my favorites.

If you like charts, you should check out, www.chartjungle.com
I love it! It has every chart under the sun! I've used a bunch. Mostly, I use the grocery charts, and when the kids are sick, the medication charts. ** You have to scroll down to, "Free Printables" to see all of the charts. There are a bunch of headings and lots of subheadings once you click them. Tons of charts!

 

[lovesmurfs]

I was a Flybaby for years and years -- Sink Reflections is a great step-by-step guide. I recently stopped receiving the emails -- it seems she's gone much more commercial, and most of the emails were testimonials about how great her products are - not what I was looking for, or what she was originally about.

 

[luvsJack]

Are all of you SAHMs? No offense meant at all, but when I looked at Fly Lady it just seemed like too much of an all day plan. Are there any that are more for those that work outside the home? I need something that is done in limited time each day. I would love to have a weekly plan in place so Saturdays don't always mean "cleaning day".

 

[Silent1CB]

So we are all looking for help. lol I'm a stay at home, but not a mom, but I don't want to spend 24/7 or all day cleaning. I have other things to do & places to be. Also, don't want to be cleaning when DH is home on weekends, so we can have more time doing fun things. He will have a honey-do list sometimes though. Just the way it is.

I've just fallen off the wagon really badly lately, and need a good kick & a routine to get back on.

I did a little purging tonight with my timer set, but kept going for another 15 minutes because I was getting somewhere. It was a baby step, but it felt good.

I think if I visit enough of those website routinely, and maybe spend less productive time here on the DIS reading about other peoples lives, then maybe I can get back to feeling better about this situation.

Maybe we need a thread, BUT only if its motivational and doesn't turn into chit chat. lol I don't need more of that.

 

[millerwdwfans]

I've not tried (or seen) Motivated moms - but I've subbed to flylady - but didn't stick to it.

Just wanted to add that if you have a itouch or iphone there's a couple apps out there for orgnization/ chores, etc.

I've been meaning to start a thread to ask if anyone has used any of them...maybe that's something one of you want to try..

I have homeroutines on my iPhone and I love it. It was developed by a flybaby so it follows along close to her plan but I think much easier. It is easy to edit to suit your needs.

 

[lovesmurfs]

Are all of you SAHMs? No offense meant at all, but when I looked at Fly Lady it just seemed like too much of an all day plan. Are there any that are more for those that work outside the home? I need something that is done in limited time each day. I would love to have a weekly plan in place so Saturdays don't always mean "cleaning day".

No, I not only work full-time, but I have 3 1/2 hours of commuting a day. You do have to tweak her plan to make it effective for working outside the home. The best thing, though, is waking up and going into the main rooms and not seeing chaos everywhere.

The biggest "aha" for me has been the "you can do anything in 15 minutes". A room in total chaos can be picked up faster than you think. And emptying the dishwasher really only takes 5-7 minutes. A load of laundry can be folded in less than 15 minutes.

 

[Suz D]

Sink Reflections does address the working moms as well as SAHM's.

Shining your sink really does work. I went out and bought a package of 9 dishcloths on clearance for $2.50 for the kitchen and a pack of 8 washcloths for the bathroom for $3.00. I change the cloths every day (I have a basket on my kitchen counter with the cloths and keep the bathroom ones in my closet). I wipe out the sink every time I use it (it only takes a few seconds). Then with the damp cloth I take a quick swipe over the counters. My bathroom counters have been clean and clutter free for weeks (and that is a miracle believe me).

 

[Silent1CB]

I have homeroutines on my iPhone and I love it. It was developed by a flybaby so it follows along close to her plan but I think much easier. It is easy to edit to suit your needs.

DH has an iTouch he hardly uses except for music on business trips. Maybe I'll see if it works on that & steal his iTouch.

 

[luvsJack]

No, I not only work full-time, but I have 3 1/2 hours of commuting a day. You do have to tweak her plan to make it effective for working outside the home. The best thing, though, is waking up and going into the main rooms and not seeing chaos everywhere.

The biggest "aha" for me has been the "you can do anything in 15 minutes". A room in total chaos can be picked up faster than you think. And emptying the dishwasher really only takes 5-7 minutes. A load of laundry can be folded in less than 15 minutes.

hmmmm. Maybe I will have to look at it again. Sometimes my house can be ins such chaos, I just want to run away!! In fact I have taken next week off from work and my main goal is getting everything caught up and cleaned up or cleaned out!