Joy Comes In the Morning Shiny Sink 101 Psalm 118:24 This is the day, which the Lord has made; we will rejoice in it. This is the day, that you can let go of excuses, guilt, fear, and inferiority. Procrastination and perfectionism will have no place in your home. This is the day that your heart can be made glad. Perfectionism, the force that motivates you to have everything exactly right, isn’t about excellence but about fear. There’s nothing wrong with a goal, but when the fear of not meeting that goal overwhelms you, it leads to procrastination. You wake up in the morning tired and angry and feel as though you can’t escape that dark cloud that follows you everywhere. Of course you are overwhelmed. Most days, more is required of you than you could possibly accomplish. Your perfectionism won’t allow you to ask for help. “Your home did not get dirty in a day, and it is not going to get clean overnight.” FlyLady Flylady’s simple Flying lessons will show you how to get your home and your life in order. Every lesson has a spiritual implication from the Word of God that will transform your CHAOS into peace. You can become the instrument of peace for your family, friends, and …show more content…
for the world in which you live. It is not about the “stuff”. The battle begins in the heart and mind and as you learn how to take the first baby step of transforming CHAOS into peace you will gain a deeper understanding of the toll that CHAOS has taken and the conflict that has engaged you to the point of exhaustion. f your guard is up, that's OK. You will be the one to decide when all feels safe. When you learn to FLY, you learn to take it baby step by step. “Progress not perfection.” FlyLady Slow progress is still progress! You might have made a commitment to a life change more than once and aren't sure where to start. Your starting point is the kitchen sink. Plant your feet on that little rug and make your claim on all of your potential. The transformation is going to be amazing! The first baby step is a simple cleaning task. Shine your sink! FlyLady calls this Shiny Sink 101. There might be dirty dishes and greasy nasty water. Don’t let that stop you. This is so easy that you don't even have to wash the dishes. That's right! The focus is on the sink, not the dirty dishes. Take everything out and set it on the counter. If your counter is too full, set it all on the floor. Make a way to get to the bottom of the sink. No excuses! Here’s how you do it: Warning: Follow manufacturer’s recommendations for colored or decorative sinks. Don’t mix chlorine-based products with ammonia-based products. If you don't use chemical based products in your home, you can use alternative cleaning products with natural ingredients. Vinegar and baking soda are common alternatives. Rinse well between each step. (Ceramic sinks) Take all the dishes out of your sink. Run some very hot water in the sink all the way to the rim. Pour a cup of household bleach in the hot water. You can substitute vinegar for the bleach. Rinse your sink well. Get some cleaner: Comet, Ajax, or Baking Soda and scrub your sink. Don't mix ammonia based products (Windex) with the cleaners. Take a sharp edge and clean around the rim of the sink. Clean around the faucets too. You can use an old toothbrush or dental floss. Get your window cleaner and give it a good shine. If it’s not shiny enough, try a little car wax. Every time you run water in your clean sink take a clean dish towel and dry it. Lay out a clean towel every night before you go to bed. No more water spots because you will dry your sink each time your run water. You have done the hard part. Don’t get upset if your family doesn't get as excited about your shiny sink as are. Be sure to tell them what you're doing. Otherwise, you will be frustrated that your daily maintenance feels as if it were for nothing. No dishwasher?
There is a plan. Clear out a place under your sink and put a dishpan in space. Teach your family to put dirty glasses and silverware that are used throughout the day in the dishpan. At first, you might feel like you are breaking some ancient rule. It may even feel a little awkward to open a cabinet and toss in a peanut butter knife. The dishwasher is just a big holding place for dirty dishes. You are creating a holding place. When it is time to do the dishes, take lithe dishpan out,set it in the sink and fIll it with hot soapy water. Dry your dishes and put them at as soon as possible. Put the dish rack under the cabinet until exit time. The countertop will stay clear. If your dish drainer. Is nasty beyond Clorox, through it away and buy a new
set. Be patient. This is new to your family. Leave a sticky note for them, reminding to remind the of the joy that your clean sink is bringing you. If they still get it, that’s OK. Do it for you! Make shining your sink a daily habit. If you have a stainless steel sink, FlyLady recommends all of the steps above and one extra step. After you soak it and rinse it, buff it with steel wool. The sparkle will make it look new. If it still needs a little shine after the Windex, use lemon oil or olive oil on a soft cloth to buff it. A few drops of lemon essential oil will not only help it shine; it will smell so clean. Grab one of your good dish towels. You know, the ones you are saving for company or something special. (Company never comes because you are living in CHAOS). Put your towel on that clean, shiny, uncluttered sink. And do it the next day and the next day and the next and everyday forever. Every evening as you prepare for tomorrow, shine your sink and lay out your fresh towel. Just as you clean the scum and gunk from your sink, your heart can be cleansed from the whining and complaining that have led you to such a heavy spirit. Psalm 51:10 Create a clean heart in me Oh, God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Create in me a spirit that is dedicated, faithfully committed, solid, and reliable. You have to scrub that sink to remove the smelly, nasty, gross stuff. Before you know it, you will see the shine. So goes your heart. The CHAOS that has been fed by your disappointments and fear causing your heart to be as nasty as that grimy sink, can be scrubbed away with a grateful heart and new attitude. Like the shining of your sink, daily dedication and commitment will keep your light shining. The intentional act of this task that seems so insignificant will begin the process of removing the CHAOS from you and heart and mind. The guilt and fear that you are harboring, didn’t happen in a day and won’t go away overnight. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are noble, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, if there be any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy, meditate on these things. Philippians 4:8 In order to have that steadiness that will be your foundation in life and in Flying, the focus has to be on what is true. Every morning, your shiny sink will become the testimony of God’s love to you. There’s always going to be things that are wrong, or dark, or unfair. Let what is true be your focus. Psalm 30:5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Prayer and praise are powerful weapons that break the darkness. Praise Him. Be thankful for an opportunity to change not only your life, but that of your family. Praise Him for His peace. Pray and ask God for a renewed spirit of joy. Pray for your family as you guide them and mold them with your loving heart and peaceful spirit. Ask for help and guidance. Our role life is complex and demanding and requires much from us. Your shiny sink and fresh clean towel will be there to greet you each morning reminding you that you have been given the gift of another a new day. No matter what went wrong yesterday, today your life can be the reflection of God’s love and favor. Joy comes in the morning with a shiny sink! FLY WORDS CHAOS - Can't have anyone over syndrome FLY - Finally Love Yourself STUFF - Something that undermines family fun Baby Step Shine your sink and put out a fresh clean towel. You have pretty towels that you have never used. You are saving them for something special. Today is special enough. Determine in your heart that today your influence will be used for good. No whining!
Supporting the hypothesis, four out of five examined correlations indicated to have a relationship. With the exception of Performance and maladaptive perfectionism, these results indicate a high levels of procrastination, Maladaptive and adaptive perfectionism and academic performance are
The essays “Neat People vs Sloppy People” by Suzanne Britt and “Batting Clean-Up and Striking out” by David Berry take a whole new look on the dreaded aspects of cleaning. Britt expresses the different lifestyles of sloppy people to the infamous neat people. While Berry takes gender roles and compares them side by side in order to see the differences between how male/females clean. Both authors illustrate distinct differences and similarities between certain personalities that result in different lifestyles and priorities. Both Britt and Berry express the characteristics that come with these different personalities using humor and exaggeration but, Britt shows bias towards sloppy people while Berry treats both genders with fairness.
I am not a super messy person, but I don't necessarily keep my room clean all the time, either. Many a time I have opted to put away my clothes, clean out my binder and my backpack, make my lunch for the next day, and/or take a shower before I get to my homework. Doing all these activities takes a while, and I usually end up doing all of them on nights when I have a lot of homework, or if I have a test the next day. Any type of cleaning or household chore would work, though, such as scrubbing the shower, vacuuming, or dusting.
Perfectionism has two aspects. First, you have a tendency to have expectations about yourself, others, and life that are unrealistically high. When anything falls short, you become disappointed and/or critical. Second, you tend to be overconcerned with small flaws and mistakes in yourself or your accomplishments. In focusing on what's wrong, you tend to discount and ignore what's right.
The most interesting episode of season three of Breaking Bad was definitely the episode "Fly". The first time watching it, one might be confused. Why would they dedicate an entire episode to a harmless fly? In the episode titled "Fly", the fly symbolizes Walter White's wrong doing and his guilt for what he has done ever since he began cooking meth.
In Cleaning: The Final Feminist Frontier, Jessica Grose starts her article with an anecdote describing, how her father-in-law was coming to visit after being shut-in their apartment during Hurricane Sandy, and Grose had to tell her husband to help clean up for their visitor.
But then her eyes sought Aylmer’s face with trouble and anxiety. She then said to him ‘Dearest Aylmer, I’m dying,’ and she died.” (Hawthorne 324). Perfectionism is something everyone should try to avoid. It can never bring comfort, instead it adds to the
This thought is supported by the multidimensional perfectionism scale. The MPS is a scale that assess the domains of perfectionism and splits it into three groups. The first is self-oriented perfectionism. This... ... middle of paper ... ...
There are many obstacles that I may encounter that are both internal and external. A huge potential barrier between me and my meaningful and significant life is my internal struggle with time management. Procrastination is something I am very good at. I know it's nothing to brag about but sometimes I feel like I just can't help it. Even when I actually am focu...
Perfectionism can be defined in a number of different ways. One way is that it is a disposition to regard anything short of perfection as completely unacceptable or the setting of demanding goals, while being unrealistic in nature, are also accompanied by a disposition to regard failure to achieve these goals as completely unacceptable and a sign of personal worthlessness (Merriam-Webster, 2015a). Perfectionism can also be defined as setting of excessively high standards and striving for flawlessness in performance which is accompanied by a tendency to critically overevaluate one’s own behaviour (Frost, Marten et al., 1990; Flett & Hewitt, 2002; Stoeber & Stoeber, 2009).
During the school day, I always work my hardest to complete all of my homework, and if I end up bringing some home, I prefer to get it done as soon as possible. While working with my grandparents either in the garden or around the farm, I strive to impress them with my hard work and determination to get the job done. Even in my current job, I work hard to complete the given tasks correctly and also efficiently. Perfectionism is obviously incorporated in all of those working environments, and I believe that it pushes me harder and harder each day. As a result of my perfectionism the outcome of my work is usually the best it can be. Although it might limit me, I always give one hundred percent when it comes to completing various tasks, and find pride in being a hard
A list of chores is pinned on the refrigerator for me to complete before my mom gets home from work. I have vacuumed the carpet, cleaned my room, and swept the floor, but my least favorite chore remains: washing the dishes. It would be quick and easy to stick the filthy dishes in the dishwasher; however, the dishwasher is broken. Instead, the mountain of food-covered dishes will have to be scrubbed clean by hand. I will have to prepare the supplies, scrape off the remaining food, rinse and dry the dishes, and put them back into their correct spot in the cupboards and drawers. Washing the dishes is a messy and burdensome process every household must suffer through, unless they want to eat off of paper plates for the rest of their lives.
Lower down your standards. Are you a perfectionist? If you are, then learn how to lower down your standards, accept mistakes, and go for accomplishments like “good enough.”
Let us help you keep it that way.” is the philosophy of Good Housekeeping, and they certainly live up to it. With a huge variety of articles about cleaning, décor, food, fashion and travel, the blog does its best to inspire you. The range of topics is vast, with DIY projects, checklists and advises that not only change your home but also your wardrobe, your finances and your life. All of this, while making it, seems like fun. If there is one blog you might want to bookmark, this is the one.
A list of chores is pinned to the refrigerator to complete before my mother gets home from work. So far, I have vacuumed the carpet, cleaned my room, and swept the floor, but the most excruciating chore remains: washing the dishes. Washing the dishes would be quick and easy if I could stick the filthy dishes in the dishwasher; however, the dishwasher is broken. Instead, the mountain of food-covered dishes will have to be scrubbed clean by hand. I will have to prepare the supplies, scrape off the remaining food, rinse and dry the dishes, and put them back in the cupboards and drawers. Washing the dishes is a messy and burdensome process every household must suffer through, unless they want to eat off of paper plates for the rest of their lives.