The fly lady system is an ideal housewife in the Russian way for working women, mothers with small children: tasks for every day for cleaning and decluttering an apartment, house, kitchen, personal care, accounting for finances

Concept and principles of the fly lady system. Templates and samples of completed plans for cleaning and menu planning.

Women have long gone out into the outside world and reduced their stay in the home. However, the amount of work to clean it remains the same.

Therefore, insightful ladies come up with and try in practice different ways to optimize time for household chores, caring for themselves and family members.

One of the systems that helps solve these and other problems is the fly lady.

Although she comes from the West, Russian women have adapted the system to suit themselves.

How they managed this, what secrets they discovered - let's talk in more detail.

The fly lady system is an ideal housewife in the Russian way: where to start - step-by-step instructions

a smiling girl cleans the kitchen using the fly lady system.
To instill in yourself the skills of a housewife using the fly lady system, use the following steps:

thoroughly wash and dry the sink and stove in the kitchen in the evening before going to bed,
follow the steps to declutter your home and only then move on to implementing cleaning plans,
keep a separate notebook for notes in which you note daily plans, morning and evening routines, areas of your house/apartment with a list of types of cleaning work, dishes, shopping lists,
dress and look so that you feel comfortable the moment you open the doors to any guests,
spend no more than half an hour cleaning a specific area in one go,
declutter your home space daily for 15 minutes,
start cleaning unnecessary things - clothes, sheets of notes, magazines from a small area, for example, on a bedside table, coffee table, chair,
define an island of cleanliness in your house/apartment, for example, a stove, and always keep it in perfect order,
mark your completed steps in a journal and praise yourself at the end of the page every day,
plan a general cleaning lasting 2 hours and do it,
dismantle the rubble on horizontal surfaces, devote 2-3 minutes to this activity,
buy a timer and observe the duration of performing this or that action on it,
Plan and implement self-care steps regularly.

Principles

Marla Seelly herself did not highlight the principles; these are most likely the first steps with which acquaintance with the FlyLady system begins.

Principle 1: Clean Kitchen Sink

Since you have to start somewhere, the author of the system invites everyone to go and clean their work sink in the kitchen until it shines. You can even find a special author’s recipe on the Internet. After this, the sink must be kept clean all the time, that is, pay attention to it every day.

Principle 2. Starting the day every day: getting yourself in order

After waking up and performing hygiene procedures, you need to dress yourself up nicely and put on lace-up shoes. In this form, it will be more difficult for you to return to a warm bed. Climb! Great things await us!

Principle 3. Introduce rituals (morning, afternoon, evening)

You probably still have your own morning and evening rituals; in this mode they are called “routines”? Write them down, think them over, add them. For example, now add to your nightly routine the washing of the kitchen sink, which should now always shine. And we add a beautiful outfit and lace-up shoes to our morning routine.

Principle 4. Throw away unnecessary things

Throw away unnecessary things every day. Marla Cilley advises throwing out 27 things a day, which only create clutter at home and interfere with the organization of your home space. Ideally, de-littering should not take more than 15 minutes.

Principle 5. We don’t hoard things.

To make “decluttering” your apartment easier, try not to accumulate a lot of unnecessary, but, in your opinion, very necessary things, such as glass jars, plastic boxes, grocery bags. Try to get rid of one old item by buying the same new one.

Principle 5. Work in the zone 15 minutes a day

Divide the space of your home into zones, for example, hallway, kitchen, bathroom, toilet, room. Dedicate a week to cleaning the area. This week, on set days, clean the area for no more than 15 minutes a day, set a timer so you don’t overwork!

Principle 6. Hot spots

Hot spots are places in your home where clutter is most likely to accumulate. For example, a bedside table in the hallway, a coffee table in the living room or bedroom. Find the hot spots in your home, sort them out, and keep them tidy every day. Engage in “hot spots” daily for no longer than 5 minutes.

Principle 7. Blessing the home - 1 hour per week.

Blessing the home is our routine cleaning without crawling under sofas or moving cabinets. You can go through dusty shelves and dirty floors in one hour a week, provided that you devote some time to order every day. Set aside one day a week to bless your home, but not the weekend!

Principle 8. Start small and a little at a time

Don't start by cleaning the entire apartment at once. We start just a little bit at a time so as not to scare ourselves away.

Principle 9: Don't be a perfectionist

Don't try to do everything perfectly, it's too easy to give up. We do it to the best of our ability.

Principle 10: Audit Trail

Every “flying lady” needs an accounting and control journal. Your daily and weekly routine is written down there. All routines, division into zones, menu for the week, important phone numbers and encouraging phrases. With it, your life will become more organized and streamlined.

Principle 11: Weekends for rest

On the weekend, relax with your family, loved ones and friends. Gain strength and energy.

Based on the principles of the system, you can calculate how much time per day should be spent on cleaning.

Morning, afternoon, evening routine - 20+20+20=60 minutes;

Work in the zone - 15 minutes;

Debris removal – 15 minutes;

Extinguishing "hot spots" - 5 minutes.

It turns out that the maximum time devoted to FlyLady for the entire day is 1 hour 35 minutes. Many people include decluttering and hot spots in their routines, which results in a minimum of 1 hour and 15 minutes.

On the day dedicated to the “Blessing of the Home,” a maximum of 2 hours and 20 minutes is spent on tasks according to the system.

Cleaning and decluttering an apartment or private house according to Fly Lady: schedule, templates and commandments

a girl floating in the air vacuums a room using the fly lady system.
The very first step in the fly lady system is collecting and eliminating trash and unnecessary things.

Start by finding and bagging any 20 units. An old receipt, a candy wrapper, and last year's train ticket are all accepted. If you take a larger one, then feel free to send a broken fan, alarm clock, trempel to the treasured trash collection bag.
In this system, decluttering means removing things that you no longer intend to use. For example, old stacks of magazines can be recycled, and clothes can be donated to an orphanage/temple/humanitarian organization.
Place advertisements for donations of your books that have been read for a long time and take up space on the shelves/coffee table, and the beautiful dresses you have outgrown will delight a friend or her daughter.
As for the schedule for decluttering work, at first do only them, devoting no more than a third of an hour a day to each zone.

If there is too much junk in a particular place, plan to sort it out there within a week.

Below we will add several tables to help organize cleaning in the house to eliminate excess trash first.

list of home cleaning equipment according to the fly lady system

detailed plan for cleaning and decluttering an apartment by Fly Lady, sample 1

ready-made sample plan for cleaning a house for a week using the Fly Lady system, example 2

template for filling out daily plans for the week according to the fly lady system

template for decluttering your home called “what to give” by fly lady

blank template for recording home decluttering plans by fly lady

What is a zone in a house?

Anything can be considered a zone. This is both a whole room and a shelf in a closet. The main thing is that work in this zone does not exceed the allotted time limit. If the room is quite clean and fresh, you can limit yourself to washing the floors and wiping dust in a 15-minute interval.

What if you think the house is cluttered and cluttered? You can only clean one room all week. What will happen to others at this time? It means we clean here, but dust will grow there? Of course not! For this purpose there is a weekly blessing hour at home.

Kitchen cleaning according to fly lady: tips, templates and commandments

a girl washes cabinets in the kitchen using the fly lady system.
Create a page in a journal/notebook with a plan for cleaning the kitchen area only after you have completely removed all the trash here. Then putting things in order will be much easier and faster.

Sample kitchen cleaning plan:

Throw out any excess items from your refrigerator and clean it out.
Wash the microwave inside and out.
Clean the stove and oven.
Wipe down jars and trinkets.
Carefully arrange everything in drawers and cabinets.
Wipe stains off the walls.
Clean the inside of the windows.
Wash/shake out the filter in the hood.
Wipe down cabinet doors. (Not all at once, in several stages).
Wipe down lampshades and lamps.
Clean up under the sink, throw away old rags, plastic bottles, boxes.
Wash cat and dog bowls.
Wash the floor.

And a few more options for kitchen cleaning templates.

detailed schedule of work in the kitchen using the fly lady system

short list and kitchen cleaning plan by fly lady

To get everything done in the kitchen according to the fly lady system, keep in mind the basic commandments:

start cleaning from the ceiling
switch to devices that accumulate dirt and/or excess liquid
pay attention to vertical and horizontal surfaces
wipe all figurines, dishes, trinkets on every shelf
clean the area under the sink
complete the cleaning by mopping the floors

Use the kitchen cleaning plan form shown in the picture below as a sample.

blank checklist sheet for filling out kitchen cleaning plans

The main point

The main secret is the ability to organize your affairs. Those. construction of a certain scheme, thanks to which the main goal is achieved. After all, we are easily distracted from one job to another.

Let's say we are removing a clutter from a cabinet. We collected tubes of creams and took them to their place. And what do we see? The shelf where these creams should be is also a mess! We automatically start cleaning there. What's the end result? Neither the cabinet nor the shelf will be neatly tidied.

And according to the methodology, we clean strictly in a certain place. By the way, no more than 15 minutes. Although, the time may be individual for everyone. So set the timer and go ahead. And when it rings, finish your work. We'll continue tomorrow.

But how to choose this very place that needs to be cleaned in 15 minutes? After all, it is unrealistic to wash the floors in such a period! We divide the house into sections!

Preparation, cleaning for the New Year, Easter according to the fly lady: tips, templates and commandments

room in the house before and after cleaning before Easter
General cleaning before these holidays, even according to the flying lady system, should be properly organized and carried out.

Below are a number of tips that will help you turn your home into an island of cleanliness and order:

plan cleaning by zone, carefully considering all types of work,
follow the golden rule - spend 15-20 minutes a day both on the plan and its implementation,
check and replenish the necessary inventory by making a shopping list,
start doing cleaning work by zone in advance, then on the eve of the holiday you won’t have to rush around the apartment in a panic trying to clean it up,
If you haven’t been recycling junk and unnecessary things, it’s time to start doing it as early as possible,
arm yourself with a garbage bag with handles and walk around the area or the entire apartment with the goal of collecting 20-30 pieces of trash,
review your wardrobe for completely new things that you do not plan to wear, but are ready to easily give,
the day before the holiday, all you have to do is remove dust from horizontal surfaces and wash the floors.

Below is a series of photos of a girl’s audit trail who planned a general cleaning of her apartment before the New Year.

photo of house cleaning checklist before the New Year, sample 1

photo of house cleaning checklist before the New Year, sample 2

photo of house cleaning checklist before the New Year, sample 3

photo of house cleaning checklist before the New Year, sample 4

photo of house cleaning checklist before the New Year, sample 5

Below you will find a sample template for filling out plans for cleaning a children's room before the holidays.

blank template for filling out a to-do list for preparing a children's room for the New Year or Easter

Routines

A cat lives with us. And whatever one may say, cleaning up after her once a week is extremely little. The tray alone is worth it! Try not to clean it up on time, there may be a surprise somewhere in an unexpected place. And no wonder. After all, domestic cats are very clean.

Such daily rituals are called routines. This is something you can’t live without for a day! To make it easier to deal with this, let's think about how much time it takes to perform such manipulations every day. What? Don't have a cat? Make no mistake, now I will give examples of other, important routines:

Make your bed in the morning.
Ironing.
Washing dishes.
Pack lunch for work in the evening.
Clear the table after dinner.

And much, much more. What about teeth cleaning and hygiene procedures? I’m generally silent about this! Every self-respecting lady has this.

But among such routines, there must be one that is performed every day, no matter what!

Financial accounting, budget saving according to fly lady: tips, templates and commandments

on the table is a set of stationery for drawing up an estimate of family expenses according to the Fly Lady system.
The Fly Lady system teaches not saving, but conscious spending of money. The technique of small steps will help you achieve this.

Pay attention to a number of tips for teaching yourself how to keep track of money on fly:

Take a pen and a piece of paper, mark 2 columns on the last one - income and expenses.
In the first, enter all types and amounts of receipts for the current month, in the second - mandatory payments and amounts from checks that are in your bag, packages, clothing pockets
Train yourself to keep records of all expenses from the first to the last day of the month for 60-90 days. Notebooks, receipts, and a voice recorder on your phone are suitable as memory aids.
Create a stabilization fund, or home interest-free deposit, and replenish it monthly with 10% of income.
Carefully increase the stabilization fund to an amount equal to triple the value of all expenses for the month. This will help your family live in a normal rhythm for a couple of months in case of a job change or temporary transition to unemployed status.

When you have a table with expenses for several months in front of you, distribute them in 3 columns:

mandatory
desirable
insignificant

The third column is the cost optimization zone. By refusing to spend money on it, you can make your small dreams come true, for example, by stopping buying coffee in a coffee shop in the morning, you will save money in a month to buy the desired cream.

Below you will find a sample of accounting for a family’s financial resources according to the system in question.

sample table on a computer to track financial expenses for a family using the fly lady system

Zone cleaning method

For easy and effective cleaning, it is better to divide the apartment into conditional zones. The allocation of zones must be carefully considered. Every day, for a week, cleaning in one area will be carried out for all 15 minutes. Next week will be dedicated to cleaning a different area. A month later, the work schedule is repeated again. You can connect several zones at once, for example, a hallway, a bath and a toilet.

Once the zones have been identified, you need to sketch out a list of activities that need to be done in a week.

Kitchen

List of things to do while cleaning the kitchen:

window cleaning;
washing curtains;
cleaning the sink;
wipe the chandelier, ceiling;
wash kitchen appliances, stove;
wipe the set;
arrange the dishes carefully;
clean out the refrigerator.

Bedroom

Cleaning the bedroom involves the following steps:

wiping dust from household appliances and furniture;
disassemble the bedside tables;
change bed linen, vacuum the mattress;
wash the window;
wash curtains;
wash the chandelier, switches;
wipe down the closet;
take apart clothes;
wash the floor.

Bathroom and toilet

Cleaning involves the following actions:

wiping mirrors;
washing cabinets;
cleaning the toilet, sink, bathtub;
washing stands and shelves;
washing the rug;
cleaning the ventilation grille;
washing floors, doors, wall tiles;
neat arrangement of cosmetics;
washing towels.

Hallway

Cleaning involves the following activities:

wipe the peephole, handle, bell, intercom, switch;
tidy up the front door;
clean the rug;
wash the floor;
wipe down cabinets;
hang clothes neatly;
clean and arrange shoes.

Beauty plan - self-care according to the fly lady: tips, templates and commandments

girl in the bathroom with flower petals
Any template proposed above will suit you as a template for drawing up a plan.

It is important to observe a number of points:

List your morning and evening routine care routines.
Designate for each day of the week procedures for caring for a specific part of the body, for example, Monday - hands, Tuesday - legs, Friday - hair.
Add a schedule of visits to specialists - hairdresser, manicure-pedicure, eyebrows/eyelashes, spa/bath with or without friends, cosmetologist, fitness/gym/dancing/yoga.
Follow the plan regularly for at least 2-3 months to see results.

Let's add several ready-made beauty plans that fly girls have developed and use.

sample plan for self-care procedures according to the fly lady system, example 1

sample plan for self-care procedures according to the fly lady system, example 2

Blank form from Fly Lady's audit trail for planning self-care activities, example 3

sample of a finished beauty plan according to the fly lady system, example 1

sample of a finished beauty plan according to the fly lady system, example 2 and 3

sample of a finished beauty plan according to the fly lady system, example 4 and 5

sample of a finished beauty plan according to the fly lady system, example 6 and 7

Consolidating habits by day

The habit of cleaning daily and little by little is developed over the course of a month. To get used to the Fly Lady cleaning system, you need to perform a series of sequential steps.

1

On the first day of the new rhythm, it is supposed to clean the sink to its original state.

2

They spend time in the morning putting themselves in order, and in the evening they clean the sink again. Reminders are posted in visible places.

3 and 4

Before lunch, they take care of themselves, and in the second half of the day they set aside time for cleaning the sink, reading yesterday’s notes and hanging new reminders.

5

All previous actions in previous days are repeated. On the fifth day, there is often a desire to quit everything, it seems that nothing is working out, and everything is being done poorly.

Take a new sheet of paper. On the one hand, all the shortcomings of the day are written, and on the other hand, the advantages are described. The second list should contain more items.

6

They repeat all the actions of the previous points, after which they study the reminders. Read the advantages and disadvantages indicated on the sheet. On this day, hotspots are allocated. Allow no more than two minutes to clean the hot zone. It’s okay if you weren’t able to get this place perfectly clean.

7

On this day, the previous points are repeated, and analysis of hotspots is added. In the evening, it is recommended to choose and iron clothes for tomorrow. Evening preparation of clothes is called a routine. It should become a daily habit.

8

In addition to the evening routine, the schedule also includes a morning routine in the form of cleaning the sink. In the first half of the day, take time for yourself, then read all the reminders, complete the routine, read the advantages and disadvantages of the work done.

In the evening, they prepare clothes for tomorrow and clean the hot zone. On this day in the evening, you should prepare a folder with blank sheets of paper for keeping the fly lady's control diary.

9

In the morning they put themselves in order again. Then you need to read the reminders and remove hotspots. In the evening they clean the sink and prepare clothes for tomorrow. Hotspots are being removed again.

10

The pre-lunch time is completely devoted to themselves, then they read sheets with reminders, and remove hotspots. On this day, a new habit is introduced, which involves cleaning the room in 16 minutes. Within the allotted time, you need to put all things in place, throw away or distribute trash. Immediately after cleaning, you need to read a little or drink tea.

In the evening you will again be cleaning the sink and preparing clothes for tomorrow.

11

From this morning, after tidying up and reading the notes on sticky notes, you need to devote a couple of minutes to hotspots, 4 minutes to clean the room and 16 minutes to throw away unnecessary trash. In the evening, all that remains is to clean the sink, prepare your clothes and take two minutes to disassemble the hotspot.

The control diary contains a list of routine tasks in the morning and evening hours. For inspiration, write down quotes and sayings.

12

Perform the evening and morning routine. The work done is checked against the list indicated in the journal.

13

After completing the routine, take 16 minutes to sort out unnecessary things. Unnecessary trash is thrown away or distributed to people in need.

14

They repeat all daily actions and begin to develop a family calendar.

15

The tasks specified in the control diary are completed, and a mandatory habit is added - making the bed.

16

They perform routine tasks and read inspiring posts.

17

Repeat all the actions of the previous days. In the evening, they add some more work.

18

They complete all assigned tasks according to the control diary and become familiar with the recommendations of the Fly Lady cleaning system.

19

The tasks of the usual routine are completed, and time is set aside in the evening to read useful and interesting literature.

20

Perform morning and evening routine tasks. The daily task schedule is supplemented by laundry. Things need to be washed, dried, then ironed and carefully placed in their places.

21

Repeat all the actions of the previous days.

22

After completing routine tasks, they devote time to hotspots. Again they choose unnecessary and unnecessary things that need to be gotten rid of.

23

Planned activities are carried out according to the log. They add new items - a to-do list in the afternoon or after work.

24

Completing the to-do list in the journal is spread out throughout the day. Cleaning the toilet and wiping the bathtub are added.

25

All actions scheduled for morning, afternoon and evening should already be performed automatically by this time.

26

The work of the routine is carried out. The results are summarized, the work is evaluated and the successes achieved are noted.

27

The entire to-do list for the day is completed. Before 17:30 you need to think over the menu for dinner and enter it into the control diary.

28

Routine work is being done. In order not to forget a single point, you need to check the magazine. New point - proper nutrition.

29

All tasks are completed. It's time to praise yourself for all the work you've done.

30

After completing all the tasks, they pay attention to the list of tasks for the next month. A period of time is allocated to think over gifts and cards for the upcoming holidays.

31

During the day, tasks are carried out according to the routine schedule specified in the control diary.

How to clean up children's toys according to Fly Lady: tips, patterns and commandments

rational arrangement of toys in the children's room
Families with children sooner or later face the problem of cleaning up toys. Women practicing fly lady advise:

buy and use special containers and shelves for storing toys, for example, IKEA,
get plastic boxes with lids,
adapt a special mesh suspended from the ceiling for these purposes,
organize drawers from under the bed to store toys,
sort them so that you can give your child a new set of different things for the day,
show your imagination - turn an ordinary plastic chest of drawers into storage for toys, marking the drawers with types of entertainment with stickers,
limit your child’s access to small toys if you understand that there is really no time for their subsequent collection,
teach your child to put away toys independently in a playful way,
sew special bags for storing them, decorating the first ones with appliqués.

Where to begin?

First, I will say that this system was invented by the American housewife Marla Seelly. And thanks to her, millions of women around the world were able to get rid of everyday routines. And all thanks to competent planning and adherence to the principles of this methodology.

It may seem strange to some, but household chores also need to be planned. And not just by type: cleaning, cooking dinner. It's global. You need to start small. You still won’t be able to clean it perfectly in a whole day. Therefore, first we draw up a clear action plan designed for a certain time. For example, on Monday we wash the windows, on Tuesday we wash the curtains, etc.

Not difficult? But for some reason, many women, having first become interested in the system, abandon it after a couple of weeks. And all because of mistakes.

Fly Lady's daily routine

the girl makes a plan for the day according to the fly lady system.
The day according to this system is divided into several parts:

morning and evening routines
list of previously planned to-dos during the day
shopping trip
cooking according to the prepared menu
time for self care

Let’s add the basic postulates of the fly lady, from which the daily routine can be seen:

basic postulates of the fly lady system

Task list

It must be remembered that the Fly Lady cleaning system is not general cleaning. To achieve complete cleanliness in the room, they take small steps, performing a small amount of work every day.

Dust on cabinets

Once a week, you should take the time to dust all cabinets. Microfiber cloths are useful for this work.

Floor under furniture

Flying housewives should regularly wash the floor with their hands during weekly cleaning. Be sure to pay attention to the space under furniture, corners and other hard-to-reach places.

Washing furniture outside and inside

Don’t forget that you need to clean up not only the outside of the furniture, but also the inside. All shelves are cleared of clothes and objects, wiped, and then carefully laid out again.

Washing curtains

Curtains should be washed once a month. Thus, the apartment will always be clean and comfortable.

Tidying up skirting boards, radiators, chandeliers, hoods, windows

Don’t forget to include in your weekly schedule to pay attention to cleaning the chandelier, baseboards, switches, windows, hoods, radiators. Even if their surface is clean, you need to wipe it with a damp cloth.

Refrigerator care

Every week you need to sort out the food inside the refrigerator, wipe down the shelves and throw out expired food. The outer casing of the refrigerator also requires care.

Web

Using a vacuum cleaner or a dry cloth, you need to go through the places where cobwebs accumulate. Particular attention should be paid to the corners under the ceiling.

Plumbing

The Fly Lady cleaning system does not tolerate a dirty sink, toilet or bathtub. Plumbing should be sparkling clean. Therefore, this item is part of the routine.

Trash cans

It is worth taking out the trash regularly, and not waiting until the bin is filled to the top. The trash bag is pulled out of the bin, packed and taken to the trash cans.

Carpets

Particular attention is paid to the cleanliness of carpets. Periodically they undergo dry and wet cleaning. Dry cleaning is carried out using a vacuum cleaner. Wet cleaning is carried out using detergent solutions, a sponge or a soft brush.

How to keep a fly lady journal?

collage of pages from the Fly Lady audit trail
Let us outline a number of important points to answer the question:

decide where to keep it - notepad, notebook, excel page,
divide the page into several blocks, for example, title, main tables, shopping lists, beauty plan, financial accounting, menu,
find the kind of pattern that inspires you,
detail each block, for example, in the title indicate the date, week number and name of the house cleaning area, Wishlist, in the main tables - routines, to-do lists, in beauty plans - home procedures and visits to doctors, swimming pool, dancing,
summarize daily results
make cleaning plans for the day, week, month, season, quarter, half-year, year,
analyze the results, calculate expenses every month.

Let's add a few more ready-made templates and compiled pages from the audit trail.

sample page from a girl's audit trail applying fly lady principles

completed fly lady checklist example 1

completed fly lady checklist example 2

completed fly lady checklist example 3

completed fly lady checklist example 4

blank form from fly lady audit trail

Fly lady audit trail on computer

You can successfully conduct electronic QOL on a computer. Today you have access to 3 programs that are most suitable for these purposes:

MS Word
MS Excel
MS OneNote

We are sure that the first two Microsoft Office products are very familiar to you.

Working in Word is very simple: create a new document, name it “KZH” or whatever you want, and save it. And write in it the same way as in the paper version. You can make a table of contents with active hyperlinks to topics (chapters\columns\parts) of your EQU. There are practically no difficulties. You can print in any format convenient for you, be it landscape or portrait.

Excel is also not particularly complex. In our opinion, it is even more convenient. You can make many tabs, assign them personal names, add pictures, as in Word, make lists, separate tables in tabs, and generally completely organize your electronic QOL.

OneNote is also suitable for ECG, but it has its own nuances. In addition to text, pictures, links, the program can also store your favorite melodies. You can “scribble” in the document, underline it and make some notes. However, you won't be able to create a table, chart, or graph; you'll have to move them from other files. Also, due to its lower prevalence (than the first two office programs), OneNote may “freeze” on someone else’s computer, or even not open at all.

By the way, advice from “IT specialists” and “sysadmins”: do not store important “docs” on system drives. In the event of a complete system failure, there is a chance of losing them irretrievably.

How to make fly lady lists?

several open notebooks on the table with notes on fly lady to-do lists.
Lists are the basis of fly lady. Without them, the system would not be a system.

However, do not get carried away with compiling them in advance; they should be relevant to the current moment and the topic to which they relate.

For example, you make lists for:

cleaning
menu
purchases of products, things, medicines and their analogues, household goods, cosmetics
hospital visits
picnic trips, walks, business trips, trips
collecting a child for kindergarten, school
packing yourself for the maternity hospital
gifts for family and friends
solving unfinished business

The list of topics can go on for a long time, but lists fill each of them and help you organize your life and time.

Recommendations for organizing storage

You can organize storage space only after throwing away unnecessary, old things. Having rid your apartment of excess clutter, you can beautifully and neatly arrange the remaining items and belongings. Each of them should have its own, permanent place.

Many people have a box or basket in their home in which all small items are stored, from buttons and batteries to the TV remote control. If you return things to their place after use, then such a container will not be required.

Fly lady weekly plan

template for drawing up a plan for the week using the fly lady system
In the sections above, we have repeatedly looked at examples of ready-made plans for the week, broken down into blocks.

At the same time, a number of girls prefer detailed plans for each day of the week, others prefer a general list of what needs to be done.

Below is an example of the second option:

Remove trash from the balcony, utility room, bedside table, closet.
Delete unnecessary files, photos, folders on your computer, bookmarks in your browser.
Go through your first aid kit, your basket of crafts, your box of “interesting” clippings.
Disassemble and clean the window sills, coffee table, refrigerator, desk, bedside tables.
Clean the mirrors in the hallway and bathroom every day.
Follow morning and evening routines regularly.
Collect trash.
Change bed linen.
Wipe dust everywhere.
Vacuum all surfaces.
Wash the floors.
Create a menu for next week.
Think over your shopping list, make a budget for the next 7 days.

sample plans for a week using the fly lady system

Example graph

So what zone have you chosen? For beginners, it is recommended to clean one room for the entire week first. At the same time, do not forget to set aside an hour for blessing the house. Here's an example plan:

Monday - we clear out the trash from the tables. We throw out a few unnecessary things. As a rule, they accumulate in hot spots.
Tuesday - put things in the closet correctly.
Wednesday - remove the curtains and put them in the washing machine. You can vacuum it there on the same day.
Thursday - dusting, ironing and hanging curtains.
Friday - wash the floors.

You can also allocate a room as a zone and work in it for no more than a quarter of an hour. For all your desires. By the way, this week I cleaned up according to a different plan. I'll tell you now.