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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
I like the flylady a lot and incorporate some of her ideas in my life. But sometimes her writing drives me crazy. I feel like its patronizing and a little too... Touchy feely maybe? I don't know. Maybe it just feels like she's trying too hard. But I also don't get the impression that she's putting on a show. I think she's being genuine, I just don't connect with her like some readers do. Overall, still a good read, and I'd recommend it to anyone that needs help getting their life organized.
a reread - i ate this stuff up when i was about 11 or 12 (had lots of strange hobbies and interests as a child) (probably still do)
thought i'd give it a go again being completely and totally all over the place at the moment, sleeping until 3pm up until 5am all that shite. not feeling great. struggling with college work. room a state. obviously i am not the target audience of this book but i still got something out of it. really fast to read. pretty obvious it was self published. some good stuff in it though so can't complain.
thought i'd give it a go again being completely and totally all over the place at the moment, sleeping until 3pm up until 5am all that shite. not feeling great. struggling with college work. room a state. obviously i am not the target audience of this book but i still got something out of it. really fast to read. pretty obvious it was self published. some good stuff in it though so can't complain.
The FlyLady website is more thorough than this and in my opinion more helpful, but this is her philosophy and organized cleaning style in a nut-shell. Excellent for anyone feeling overwhelmed by family & housekeeping. My favorite thing about Cilley's advice is her insistance on not doing anything longer than 15 minutes - trying this out helped me work harder, make less of a mess while trying to organize, and let me feel I deserved my down time.
I feel that it's very difficult to get to the nuggets of wisdom about cleaning in this book. They are there, but you have to dig through all the touchy-feely stuff about feeling good about yourself and unsolicited advice on how to make sure you'll be okay in an emergency. Feeling good about yourself does have its place, but I'd rather go to a psychologist with research to back them up to find that information, and just get cleaning tips from the cleaning book. Right?
I felt like the book was written for people who had a very similar life experience to the author's because a lot of the advice was very specific. If you read the book, you'll know what I'm talking about.
I do like the emphasis the author puts on accountability. She states several times that the only person you can change is YOU, do don't get mad at your family members for not cleaning the way you'd like them to.
If you want just the good stuff, I'd suggest looking at her daily routine list at the end of chapter 5, read ch 7 - 8, skim through ch 9, read chapter 11 and ch 12 if you have problems with keeping up with laundry. Chapter 13 is about clutter, but I'd suggest reading[b:The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing|22318578|The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing|Marie KondÅ|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1418767178s/22318578.jpg|41711738] by Marie Kondo. She has a much better and clearer perspective on clutter.
I felt like the book was written for people who had a very similar life experience to the author's because a lot of the advice was very specific. If you read the book, you'll know what I'm talking about.
I do like the emphasis the author puts on accountability. She states several times that the only person you can change is YOU, do don't get mad at your family members for not cleaning the way you'd like them to.
If you want just the good stuff, I'd suggest looking at her daily routine list at the end of chapter 5, read ch 7 - 8, skim through ch 9, read chapter 11 and ch 12 if you have problems with keeping up with laundry. Chapter 13 is about clutter, but I'd suggest reading[b:The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing|22318578|The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing|Marie KondÅ|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1418767178s/22318578.jpg|41711738] by Marie Kondo. She has a much better and clearer perspective on clutter.