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Holiday Get-Away By FlyLady, Marla Cilley
W
hat is it about going have chased you away from
on holiday that your home. They have taken
makes it worth all the over your residence. They are
preparation and hassle? Is it squatters and it is time to take
getting away from the phone? I back your home and make it your
don’t think so; most of us have sanctuary instead of a storage
our mobile phones. Is it getting unit.
to seeing new places? Maybe, Start by Crisis Cleaning: we
but many of us usually want to are attacking the surface clutter
go back to old familiar areas. Is that is residing in our favourite
it the food? It could be, or is the fact hotspots. Spend 15 minutes in the
that cooking is not hard in an efﬁ cient kitchen, then 15 in the living room and
clean kitchen? then 15 in the bathroom. Then you rest
How about the people? They are for 15 minutes. Don’t skip this step! It’s
usually the same ones you have at home. the most important one.
So what is it about being in a different I promise those few minutes are going
place with the same people? Could it be to make a difference if you actually get
that the surroundings do not choke you? up and do it instead of whining that 15
Hotel rooms are sparse: two beds, minutes is not enough time. The clutter
a desk, one bathroom, a night table, will be out of sight and you will start to
one small wardrobe, a little table and say to yourself that this doesn’t look bad;
maybe a little refrigerator. I am leaving even if the ﬂ oors are dirty. Clutter is what
out the television and video games. makes your home look awful.
Ignore them. Let’s say you rent a villa at Oh, you still don’t believe me? Then
the beach. It has a small kitchen, two to do an experiment. Clear off your coffee
three bedrooms, a living area, a balcony, table. I mean move everything off into a
a couple of bathrooms and empty box and just stand back and look at it.
cupboards. All the conveniences of home How do you feel? The clean and clear is
without ALL YOUR CLUTTER!!! contagious. Now go put away, give away
Oh, it’s not clutter, it’s your stuff, I can or throw away everything that is in that
hear you yelling at me. Well your stuff box.
makes you feel like you need to leave You deserve to have a home that
home to breathe. So what does that tell gives you a beautiful clean feeling. You
you? Your stuff is killing you. You are can get that holiday get-away by taking
uneasy in your own home. Another word babysteps to eliminate your clutter. Set
for uneasy is disease. Get it? Your house your timer and allow that beautiful clean
has become a storage unit for your stuff, to put a smile on your face!
not a home.
For more help getting rid of your CHAOS;
This is why it feels so good to walk
check out her website and join her free
into a sparsely decorated room. The life coaching at www.FlyLady.net , listen to
space frees you to breathe without you
her channel http://www.blogtalkradio.com/
feeling closed in.
channels/ﬂ ylady show or read her books, Sink
Reﬂ ections published by Bantam and her New
How do we get this holiday feeling in
York Times Best Selling book, Body Clutter
our cluttered homes? By evicting Clutter published by Fireside. Copyright 2009 Marla
and Just-in-Case forever! These things
Cilley Used by permission in this publication.
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