Flylady Baby Steps Day 30 – Use a Calendar

Welcome to Flylady baby steps day 30 for getting your home and life in order. We’ll continue working on previous habits for our morning, afternoon, and before-bed routines.

Morning Routine

Make Your Bed (Day 15)
Dress to Shoes (I get dressed to socks) (Day 2)
Eat Breakfast, Drink Water, and Take Vitamins (Day 28)
Swish and Swipe (Day 24)
Read Your Post-It Notes (Day 4)
Make Time for Yourself (Day 5)
2-Minute Hot Spot Clean (Day 6)
5-Minute Room Rescue (Day 9)
Declutter 15-Minutes Every Day (10)
Wash Laundry(Day 20)
Check Your Control Journal Checklist (Day 8)
Read Flylady’s Website/App/Emails (Day 3)
What’s for Dinner? (Day 27)

Afternoon Routine

Eat Lunch and Drink Water (Day 28)
Take a Break (Day 28)
Fold and Put Away Laundry (Day 20)
Prepare Dinner + Build Your Own Afternoon Routine (Day 23)

Before Bed Routine

Eat Dinner, Drink Water, and Take Vitamins (Day 28)
Shine Your Sink (Day 1)
Clothes For Tomorrow (Day 7)
Another 2-Minute Hot Spot Clean (Day 6)
Check your Control Journal Checklist (Day 8)
What’s for Dinner Tomorrow?
Your Bedtime (Day 17)

Flylady Baby Steps – Using a Calendar

Today Flylady wants us to look at our calendar for the next month. Does anyone have a birthday, wedding, anniversary?

If somebody has a birthday, start preparing ahead of time. Buy them a gift, a birthday card, and a gift bag to put it in. Start planning ahead of time and schedule yourself an errand day to do all of the shopping.

“A day for everything; keeps us from living in CHAOS! Your Basic Weekly Plan gives you time to FLY and have fun!” ~FlyLady

If you don’t know what an errand day is and want to start creating your very own weekly plan, then read Flylady’s weekly basic plan for more information.

You don’t have to do it now. But you can start reading all about it.

A Quick Reminder

Routines are meant to work for you and your lifestyle. However, they also should be adjusted to your family’s needs. For example, you might need to tweak the routine monthly, seasonally, or when you have a massive change in your life(pregnancy/birth/move, etc.)

Calendar Tip

Buy yourself a large calendar and put it in your traffic zone wherever you walk by the most.

My favorite calendar for birthdays, invites, appointments, etc., is the Day Designer Brand. It’s a perfect size for my family’s needs.

I used to keep our calendar on my kitchen counter in our previous rental.

When we moved, I moved the calendar to the top of our living room cabinet, and I recently hung the wall calendar in our dining room.

Why Use a Wall Calendar?

I used to not use a wall calendar. Instead, I kept all of the important information in my head. But now that I have to keep track of so much important information, it’s nice to have all of the important dates written down—less chance of forgetting the appointments, birthdays, anniversaries, etc.

Another reason is for kids to keep track of what day it is. My children understand the weekly/monthly days so much better now that they have a visible calendar. They love crossing out the day of the week for me and reminding me when their dentist appointments are.

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