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26/9/2012

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Leo Babatua of Zen Habits recently acknowledged his debt to Fly Lady as being an influence on his minimalist journey. Both are brilliant in their own way.

I'd never heard of Fly Lady and when I looked at the website I could see that many of Babatua's ideas were really straight from there. Fly Lady presents them as plain old common sense (and they are) and is clearly aimed at women, and perhaps particularly at women who are struggling to keep their heads above water. (CHAOS for example stands for Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome.) It has 500,000 followers.

What Babatua has cleverly done I think, is to make common sense cool, not boring. (The Fly Lady site is decidedly uncool.) He makes it look like a sophisticated modern philosophy (Minimalism), with a touch of eastern allure (Zen). He has also made his site attractive to and relevant for men, and the trendy young. He has 250,000 'crazy, sexy, cool' followers....

Though I don't subscribe to either, preferring to dip in when I want to, I like them both and have found helpful and occasionally inspiring stuff on both sites.

Have you?
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julia payne
26/9/2012 05:38:55 am

hi freda, i admit that when i first went to fly lady the last time you mentioned her, i was not drawn in...but trusting you...:-)
i went back today...yes, already dressed. that is a given.. but wow, that procrastination bit hit home...intending to do just the 15 minutes, have just spent about an hour with all those nagging tasks in the living room and den, and yes, i feel better! about myself, about the house, and about getting it all done...my big problem is that i am not home for about 6 months of the year, all told, so that means a lot to do when i am here!...her site is going to be a big support to getting me back on track...now...back to that book, where i belong!...j

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Freda
27/9/2012 08:40:31 pm

I'm flying with lots of things I'd been putting off - and actually enjoying doing them! Keep going!

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Freda
27/9/2012 08:41:34 pm

But when the buzzer goes - stop...

julia payne
27/9/2012 09:10:07 pm

well, i didn't see your advice to stop yesterday, but i enjoyed myself immensely...i wish you could see my living room...my 15 minutes yesterday became an all-day project....curtains in living and dining rooms came down, washed and rehung; furniture vacuumed, windows washed. all the cobwebs removed from corners...i i put on my compilation cds of pavarotti and friends, cranked it up and opened all the windows and doors to keep me company ...everything feels so fresh...it's been a project that i have procrastinated on for months...i feel so good about myself and i thank you for the motivation!

julia payne
27/9/2012 09:11:51 pm

oops...i meant that the music kept me company...poor editing!..:-)

Sarah link
26/9/2012 06:26:03 am

I have already commented before to you about Fly Lady, and having just looked at Leo's site I will have to pop by to from time to time. Exactly what I am striving towards.
Sarah x

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Freda
27/9/2012 08:42:39 pm

What did you think the best habit you picked up Sarah?

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