- Oh my (Certification Course)/FLY Lady

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Hi ,

Thanks for posting this, it is really helpful to me.

Funny you mention Flylady - but I decided that after

the new year I'm going to sign up on her site again

and get the daily reminders, etc. I am determined to

get my house decluttered and organized in the next

year - it is really stressin' me out to have things in

such a state around here. I know I can't control DH's

obsession to keep stuff, but I can work on my own and

I can help DD to weed out some of her stuff as well.

I actually scheduled a charity pick-up for January

15th, so I will have a tiny accomplishment and

motivation to get some stuff taken care of in the

first two weeks of the new year. I had belonged to

the FLYLADY list before, but it got overwhelming since

I was at work alot of the time - but I figure I can

use her tips and reminders to clean up my office

(which is also a disgrace!) as well. I love the idea

of the 15 minute timer, you are right you can surprise

yourself with what you can accomplish in 15 min if you

do focus on it.

Thanks!

Donna

--- nancydewolf wrote:

> ((((Darcy))))

>

> You are taking on so much right now with such young

> children, I'm not surprised you're feeling

> overwhelmed! Here's something that works for me and

> many other people I've met and it might for you too:

> break every huge overwhelming goal into smaller

> incremental goals. Focus ONLY on the incremental

> goal at hand so that you're not freaking out about

> how much is left. Make the goal very specific in

> terms of exactly what you want to accomplish and

> when you want it done by. When you meet a goal,

> celebrate then move on to the next. Another thing

> you might consider is working on things in 15 minute

> segments (yes, this is from www.flylady.net for

> those who are thinking this sounds familiar).

> Seriously. Set a timer for 15 minutes and focus

> totally on whatever you're doing for those 15

> minutes (note: this works much better when kids are

> asleep). Tell yourself, I can do anything for 15

> minutes. You may not finish whatever it is but you

> will make substantial progress if you really focus.

> Do NOT look at the huge pile still waiting to be

> done and despair that 15 minutes won't do you any

> good either. Baby steps are often what we need to

> take especially with huge overwhelming goals. If the

> kids are awake and you can actually focus on

> something for 5 minutes, pick some really small

> thing you can work on for 5 minutes and do that.

> Celebrate every little bit you get done, it all adds

> up. And tell us too so that we can celebrate, even

> the small things, with you. We want you to make your

> dream reality and we'll be cheering you on (no

> matter if you take any of our advice or not)! :-)

>

>

>

>

> Oh my (Certification

> Course)

>

>

> I am so " domed " . I finally took a better look at one

> of my courses (Specialist in Performance Nutrition)

> as far as the requirements go, and OMG, I don't know

> if I can do this...ugh... this is what it entails:

>

> The test which has 4 different sections - one

> including short answer (You can use your materials -

> the test is going to be the easiest part)

> The curriculum guide fill-in (a 50 page work-book)

> Learning experiences (there are three) one sample is

> - CHOOSE 6 PEOPLE AND DESIGN A MUSCLE-BUILDING

> PROGRAM FOR THEM. (must be 250 words minimum)

> Written assignment - select a topic (they give you

> some to choose from) and write an aritcle from 1000

> - 1500 words. This must come from at least SIX

> recent scientific journal articles.

> And lastly I must have my proof of CPR

>

> UGH... I am so in trouble. I have no choice but to

> really LEARN this stuff! I wish I had silent time

> and could study more This isn't going to be

> easy.....

>

> Darcy who is feeing very discouraged right now

>

>

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