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October Zone 5 Missions The Living Room
Zone 5: Mission #1 Monday
Dear Friends, Let's have a Fire Drill! Go get the hotspots cleared off in your Living Room. You know the piles that I am talking about. The ones that just grow and grow! Put that fire out!Take 10 minutes and put things away where they belong and toss the rest.
Zone 5: Mission #2 Tuesday
Dear Friends,Today I want you to spend 15 minutes getting rid of anything that does not belong in your living room. Things that have gotten thrown in a corner, on a chair, or even the floor. The things that you almost don't even see because they have just become part of the room, get it out! If it does not belong there then out it goes.This does not mean that you have to spend three hours in your living room, do what you can do for 15 minutes.
Zone 5: Mission #3 Wednesday
Dear Friends:Let's have a detailed vacuuming session. This means to vacuum the room, making sure to get up against the baseboards and to get under the furniture. Please be careful that you don't hurt yourself trying to move furniture. If it is too difficult to get under the couch or chairs then just try to get as close to the base of the furniture as you can.
Zone 5: Mission #4 Thursday
Dear Friends:For today you are to take 5 minutes and dust the decorative items in your living room. The picture frames, lamps and knick knacks, this is a detailed dusting. Turn on the music and move quickly, you will be amazed at how fast you can to this!Don't overthink the mission, just do the mission!
Zone 5: Mission #5 Friday
Dear Friends,Today we are going after the neglected areas of our living room/family room. Grab a feather duster or dust rag and go after the tops of door jams, molding, windows,corners of the ceiling and the tops of your curtains.Do not get obsessed and start tearing the room apart. Just look up and dust!
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Holiday Missions for this Week
Holiday Cruising Mission #6 Monday Clean and Fling
As we are sailing on our cruise to FLY through the holidays!
Your Zone Mission for today is to clear off the hotspots in your Living Room to prepare for your holiday decorations.
Your Holiday Mission for today is to jot down in your Holiday Planner that you were to put together (Holiday Mission #2) what decorations you want to use and what rooms you want to put them in. That is it. You are not to drag out the decorations just yet. We will get there! For now just make a plan of what you want to use and what room you want to use them in. This is to plan what you want to use that you already own. If you have candle lights that you put into the windows, centerpieces, advent calendars etc. Just jot them down in your notebook.
Have fun and remember we are FLYing! Download your FREE Holiday Control Journal on our website.
fldy.net/1z Holiday Cruising Mission #7 Tuesday Plan and Play
Today is our Plan and Play day! This means that you take time out to work in your holiday planner and then to make sure you play today! Even if you only take 15 minutes just for yourself, make sure you do it!
Today review a bit in your planner and start filling in a few more things. Have you decided whether you are traveling this year or staying home? Have you decided who you want to invite to your home or do you want this year to be immediate family only? You need to make some decisions and start to plan for this: If you are traveling then start to work on your travel dates and transportation. If you are inviting company to your home, start planning a guest list and how you will prepare to have them in your home. If you are staying home with no guests, start planning how you want to spend your time, church events, community events etc. Don't get carried away and spend 4 hours making every single decision today, just take care of some basic details.
Again, remember to take time out today to PLAY! This can be treating yourself to a bubble bath, going out for ice cream, reading a chapter in a book that you have been trying to finish; it doesn't matter what you do, just that you do something fun today!
Have fun and remember we are FLYing! Download your FREE Holiday Control Journal on our website.
fldy.net/1z Holiday Cruising Mission # 8 Wednesday Anti-Procrastination
We are throwing up those sails for our Holiday Cruise! Today is Anti-Procrastination Day!
Your mission for today is to do a "What size are we?" mission! This means that you write down the sizes for your family, height, sizes for shirts, pants, pajamas, dresses, shoes etc. Place this list in your holiday planner and have them ready for when a dear friend or family member wants to bless someone in your family for the holidays. When they ask you "what size is little Timmy?" you won't have to do the zany brainy shuffle and try to remember what size you bought in September for school and then try to add to it since that was two months ago! Trust me, I know this trick! Make sure you do this for yourself and your spouse as well. No more racking your brain trying to remember, you have your trusty holiday planner and can refer to it whenever you need to.
Have fun with this! This one mission will save you from having to explain why little Timmy has never worn that great shirt that is two sizes too small from Aunt Sally or save you time in the returns line!
Have fun and remember we are FLYing! Download your FREE Holiday Control Journal on our website.
fldy.net/1z Holiday Cruising Mission # 9 Thursday Go and Do
Today is Errand Day. Your Mission for today is to review your Holiday planner and see what items on your list can be taken care of while doing your errands.
If you are headed to the grocery store, can you pick up a few items for the Holidays that you will need? Baking supplies are so expensive when they are all bought at one time. If you start adding a bag of flour, nuts, spices etc to each shopping trip, you will hardly feel the purchases rather than waiting for one big trip. This applies to other things as well. If there are decorations that you would like to have, you can add one or two things to your trips to the store. Again, saves time and money from those major shopping sprees.
If you are heading to the Dry Cleaners, does your nice coat, good dress, suit etc. need to be cleaned and pressed? How about the Home Improvement store? Do you need light bulbs, new decorative light clips, etc. Try to slowly add a few things on to your errand day each week and you really will not notice the small bits of extra time versus the monster rush to get it all finished three days before your Holiday.
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Have fun and remember we are FLYing! Download your FREE Holiday Control Journal on our website.
fldy.net/1z Holiday Cruising Mission # 10 Friday Budget Don't Begrudge It
Today is desk day and your mission for today is to review your budget for the holidays and look to see how and when you can take care of the shopping that you will need to do. Not just presents, you need to take into account meals, postage, cards, wrapping supplies, decorations etc.
Be careful and thoughtful, you do not want to rack up huge credit card bills that you will be paying until spring for the holidays. Try to fit your budget around what you can afford to pay for. If this means a little less than what you would like, try to remember how great it will feel not to be overwhelmed in January when the mail comes. Set limits and try to work within them. Don't look to buy presents that will impress, look to give gifts that will be loved. Be creative. Talk to your friends and family and see if they would like a challenge for this year. Talk about theme gifts such as an ornament or t-shirt exchange with a price limit. Look for fun and creative ways to express your love without busting your budget.
Don't look at budget planning as a chore and as something that is depressing. Look at it as a challenge that you know you can handle! Take pride in the fact that you are planning this year in a way that you never have! You are FLYing!
Have fun and remember we are FLYing! Download your FREE Holiday Control Journal on our website.
fldy.net/1zOctober 25-31 Zone 5 Living Room
November 1-7 Zone 1 Entrance, Front Porch, and Dining Room
November 8-14 Zone 2 Kitchen
November 15-21 Zone 3 Main Bathroom
November 22-28 Zone 4 Master Bedroom, Bathroom, and Closet
Pamper Mission
October 25, 2020
Hey there friends!
It's a brand new week and that means it's time to shower ourselves with some pampering. This is always my favorite part of the week! We all deserve a little pampering, right? Today instead of pampering just our body, let's do some pampering of our mind too. Light a yummy smelling candle, pick a nice quiet spot, and turn on some calm relaxing music. Something that will relax your mind and take you to a different place. This can be some classical spa like music, or maybe some funky jazz, or maybe even some reggae that will transport you to a warm tropical island. Music can sooth your soul. And when your soul is soothed, so is your body! You deserve some you time! Now go enjoy some pampering.
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