Does anyone else follow the Flylady system of House Cleaning?

I don't need a system to clean the house
I need a cleaner.
I don't have the energy to do it myself

I had never heard of the Flylady system, and what is suggested is not suiable to my own situation. Anyway I have a much better system, it's called the 'hire a cleaner' system, works brillantly for me and I just do a daily 'whatever won't wait' between the days she comes.

I used to follow Flylady for many years. Her positive attitude motivated me, after several years of illness, and consequently I had the courage to start my own business. Now retired, I was thinking of looking her up again

I use the good old ‘ My Gawd have you seen the state it’s in’ household cleaning system
I like to think of this as the devotional approach🙏 😇

Fairycakes, I do! Not regularly but when I feel the house getting on top of me, I follow for a few weeks. Some great tips too like cleaning your shower with shampoo or body wash that you don’t like. Shower sparkles beautifully.

I’ve already patented that one Oreo 😁

You’ll probably make a fortune Oreo !

JenniferEccles

It seems there’s no end to these women who set themselves up on social media as some kind of home tidying/de-cluttering/ cleaning gurus, showing us all where we have been going wrong all these years in our homes.

I imagine it’s quite lucrative otherwise there wouldn’t be so many of them.

I’m thinking of starting one myself😁
It’s mad, we all know what rooms/jobs need doing without being told.
I use the good old ‘ My Gawd have you seen the state it’s in’ household cleaning system, works for me.

Oops, AGA4- sorry I used the same vocabulary you did. Purely coincidental, upon my honour.

I remember using it about ten years ago, and I found it very helpful as a discipline at a time when I was coming out of a rotten mental health low.

Gave the book away years ago but still stick to the cleaning of all porcelain and shelves in the bathroom every morning. That may seem a given to some but I've been amazed by those who say they wait until the bathroom looks grubby. I couldn't bear that - not just for myself but sod's law dictates that the day it became sufficiently grubby to clean(ew) would be the day I got unexpected visitors 😳

I get dust everywhere. I always seem to be cleaning but my house never seems to be clean. I don’t know where all the dust comes from!

I think the idea of just giving fifteen minutes to an onerous task is a good thing. Say filing that's built up and feels overfacing. If you only have to work on it for a short time psychologically it's doable. Two or three sessions will probably get the job done without causing anxiety.

My system is 'when it starts to look a bit grubby clean it'. This way all parts are cleaned regularly.

Never heard of it but I get the gist. Each to there own and if it makes you happy then more power to your elbow 😁 Sometimes when you're bogged down in a rut and can't get to grips with anything something like that can be just what you need.

Fairycakes glad it worked for you, but it’s too prescriptive for me, mine gets done as and when it needs doing, no schedule as such.
GSM the one I found is a weekly schedule, different tasks each day; ni way I’d be cleaning my car every Friday, every six months possibly 🙂

It seems there’s no end to these women who set themselves up on social media as some kind of home tidying/de-cluttering/ cleaning gurus, showing us all where we have been going wrong all these years in our homes.

I imagine it’s quite lucrative otherwise there wouldn’t be so many of them.

I had to Google it too. Seems you spend a few minutes on one ‘zone’, for instance the kitchen, each day for one week of the month. That seems to mean that each ‘zone’ is then left for the rest of the month. Sounds like a health hazard waiting to happen in the kitchen and bathrooms. Or have I completely misunderstood?

I had to Google this as I've not heard of the system.
What do you do for the rest of the day once you have finished the 15 minutes working in one zone?