Dear all! I am absolutely overwhelmed by your lovely comments! I started making videos in my free time in order to help the ladies we are mentoring and never dreamed that they would end up being seen by so many people around the globe. As I've said before - these are amateur videos, made using my telephone, with my limited youtube skills. Absolutely not perfect, but I just wanted to get the message across. Thank you so much for following along, and for jumping in to the Flylady system! LLAP Diane in wonderful Copenhagen, Denmark
Flylady Diane Denmark that's why we love them though. they show things how they really are! thank you again for taking the time (your free time) to help so many people
Once again, thank you so much Diane for the time and energy you have put into these lovely videos. I have just completed my second time around / second wave of watching the videos again in February, in order to gently "flywash" myself...Still having a hard time because of the walls and mountains of clutter...but one thing I have noticed is that I do my "hot spot" clear twice a day, morning and evening, which is new...some things have (thankfully) already been naturally part of my routines before, while other things are still a hit and miss, but that is ok...I will continue working on my routines in this manner, until I am ready to implement other parts of the program. Live Long And Prosper! :-)
Thank you very much Diane • 🔁 Routines 1. Dress to shoes 2. Make bed 3. Swish & swipe bathroom 4. Laundry - start to finish 5. What’s for dinner 6. Use calendar to plan outfits 7. Shine sink • 📦 Decluttering tool box 8. 2-minute hotspot 9. 5 minute room rescue 10. 15-minute declutter • 👩🏽 Self Care 1. Rest 2. Drink water 3. Plan meals 4. Vitamins 5. Sleep 📔 • Control journal
THANK YOU!!! I made it 31 days and stuck with it because of you... I can't thank you enough for each of the videos that you have made. They were encouraging, informative, fun and inspiring. For many years I would try to create my own "systems" and could never keep up with them. I tried FlyLady a few years ago but was not successful then either. Watching your videos every day helped me to stick with it. Your comments about working not enough and then overdoing really hit home for me. (In fact, many of the comments you made resonated! :) Your reminders about not being perfect were extremely helpful as well. I am going to keep going! I know I'll get to where I want to be and I am so proud. Thank you for helping me to feel this way and have the success I am having. I am so appreciative of everything you have created as it has given me a calm mind and home!!! Thank you!
Maryann Haraldsen DITTO! Everything you said applies to me. I am so grateful to Diane for teaching me that “good enough is good enough”! No more perfectionism=no more procrastination. I have more acceptance of myself as a result. Truly life-changing. 😍😍😍
Hi Diane, I am a Flybaby and have gone through the 31 steps with you. You are so natural & down to earth it has been a pleasure to follow you x (don’t ever apologise for being you). I am grateful for you as I didn’t realise I had perfectionism stopping me from being my better self. I endeavour to keep following the mini routines & will eventually look forward to moving forward with your next steps. I haven’t commented going through but just had to let you know this is working & you have changed my life for the better. Much love x
Yay! I made it to 31 days! My shiny sink greets me every morning (and the dishes are clean). My bed is made. I'm dressing to shoes and wearing clothes that haven't left my closet for three years. Dressing my child is easy now I lay out their clothes the night before. I finally have a menu plan (using sticky notes on my calendar and only making the simple dishes my family loves). I'm checking the calendar and, for the first time since I can remember, a dear family member is getting flowers ON their birthday (rather than days later, or a never-fulfilled IOU). The game-changer for me is decluttering for 15 minutes at a time. Items are actually making their way out of my house as I never feel overwhelmed (maybe because I'm no longer expecting to clean an entire room in a day.) My hot spots are cooling down. And the worst room in the house and I are slowly becoming friends. This system has turned my life and home around. I check my control journal -- work through my morning, afternoon and evening routines. I'm nowhere near perfect. I still need to commit to swish and swipe, choosing my clothes, 15 minutes of self care. I haven't done everything every day. But you know what, doing something, or most things most days, is enough to change everything. I urge anyone reading this to try the 31 Babysteps. As Diane would say, just keep going! Diane, I thank you for your generosity, your intelligence, your natural ability to teach, and your warm motivation. YOU have changed the world!
Dear Diane, after years of being controlled by my house, I have taken over control. Your videos absolutely changed my life and I cannot thank you enough. Lots of love and blessings from sunny Holland! 💮♥️🌸
@@DianeinDenmark So true. When you spoke about professional organisation, home chaos, it so spoke to me. I don't want to work on weekends anymore. (they don't pay me enough), and since flybabying I haven't. Before FL I only took off Saturday afternoons. I've also "leaned" my working processes. Not there yet, but will soon be able to take that trip to Italy I've been putting off because too much work.
Thank you for the 31 days videos. They are really so very helpful. I’m using all my nice products every day rather than having them in the cupboard. I’ve cleaned a pair of shoes to be my indoor shoes (even though I live in a tropical climate) thanks Diane.
I have just finished going through your 31 step videos for the third time. And I will start again on the 4th round tomorrow. Your videos are changing my surroundings for sure. I have been decluttering for 3 months. The process is remarkable. Can't say that my life has changed much. I am not flying yet, but decluttering is being done daily and regularly. I am going to be starting in my art studio tomorrow with the timer. I am paying attention to the chaos between the ears that you have mentioned and thinking about where it all comes from. I watch your videos then I go do something. Clutter can wreck your life. Thank you very much for your videos. They are so clear. What you deliver is just what I needed. I have been taking before and after pictures. I think there could be a new phrase coined to describe a very unusual state. Maybe it could be called a "clutter trance". All the best. You do good work.
Thank you Diane! These videos have been a big help! I am not ready to at all put you on the back burner! I am one that needs baby steps! Thank you, thank you...THANK YOU! I will continue to watch you as part of my "morning routine" May the Lord continue to bless you in helping others to rid their homes and minds of the clutter!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I've made it through the 31 baby steps! I am 60 years old and I am on disability for my fibromyalgia and arthritis. Some days are better than others. I can't always do everything, but I do get dressed to shoes, keep my sink shined and get my morning routine done (even if it takes well into the afternoon). When I first started FlyLady, I wanted her mop. It was perfect! However, I know myself and I have a habit of getting excited over something and not following through. I made a deal with myself that if I made it through the baby steps, I would reward myself with that mop. Well, with God's help and yours, I did it!!! So guess where I'm going now? FlyLady shop here I come! Whoo hoo!
I will restart with the babysteps! Checked the calendar with my DH. Entered in the calendar new data for the next week and checked up with my calendar which I have at home for work. Yesterday drank 2 bottles 0,75L of water plus some mugs of tea and light!!! coffee
Setting the stopwatch when making the bed in the morning made me realize it only takes me a minute, even less! And it feels so nice to get into a nicely made up bed at the end of a long and tiresome day. This is a routine I'll never let go anymore. The other routines are nice, but this was a game changer for me. Thank you, Diane!
You're my little FlyLady guru. I love watching your videos. I feel like you know exactly what I'm thinking and how my mind works... including all the ways I sabotage myself. Also, I think we have the same birthday. At any rate I'll just keep watching and keep getting better at putting all your instructions into practice so that as time goes on and I continue to develop these routines my home will become a place of refuge for me and those I love. I'm so thankful for you and the FlyLady and her system. I won't say how old I am but these are things I should have learned YEARS AGO ! Again, thank you.
I appreciate you taking the time to do these 31 days. I just happened to catch you from the very first day and I really have enjoyed viewing and reviewing the videos. As a math person, my favorite quote of yours is, "Anything is better than zero." It also impacts the procrastinator side that I am trying to squelch. I tried to start Flylady's system a year ago and I did exactly what you said not to do; I went online and looked at everything and tried to incorporate everything at once. BIG mistake. I ended up overwhelming myself with my humongous list of stuff to do. Being a perfectionist, I had to try to get it all done right and all at one time. I didn't realize that I only had to do 15 minutes at a time in the zone or doing any one task so I overworked myself and then dreaded thinking about doing it again later.Therefore, I ended up going back to the old ways of procrastinating. I love that you state that it doesn't all have to get done..."just do what you can." I took up your challenge to time myself at certain tasks and found they really didn't take as long as I thought. I started setting my timer to limit my tasks to 15 minutes. I also take breaks and am able to get back to work. I have started being more aware of the time I am spending online and I am not wasting time like before. You (and Marla) are so right about starting small and gradually adding more. I do what I can and I have certain non-negotiables that must be done daily if nothing else does because of situations beyond my control. My stress levels regarding cleaning are almost nil now! I owe most of that to you doing these videos and helping me gain proper perspective.
Go you, Murphyforthejoy, for just taking the first steps. I really wish I could just wave a magic wand so that people would stop beating themselves up/trying to do it all at once! LOL If we would just open the first door and go through it, then all the other doors and levels will appear to us... Good luck with your babysteps!
Thank you @DianeinDenmark for making these wonderful videos. This is my 3rd time completing this series and it has changed my life each time. I found you in 2019 as a newlywed and the changes to my new home were absolutely amazing. I again watched your videos in 2021 after having our first child and then again in 2024 after having our second. The best part of FlyLady is knowing that when big life changes temporarily derail my home, I can jump right back in with the baby steps and be FLYing again very soon
Thank you so much for the videos! I love the beautiful light-filled windows in your kitchen! You have brought light into my home with your videos and encouragement! Thank you!
I’m into this system. It’s magic with the timer. It almost as if it decluttered itself! Truly amazing! As many comments have stated, thank you for your gracious mentoring ! All over the world 😍
Thank you so much Diane, I am quite impressed with how effective this system is. I kinda new, but ignored it for a few years... Never again!!! Love the view to my living room right now
I’m amazed by how making these small tweaks in my life how much lighter and better I feel. I also feels so accomplished! Thank you for these perfectly imperfect videos that shared practical tips to FLY. Thank you Diane 🙏🏽
I just finished the 31 days! "Go me!" Thank you so much again for making these videos; I don't think I would ever have done it if I didn't have you taking me through it. It's like you know more about me than I know myself, so I've also learned so much about my own mind and why I do things the way I do! Over the last month I've already seen so much improvement not only in my house but also in my attitude. My husband even noticed that doing this made me happy, although he was so confused as to why shining my sink, swishing and swiping, and doing loads of laundry was making my day. I think I finally realized that taking care of my home was part of my "self-care"--I want to live in a home that looks like a nice hotel, I deserve it, and I can enjoy giving that to myself a little bit each day. You're right the hardest part is the "pamper" part, for me because I feel guilty about the time I waste on the computer/smart phone (when I don't set a timer) and think I don't owe myself a non-computer-time pamper if I've spent free time on the internet. It's still a work in progress. I also find myself getting off track on mornings where my kids (a toddler and an 8-month-old baby) need my attention immediately and I don't get the bed made or the bathroom done or the load of laundry on. Again, a work in progress! Thank you so much again, and I'm looking forward to watching your videos on the next steps!
I've followed FlyLady for years but so helpful to have videos! And i am loyal to her so I appreciate how you follow her so closely, resisting temptation to add, embellish, like we all get tempted to do! We all needed it simple, that's why we're here. And your calming way is wonderful. Thank you :)
YAY! Day 31! I started babystepping at 30 weeks pregnant now am 35 weeks and my home is so much more in order ready for baby! Thank you from down under 🇦🇺
I did it! I made it 31 days--and the house looks and feels so much better :D I did my first home blessing this week and will do that for the month or two before going into zones. I am so happy! We've got the entryway cleaned up so I can finally sweep it easily. The extra room-turned-storage has become almost a room again, just 15 minutes on days I have time. Breaking things down, not trying to do it all at once has really made a difference. My biggest challenge is that I have only been living in this house for 12 years--the majority of the clutter and disorganization isn't mine (just small pockets). I am working with my husband and his family to clear out the unnecessary and bring a bit of order into the house, and they really appreciate my efforts. Since my in-laws are over 80, it is hard for them to do a lot. My sister in law has medical issues that limit her ability to do a lot as well, so it is really on my husband and me. Just the baby steps alone have helped me significantly. The control journal is coming together, and I don't have to think too hard about "pampering" since my husband is making a point to do that for me :D Thank you for your videos--they continue to help me and guide me through this new phase in my life. And I really enjoy your positive attitude and humor!
dear flylady Diane, I just completed the 31 baby steps this is July and I just completed the steps. I appreciate you and love your style and teaching, you always look so beautiful, that's it from Colorado live long and prosperous 😘❤❤❤
Thank you so much Diane for taking time to do these videos. I just finished day 31! Woo Hoo. I have so enjoyed your chats and the comments of your subscribers. Both have helped me to understand how to do my routines, even when life is not routine. The most important aha moment has been to focus on my evening routine, because I am a payroll she. Thank you again!!
Hi Diane, here in Germany it is as gray and dark as in Copenhagen - but your video has lightened up my day, again! Cannot wait for your new messages, and meanwhile I'll watch your older videos and try my best to keep up with the routines, so I'll be FLYing! Thank you so much, Diane!
Thank you for the last 31 days . You really explain the fly lady system in a simplistic and helpful way and it’s good to have a visual as this is the way I learn best . You are so kind giving up your time to help all us flybabies . XX
Much appreciated and so many useful ideas. Enjoyed hearing your cheerful voice every day and makes me homesick for Edinburgh where I spent twelve years before coming out to Alexandria . Very different climate and lifestyle of course but many things we can apply here too
Thank you, Diane, for walking us through the 31 baby steps. A light bulb has finally gone off for me! It's been such a pleasure watching you...and listening to your lovely accent...that I hate for the steps to be finished. I will certainly follow you on your channel. Live long and prosper!!!
Thank you Diane you have truly blessed me and my home. I know very soon my house will start to feel like a home and I plan to rewatch your videos to keep me in track 😆 I have not felt this positive in eons! I look forward to more! You are a dear!
Your videos have helped me stay on track during my third trimester of my third pregnancy. This is the time when I feel like just letting it all go, becoming lazy and lethargic. Your videos put a smile on my face and kept me motivated to persevere. My family thanks you as our home has remained clean, mama is happy, healthy and full of energy (best pregnancy yet because of "me time") and our lives are becoming richer due to a cleaner/more organized and well functioning home as I stick to the routines!
Thank you Diane for all your babystepping videos! I have been babystepling the last 31 days with you and it has made such a difference in my house, to my family and for me. Thank you for taking the time out of each day to make these videos and help so many people! x
Thank you so much Diane in Denmark! Couldn’t have finished the baby steps without you!!!!! Concise videos that encourage and don’t judge! I’m not longer a fly baby!!! I’m FLYING!!❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so very much Mrs. Diane for taking the time to make and post these videos. They have helped me understand the system better. That timer is essential. I didnt think so at first, but thanks to you I'm on board. Having a little trouble with what you call all or nothing. Hope to get over it soon ☺ Again, thank you! Your videos are very helpful.
Thank you Diane. Loved every video. Introduced you to my daughter and she has been watching too. Actually she introduced me to the fly lady five years ago but now we are both back on board. She is doing her laundry every day, one of the blessing for her family With three children she's teaching them some of the routines as well and helping her by now picking up their laundry, emptying the dishwasher abd swish and swipe! See you soon.
Thank you so much for putting so much time and effort in to these videos. You've really helped make a change in my life, and obviously so many others as well. May any dark winter day in Copenhagen be brightened by the light of all of our shining sinks!!
Diane, thanks so much for being there. You're such a delight! I haven't been doing Flylady 100% in the last 31 days, but my kitchen looks much better (shiny sink, clear counters) and I'm starting to get a handle on my bedroom and living room. Thanks for the inspiration.
I absolutely love you and your videos! I am so proud of all the progress I have made. I am getting ready to re-watch them and add in more. You are such a joy to watch, and I can't thank you enough. I actually found the system because I'm looking for balance in my life. All I do is work on my job. I am a teacher of 1st and 2nd grade and it takes all my time up. I reached out to find a system that I could used to get more done during the week and less on the weekends. I am also going to try this in the classroom. Thanks for all your help. I am going to continue to watch you everyday.
Thank you Diane for taking the time to put the 31 steps 'out there' for us. I have been with you since day 1 and I'm really starting to see a difference not only in the house but also in me. I too like many others will miss my daily 'fix' and I look forward to the next steps. X
Thank you Diane, your sparkly outlook has come at exactly the right time in the right way from the right place and the right person for me to finally apply and stick to the Flylady techniques. I thank you from the bottom of my heart!!
Thank you Dianne for cheering on this flybaby. You make the steps clear. The Fly lady system has taught me time managment. I think now I dance with father time instead of fighting him, and reaping the benefits! Developing these habits has given me so much success. Using the timer gets me motivated to do all kinds of things from correspondence to painting. As well as cleaning! Now I don't worry about it. Just doing it!
Because of your videos, I made it through the 31 days of Flylady babysteps! Hoooray!! As I've mentioned before, I tried her method several years ago, but never got very far. Your encouragement and your constant reminder, that it doesn't have to be perfect; allowed me to keep moving forward, even if I had an off day. I am very grateful to you, for taking the time out of your busy life to film these daily videos. I have now gained routines that are allowing me to see progress! :)) Thank You!!
Yay! I'm so glad you'll still make videos. I've been fluttering for YEARS but there is something about the way you present the system that is making is work for me! Looking forward to more! Have a wonderful day! Thank you for all you do for us!
I have mixed feelings about day 31. I can't believe I made it this far, but I feel sad that it's come to an end. I loved this series so much! what will I watch tomorrow for my daily motivation?!😭 hoping for more of these daily vids. thanks so much, Diane!
Thank you so much for these videos! The difference in my house is amazing. I still have a lot of decluttering to do, but my house is always company ready, and I love the feeling I get every time I walk into my clean house.
Thank you, Diane, for making these 31-Day flylady videos and sharing them with us. Years ago, I watched some original FlyLady You Tube videos and got interested in the process, but never tried it. After finding your videos yesterday afternoon, I started marathon-watching starting with your Day 1 video last night after dinner while doing 3 loads of laundry and watched your videos in sequence until midnight. Today, I finished watching your Day 31 video at 2 pm while folding my laundry and putting it away. One of the things you've taught me is that I can do meal planning better by using post-it notes. I'm always stumped each morning on what to fix for dinner that night. I'm looking forward to watching your next steps to see what else I can learn. (from Chester, VA. USA)
Thanks so much for all you do! I've got my Blessing caddy all set for tomorrow's WHB! I've thoroughly enjoyed watching the videos and truly appreciate your suggestions! LLAP in TX!
Diane thank you so much you are an inspiration. You (and God ) really kept me motivated i have seen big changes thank you so much you are changing lives please dont ever stop!
I went through the baby steps afew weeks ago, and I love the routines so much, my home is more organized I'm more organized and happy, I loooove being a stay at home mum now thanks to you Diane, God bless you for sharing this tips
Thankyou so much for these videos Diane. I completed the 31 days and had the morning and evening routines sorted. It niggled me that I hadn't quite done everything, like writing in my control journal and using my calendar. I decided to rewatch your videos and add in the bits I had missed out as well as add the daily mission. I have loved following your steps and even managed to get my husband and son (although that needs a bit more nagging) on board with keeping a clean shiny sink! Before this I used to follow a sort of morning routine but once I wrote it down (including taking pills, putting on perfume) I found that I wasn't forgetting anything! Yesterday my husband woke me up - he had cooked me a lovely breakfast. I had no time for any of my routine and for the first time in 2 months went downstairs in dressing gown and slippers! I managed to catch up after breakfast but it put me out of step! Anyway my clutter is getting sorted. Just 15 minutes a day in the loft is making a huge difference. I look forward to seeing your next videos. Anyway. once again Thankyou for helping me get my life in order. LLAP x
Aw, you are so welcome, Helen. Isn't it funny, though, how quickly the Morning Routine becomes a habit and it feels strange *not* to be doing it?! Sometimes, if I'm having a bad day, I do a 'redo' - i.e. I just restart my Morning Routine from the beginning...
I'm a fluttering flybaby for round about 3 years an went through the babysteps before. But with your videos it's fantastic - I did all the babysteps again. Except one - the indoorshoes! I wear shows all day long - from time until leaving home in the morning until I come home in the afternoon/early evening. An my feet are crying for freedom!!! I don't want to press them in another "jail". I love my stoppy-socks; for me it works. But I truely understand the wearing of indoor-shoes! Hope to see much more of you!
I have been following your Denmark blogging for years, Flylady Diane, but these videos are the first time I've had the pleasure of seeing you in action. I've followed along with the 31 Babsteps, and I have enjoyed each and every one. I think the thing you said about enjoying the "bog standard" Monday to Friday and not just looking forward to the holidays really got through to me. The pampering bit is the hardest for me, but I am working on it! One thing that I'll certainly be putting in my pamper basket is a copy of your new mystery novel, Death Comes to Strandvig! Congratulations on the book and on this video series. Live long and prosper!
Ra-Ra-Ra 🎇🎇🎇....Diane! I made it....again! 😂 ! This is the second year I have run through these steps and I have dragged some friends along for the ride each day in July (2020). I've been boosted by the things I'm already doing and have been encouraged into the things I struggle with...well worth a second visit . Over the next few Saturdays starting tomorrow, I'm going to run the 'pep talk' series to keep kicking bahookie on these BabySteps and reminding everyone of the steps for each day during August (luckily another 31 day month!!) On Monday - Friday next week I'll also be posting the Daily Focus series...again I do some of these but not all and really want to get that under my belt too (and the other ladies asked about vacuuming...BIG mistake...haha! 😉😁) A HUGE.....THANK YOU...for all your time, cheerleading and perfectly imperfect videos...couldn't do it without your sunshine & smile xxx 😍
Hi, Diane! Thank you so much for all your effort!! You are a great motivator and also really funny. ☺️Would you be able to sometime do a Series with what a whole day of you looks like with all the routines, zones and everything relating to the flylady system Monday through to Sunday? That would be so helpful, too. Love your videos and could already apply so many things to my life.
Thank you Diane. I love how you walk everyone through the 31 steps. I tried flylady in 2015 and was overwhelmed and didn't think to look for somebody that could break down how it works, so I didn't stick with it. Now I think I can do it. I have to admit I cheated and watched all 31 steps in 2 days but I did it while I was cooking, doing dishes, doing laundry, taking a shower LOL. I'm on day 2 right now so I think it's going to go well. Thank you again!! 😊
wow I made it for my preliminary run. I'll start no. 1 in the morning! I'm excited. Thank you for this wonderful offering. You be well. thank you so very much.
Thank you so much FlyLady Diane I have watched your videos in 2 days ! I know I didn't listen to you sorry about them but Your videos are so good I couldn't stop watching them they are amazing.I am doing most things already but I needed a proper system I am a house wife and stay home all day I feel like I am cleaning and cooking all day and I'm still behind. Your systems are great and I already feel in control My house is decluttered I did it last year but I wish I found fly lady back than because I decluttered and organised my house all day not doing anything else My cupboards,wardrobes were organised and cleaned but my house was in mess . I was not paying attention to visible clutter,Landry and kitchen/sink I am following every thing for couple of days you taught us except for dress to shoes and pampering my self. I will include this too Thank you so much for your amazing videos. I also ordered fly lady book sink revelation from amazon uk for reference. I can't wait to see your videos for weekly and zone cleaning. I was looking for something like this for ages. One more thing I like about you is you mentioned ironing No other home management videos/books/websites say anything about ironing.I iron clothes for whole family after I washed them and put in their wardrobes. I was so glad when you mentioned ironing. God bless you.you are amazing.
I hope my Weekly Home Blessing cleaning videos will help you...we do one task per day (vacuum for 10 minutes on Friday, wipe down mirrors/windows for 10 minutes on Saturday, change sheets for 10 minutes on Sunday, etc, etc). That we, we are not cleaning all day, every day :-)
2018: I've just finished my 31 days. I came upon "flylady" by chance, and latched on to it to bring some fun into a sad time for me. The time has flown and my days have had some routine which are taking me out of my funk. My great grandfather Olaf Rasmussen was from Copenhagen, and I have delighted in your way of life there, and your happy Scottish lilt. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. See you tomorrow.
Thank you so much Diane for your help, encouragement and guidance. My house is looking wonderful and I feel so happy when I walk in through the door now. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I will have to watch your other videos (one per day) to keep me motivated. I truly appreciate your time and effort. God bless.
Thank you so much for your hard work on these videos! You have made a difference in my home. Looking forward to your future videos. Sending you much love from chilly, also grey Canada. ❤
Thank you so much Diane for each & every video. You are a natural born teacher/mentor. It made my day & week to hear that you will be continuing with videos! Blessings to you & your family:-)
Just finished the 31 babysteps today. Sad but happy at the same time. You made a huge difference to me and my home. More peace in my head as well. Cannot thank you enough. Funny that you can feel so connected to someone you have never met 🙂 Like you I had lost my spark somewhere along the way. But in the last 31 days I felt it light up here and there again. Yeah..🎉 So, thank you, thank you and wish you all the best in Denmark. Sending you a big hug from Holland ❤️❤️
Thank you so so much dear Diane for your precious videos! It has been a daily treat, motivation and inspiration. First time around I just watched, from today I am going to re-start watching them and actually start putting the baby steps (once again...sigh) into action, hopefully they will stick this time!! Looking forward to your next videos. As I have previously stated I have been flyfluttering for years and know the tools, but seeing you break them down visually and hearing you makes a huge difference! Here in Italy today it is cold (well for here at least) and a bit gray as well, but yesterday I noticed how the light has started shifting...it is not a winter light anymore I sense, but I can start to see it slowly change and prepare for spring!! SO looking forward to spring and summer!! and in the meantime...baby steps to get there! Thanks again and take care! Ciao!
Thanks, Blue Jay! That is why I'm so addicted to the Commisario Montalbano books...they provide me with Sicilian sunshine and good food, even when it's grey here! ;-)
I love them!!! :-) and I read them for the same reason! His writing is very sensual and it's almost like being in Sicily.. I bought a book of recipes taken from the series here and there but have not cooked anything yet! :-)
Thank you Diane for all of your help - I have gone through all of the 31 Baby Steps with you and have found them so useful. I have looked forward each day to your blog. Great system and looking forward to the next steps.
Thank you for these videos, they have made all the difference. I have been following Flylady for years but your videos made it so fun to keep the habits and routines up. I feel like I finally get it.
Thank you so much for your positive and encouraging videos. I have been a Flybaby for a few years but I've used your videos as a bit of a tune up and it has breathed life again into some of the habits I had let slip. I look forward to watching more of your videos in the future! Best wishes from Orkney x
Thank you for all of your work and time invested into these videos. I'm not where I want to be, but I'm further along than I was! Babysteps! I'll be going back through the 31 days and fine-tuning and watching for other helpful tips. Thank you again!
And here I am, 31 babysteps (not 31 days) later, sitting in front of my laptop (in Belgium) watching this video with a cup of tea, nails painted, earrings in and nice clothes on, dressed to shoes... having done all my morning routines in a house that has changed so much since the program started. No way I expected this to happen! When I started the program I was very down and sat in a house full of clutter, with even a blocked entrance in some rooms, piles of laundry that I panicked about constantly, dishes everywhere and a sloppy appeareance. Diane, you sure did change my life for now. I hope, and will do my best to continue. Thank you for babystepping me to a better home and head. I also have a question for you: Is there a recommended order in watching the following video's?
Woo hoo, that is great, Tine! I'd suggest you just watch whatever you like of the videos...the main thing is to continue with the daily routines, add in a Weekly Home Blessing Hour and think about the Daily Focus.
Thanks so much for your wonderful videos & support. It really does make a big difference to break them up into 15 minutes. I have seen a lot of progress & I love my shiny sink! I really looked forward to watching them each morning & will look forward to your new ones. 😄 Sending you some sunshine from the south of France ☀️☀️☀️ By the way my Mum is from Edinburgh. 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐
I just finished watching your Day 31 video and I'm elated. I'm a bit sad, too; but, I know that more joy and more peace await as I continue to declutter. Thanks to this wonderful system, and with the aid of your wonderfully encouraging, and enjoyable videos, I'm flying!! Yay!! The visual mentoring really makes a difference. I've been sharing your videos with my Friends Who Like the FlyLady group. It's fun to challenge yourself when you have a friend to hold you accountable, and give encouragement. You've been that friend for me, while my group of friends were quietly ( :( ) following :-) and still catching on :-) to the system. Now, there is some really excitement, and our little group is following up with a 31 day declutter challenge for the month of May. Thank you, again, for sharing your encouragement with the world. I adore you!! Susanna in PA
+Susanna Giesey Yay, well done, Susanna, for doing the Babysteps with me! When you are ready, you can add in a Weekly Home Blessing (I did a playlist for that) and perhaps start making a basic weekly plan. All in good time... Happy Flying!
Thank you so much for these videos! I have been flying for about a year, but I still find your videos helpful and entertaining. I also love your Scottish accent! :) Kind regards from a German flybaby
Thanks Diane. I didn't do it all, but the things I embraced made a big difference. I want to start over and incorporate more good habits. I'm also enjoying the app.
Before I take your outstretched hand and follow you further I want to shake it thankfully! I was so sick and couldn't believe (as always) how quickly things are piling up, but some minutes here and there made a difference and gave hope. I was always a bit behind, if the step was not easy for me, but I jumped in again with easier ones (meal planning and cooking;-)). 1000 tak, elsker din energi og livsglæde, Monika
Thank you Diane for making these videos, my stress is way down and my house looks so much better already, we had a busy weekend but I actually relaxed and enjoyed myself with friends and family without having any guilt of needing to be home working on the house.
Thank you for your videos Diane, I loved watching every BabyStep video and will go back to your older videos. You are doing a great job on those videos. Lots of love to beautiful Copenhagen (was there once)... from Zurich - Switzerland. Anja
I did nearly all the tasks more or less regularily exept the decluttering but this, too, is already much better and I feel much better when I am in the living room and my DH helped in decluttering. Th.t.G.
I was on day 27 and then good horrible news I had 30 days to vacate my apartment. I am not going to let it stop me .I purged a lot and I will pick up and start on day one when I move in to my new home. I am excited about this new journey and thank you for sharing your videos.
Ive just completed my 31 days !!!! And I honestly think its life changing - I’m so grateful for all your help, advice and encouragement. I have so much more time and energy .
Dear all!
I am absolutely overwhelmed by your lovely comments! I started making videos in my free time in order to help the ladies we are mentoring and never dreamed that they would end up being seen by so many people around the globe. As I've said before - these are amateur videos, made using my telephone, with my limited youtube skills. Absolutely not perfect, but I just wanted to get the message across. Thank you so much for following along, and for jumping in to the Flylady system!
LLAP
Diane in wonderful Copenhagen, Denmark
Flylady Diane Denmark that's why we love them though. they show things how they really are! thank you again for taking the time (your free time) to help so many people
I'm a visual learner and these videos are so helpful to me! I'm so glad I found you and will continue on with the other videos! Live Long And Prosper!
Once again, thank you so much Diane for the time and energy you have put into these lovely videos. I have just completed my second time around / second wave of watching the videos again in February, in order to gently "flywash" myself...Still having a hard time because of the walls and mountains of clutter...but one thing I have noticed is that I do my "hot spot" clear twice a day, morning and evening, which is new...some things have (thankfully) already been naturally part of my routines before, while other things are still a hit and miss, but that is ok...I will continue working on my routines in this manner, until I am ready to implement other parts of the program. Live Long And Prosper! :-)
@@bluejay5531 my case is as your case exactly blue jay god with us
@@emanzahran2772 hi! :-) I am just re-doing the babysteps again in November! wishing you peaceful progress
Thank you very much Diane
• 🔁 Routines
1. Dress to shoes
2. Make bed
3. Swish & swipe bathroom
4. Laundry - start to finish
5. What’s for dinner
6. Use calendar to plan outfits
7. Shine sink
• 📦 Decluttering tool box
8. 2-minute hotspot
9. 5 minute room rescue
10. 15-minute declutter
• 👩🏽 Self Care
1. Rest
2. Drink water
3. Plan meals
4. Vitamins
5. Sleep
📔 • Control journal
Thank you Leah - the list is very helpful!
Love this breakdown. Thank you
THANK YOU!!! I made it 31 days and stuck with it because of you... I can't thank you enough for each of the videos that you have made. They were encouraging, informative, fun and inspiring. For many years I would try to create my own "systems" and could never keep up with them. I tried FlyLady a few years ago but was not successful then either. Watching your videos every day helped me to stick with it. Your comments about working not enough and then overdoing really hit home for me. (In fact, many of the comments you made resonated! :) Your reminders about not being perfect were extremely helpful as well. I am going to keep going! I know I'll get to where I want to be and I am so proud. Thank you for helping me to feel this way and have the success I am having. I am so appreciative of everything you have created as it has given me a calm mind and home!!! Thank you!
Go you, Maryann! Well done on completing the babysteps...the world is your oyster!
Maryann Haraldsen DITTO! Everything you said applies to me. I am so grateful to Diane for teaching me that “good enough is good enough”! No more perfectionism=no more procrastination. I have more acceptance of myself as a result. Truly life-changing. 😍😍😍
Hi Diane, I am a Flybaby and have gone through the 31 steps with you. You are so natural & down to earth it has been a pleasure to follow you x (don’t ever apologise for being you). I am grateful for you as I didn’t realise I had perfectionism stopping me from being my better self. I endeavour to keep following the mini routines & will eventually look forward to moving forward with your next steps. I haven’t commented going through but just had to let you know this is working & you have changed my life for the better. Much love x
Yay! I made it to 31 days! My shiny sink greets me every morning (and the dishes are clean). My bed is made. I'm dressing to shoes and wearing clothes that haven't left my closet for three years. Dressing my child is easy now I lay out their clothes the night before. I finally have a menu plan (using sticky notes on my calendar and only making the simple dishes my family loves). I'm checking the calendar and, for the first time since I can remember, a dear family member is getting flowers ON their birthday (rather than days later, or a never-fulfilled IOU). The game-changer for me is decluttering for 15 minutes at a time. Items are actually making their way out of my house as I never feel overwhelmed (maybe because I'm no longer expecting to clean an entire room in a day.) My hot spots are cooling down. And the worst room in the house and I are slowly becoming friends. This system has turned my life and home around. I check my control journal -- work through my morning, afternoon and evening routines. I'm nowhere near perfect. I still need to commit to swish and swipe, choosing my clothes, 15 minutes of self care. I haven't done everything every day. But you know what, doing something, or most things most days, is enough to change everything. I urge anyone reading this to try the 31 Babysteps. As Diane would say, just keep going!
Diane, I thank you for your generosity, your intelligence, your natural ability to teach, and your warm motivation. YOU have changed the world!
Oh, wow, you have done brilliantly! And well done for taking it slowly and consistently! Pom pom salute for you! 👏🤩🎉🎉🎉
Dear Diane, after years of being controlled by my house, I have taken over control. Your videos absolutely changed my life and I cannot thank you enough. Lots of love and blessings from sunny Holland! 💮♥️🌸
Yay, that is so nice to hear, Susanne!
@@DianeinDenmark So true. When you spoke about professional organisation, home chaos, it so spoke to me. I don't want to work on weekends anymore. (they don't pay me enough), and since flybabying I haven't. Before FL I only took off Saturday afternoons. I've also "leaned" my working processes. Not there yet, but will soon be able to take that trip to Italy I've been putting off because too much work.
Thank you for the 31 days videos. They are really so very helpful. I’m using all my nice products every day rather than having them in the cupboard. I’ve cleaned a pair of shoes to be my indoor shoes (even though I live in a tropical climate) thanks Diane.
I have just finished going through your 31 step videos for the third time. And I will start again on the 4th round tomorrow. Your videos are changing my surroundings for sure. I have been decluttering for 3 months. The
process is remarkable. Can't say that my life has changed much. I am not flying yet, but decluttering is being done daily and regularly. I am going to be starting in my art studio tomorrow with the timer. I am paying attention to the chaos between the ears that you have mentioned and thinking about where it all comes from. I watch your videos then I go do something. Clutter can wreck your life. Thank you very much for your videos. They are so clear. What you deliver is just what I needed. I have been taking before and after pictures. I think there could be a new phrase coined to describe a very unusual state. Maybe it could be called a "clutter trance". All the best. You do good work.
Glad to hear that it is working for you, Suzanne!
Thank you Diane! These videos have been a big help! I am not ready to at all put you on the back burner! I am one that needs baby steps! Thank you, thank you...THANK YOU! I will continue to watch you as part of my "morning routine"
May the Lord continue to bless you in helping others to rid their homes and minds of the clutter!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I've made it through the 31 baby steps! I am 60 years old and I am on disability for my fibromyalgia and arthritis. Some days are better than others. I can't always do everything, but I do get dressed to shoes, keep my sink shined and get my morning routine done (even if it takes well into the afternoon). When I first started FlyLady, I wanted her mop. It was perfect! However, I know myself and I have a habit of getting excited over something and not following through. I made a deal with myself that if I made it through the baby steps, I would reward myself with that mop. Well, with God's help and yours, I did it!!! So guess where I'm going now? FlyLady shop here I come! Whoo hoo!
I will restart with the babysteps!
Checked the calendar with my DH.
Entered in the calendar new data for the next week and checked up with my calendar which I have at home for work.
Yesterday drank 2 bottles 0,75L of water plus some mugs of tea and light!!! coffee
Setting the stopwatch when making the bed in the morning made me realize it only takes me a minute, even less! And it feels so nice to get into a nicely made up bed at the end of a long and tiresome day. This is a routine I'll never let go anymore. The other routines are nice, but this was a game changer for me. Thank you, Diane!
I really appreciate how you broke everything down. I am also grateful for your enthusiasm :)
You're my little FlyLady guru. I love watching your videos. I feel like you know exactly what I'm thinking and how my mind works... including all the ways I sabotage myself. Also, I think we have the same birthday. At any rate I'll just keep watching and keep getting better at putting all your instructions into practice so that as time goes on and I continue to develop these routines my home will become a place of refuge for me and those I love. I'm so thankful for you and the FlyLady and her system. I won't say how old I am but these are things I should have learned YEARS AGO ! Again, thank you.
I appreciate you taking the time to do these 31 days. I just happened to catch you from the very first day and I really have enjoyed viewing and reviewing the videos. As a math person, my favorite quote of yours is, "Anything is better than zero." It also impacts the procrastinator side that I am trying to squelch.
I tried to start Flylady's system a year ago and I did exactly what you said not to do; I went online and looked at everything and tried to incorporate everything at once. BIG mistake. I ended up overwhelming myself with my humongous list of stuff to do. Being a perfectionist, I had to try to get it all done right and all at one time. I didn't realize that I only had to do 15 minutes at a time in the zone or doing any one task so I overworked myself and then dreaded thinking about doing it again later.Therefore, I ended up going back to the old ways of procrastinating.
I love that you state that it doesn't all have to get done..."just do what you can." I took up your challenge to time myself at certain tasks and found they really didn't take as long as I thought. I started setting my timer to limit my tasks to 15 minutes. I also take breaks and am able to get back to work. I have started being more aware of the time I am spending online and I am not wasting time like before. You (and Marla) are so right about starting small and gradually adding more. I do what I can and I have certain non-negotiables that must be done daily if nothing else does because of situations beyond my control. My stress levels regarding cleaning are almost nil now! I owe most of that to you doing these videos and helping me gain proper perspective.
Go you, Murphyforthejoy, for just taking the first steps. I really wish I could just wave a magic wand so that people would stop beating themselves up/trying to do it all at once! LOL If we would just open the first door and go through it, then all the other doors and levels will appear to us... Good luck with your babysteps!
Thank you @DianeinDenmark for making these wonderful videos. This is my 3rd time completing this series and it has changed my life each time. I found you in 2019 as a newlywed and the changes to my new home were absolutely amazing. I again watched your videos in 2021 after having our first child and then again in 2024 after having our second. The best part of FlyLady is knowing that when big life changes temporarily derail my home, I can jump right back in with the baby steps and be FLYing again very soon
Thank you so much for the videos! I love the beautiful light-filled windows in your kitchen! You have brought light into my home with your videos and encouragement! Thank you!
I’m into this system. It’s magic with the timer. It almost as if it decluttered itself! Truly amazing!
As many comments have stated, thank you for your gracious mentoring ! All over the world 😍
Thank you so much Diane, I am quite impressed with how effective this system is. I kinda new, but ignored it for a few years... Never again!!! Love the view to my living room right now
I’m amazed by how making these small tweaks in my life how much lighter and better I feel. I also feels so accomplished! Thank you for these perfectly imperfect videos that shared practical tips to FLY. Thank you Diane 🙏🏽
I just finished the 31 days! "Go me!" Thank you so much again for making these videos; I don't think I would ever have done it if I didn't have you taking me through it. It's like you know more about me than I know myself, so I've also learned so much about my own mind and why I do things the way I do!
Over the last month I've already seen so much improvement not only in my house but also in my attitude. My husband even noticed that doing this made me happy, although he was so confused as to why shining my sink, swishing and swiping, and doing loads of laundry was making my day. I think I finally realized that taking care of my home was part of my "self-care"--I want to live in a home that looks like a nice hotel, I deserve it, and I can enjoy giving that to myself a little bit each day. You're right the hardest part is the "pamper" part, for me because I feel guilty about the time I waste on the computer/smart phone (when I don't set a timer) and think I don't owe myself a non-computer-time pamper if I've spent free time on the internet. It's still a work in progress. I also find myself getting off track on mornings where my kids (a toddler and an 8-month-old baby) need my attention immediately and I don't get the bed made or the bathroom done or the load of laundry on. Again, a work in progress!
Thank you so much again, and I'm looking forward to watching your videos on the next steps!
Yay, so glad you have seen the difference it can make! Well done! 👏🎉
I've followed FlyLady for years but so helpful to have videos! And i am loyal to her so I appreciate how you follow her so closely, resisting temptation to add, embellish, like we all get tempted to do! We all needed it simple, that's why we're here. And your calming way is wonderful. Thank you :)
YAY! Day 31! I started babystepping at 30 weeks pregnant now am 35 weeks and my home is so much more in order ready for baby! Thank you from down under 🇦🇺
Woo hoo, day 31! Go you, Kali!
I did it! I made it 31 days--and the house looks and feels so much better :D I did my first home blessing this week and will do that for the month or two before going into zones. I am so happy!
We've got the entryway cleaned up so I can finally sweep it easily. The extra room-turned-storage has become almost a room again, just 15 minutes on days I have time. Breaking things down, not trying to do it all at once has really made a difference.
My biggest challenge is that I have only been living in this house for 12 years--the majority of the clutter and disorganization isn't mine (just small pockets). I am working with my husband and his family to clear out the unnecessary and bring a bit of order into the house, and they really appreciate my efforts. Since my in-laws are over 80, it is hard for them to do a lot. My sister in law has medical issues that limit her ability to do a lot as well, so it is really on my husband and me.
Just the baby steps alone have helped me significantly. The control journal is coming together, and I don't have to think too hard about "pampering" since my husband is making a point to do that for me :D
Thank you for your videos--they continue to help me and guide me through this new phase in my life. And I really enjoy your positive attitude and humor!
dear flylady Diane, I just completed the 31 baby steps this is July and I just completed the steps. I appreciate you and love your style and teaching, you always look so beautiful, that's it from Colorado live long and prosperous 😘❤❤❤
Thank you so much Diane for taking time to do these videos. I just finished day 31! Woo Hoo. I have so enjoyed your chats and the comments of your subscribers. Both have helped me to understand how to do my routines, even when life is not routine. The most important aha moment has been to focus on my evening routine, because I am a payroll she. Thank you again!!
You are so very welcome, Mrs Bryant!
Hi Diane, here in Germany it is as gray and dark as in Copenhagen - but your video has lightened up my day, again! Cannot wait for your new messages, and meanwhile I'll watch your older videos and try my best to keep up with the routines, so I'll be FLYing! Thank you so much, Diane!
Thank you for the last 31 days . You really explain the fly lady system in a simplistic and helpful way and it’s good to have a visual as this is the way I learn best . You are so kind giving up your time to help all us flybabies . XX
Much appreciated and so many useful ideas. Enjoyed hearing your cheerful voice every day and makes me homesick for Edinburgh where I spent twelve years before coming out to Alexandria . Very different climate and lifestyle of course but many things we can apply here too
Thank you, Diane, for walking us through the 31 baby steps. A light bulb has finally gone off for me! It's been such a pleasure watching you...and listening to your lovely accent...that I hate for the steps to be finished. I will certainly follow you on your channel. Live long and prosper!!!
Thank you Diane you have truly blessed me and my home. I know very soon my house will start to feel like a home and I plan to rewatch your videos to keep me in track 😆 I have not felt this positive in eons! I look forward to more! You are a dear!
Your videos have helped me stay on track during my third trimester of my third pregnancy. This is the time when I feel like just letting it all go, becoming lazy and lethargic. Your videos put a smile on my face and kept me motivated to persevere. My family thanks you as our home has remained clean, mama is happy, healthy and full of energy (best pregnancy yet because of "me time") and our lives are becoming richer due to a cleaner/more organized and well functioning home as I stick to the routines!
That is so fantastic, Tara Rose - go you! And good luck!
Thank you Diane for all your babystepping videos! I have been babystepling the last 31 days with you and it has made such a difference in my house, to my family and for me. Thank you for taking the time out of each day to make these videos and help so many people! x
Thank you so much Diane in Denmark! Couldn’t have finished the baby steps without you!!!!! Concise videos that encourage and don’t judge! I’m not longer a fly baby!!! I’m FLYING!!❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
Woo hoo, go Alistia!
Thank you so very much Mrs. Diane for taking the time to make and post these videos. They have helped me understand the system better. That timer is essential. I didnt think so at first, but thanks to you I'm on board. Having a little trouble with what you call all or nothing. Hope to get over it soon ☺ Again, thank you! Your videos are very helpful.
Thank you Diane. Loved every video. Introduced you to my daughter and she has been watching too. Actually she introduced me to the fly lady five years ago but now we are both back on board. She is doing her laundry every day, one of the blessing for her family With three children she's teaching them some of the routines as well and helping her by now picking up their laundry, emptying the dishwasher abd swish and swipe! See you soon.
Thank you so much for putting so much time and effort in to these videos. You've really helped make a change in my life, and obviously so many others as well. May any dark winter day in Copenhagen be brightened by the light of all of our shining sinks!!
Diane, thanks so much for being there. You're such a delight! I haven't been doing Flylady 100% in the last 31 days, but my kitchen looks much better (shiny sink, clear counters) and I'm starting to get a handle on my bedroom and living room. Thanks for the inspiration.
I absolutely love you and your videos! I am so proud of all the progress I have made. I am getting ready to re-watch them and add in more. You are such a joy to watch, and I can't thank you enough. I actually found the system because I'm looking for balance in my life. All I do is work on my job. I am a teacher of 1st and 2nd grade and it takes all my time up. I reached out to find a system that I could used to get more done during the week and less on the weekends. I am also going to try this in the classroom. Thanks for all your help. I am going to continue to watch you everyday.
Thank you Diane for taking the time to put the 31 steps 'out there' for us. I have been with you since day 1 and I'm really starting to see a difference not only in the house but also in me. I too like many others will miss my daily 'fix' and I look forward to the next steps. X
Thank you Diane, I will miss you every morning whilst eating my muesli. Looking forward to going deeper into the flylady system. Thanks again xx
Aww, thank you, Mary! Don't worry, there are plenty of other videos on my channel and the new ones will be with you soon. Bon appétit, Muesli Mary!
Thank you Diane, your sparkly outlook has come at exactly the right time in the right way from the right place and the right person for me to finally apply and stick to the Flylady techniques. I thank you from the bottom of my heart!!
Thank you Dianne for cheering on this flybaby. You make the steps clear. The Fly lady system has taught me time managment. I think now I dance with father time instead of fighting him, and reaping the benefits! Developing these habits has given me so much success. Using the timer gets me motivated to do all kinds of things from correspondence to painting. As well as cleaning! Now I don't worry about it. Just doing it!
Thank you it has been a life changer for me . Still have things to work on but I am so much happier. 😀
Because of your videos, I made it through the 31 days of Flylady babysteps! Hoooray!! As I've mentioned before, I tried her method several years ago, but never got very far. Your encouragement and your constant reminder, that it doesn't have to be perfect; allowed me to keep moving forward, even if I had an off day. I am very grateful to you, for taking the time out of your busy life to film these daily videos. I have now gained routines that are allowing me to see progress! :)) Thank You!!
That is fantastic - time to celebrate!!!
Yay! I'm so glad you'll still make videos. I've been fluttering for YEARS but there is something about the way you present the system that is making is work for me! Looking forward to more! Have a wonderful day! Thank you for all you do for us!
I have mixed feelings about day 31. I can't believe I made it this far, but I feel sad that it's come to an end. I loved this series so much! what will I watch tomorrow for my daily motivation?!😭 hoping for more of these daily vids. thanks so much, Diane!
Thank you so much for these videos! The difference in my house is amazing. I still have a lot of decluttering to do, but my house is always company ready, and I love the feeling I get every time I walk into my clean house.
Thank you, Diane, for making these 31-Day flylady videos and sharing them with us. Years ago, I watched some original FlyLady You Tube videos and got interested in the process, but never tried it. After finding your videos yesterday afternoon, I started marathon-watching starting with your Day 1 video last night after dinner while doing 3 loads of laundry and watched your videos in sequence until midnight. Today, I finished watching your Day 31 video at 2 pm while folding my laundry and putting it away. One of the things you've taught me is that I can do meal planning better by using post-it notes. I'm always stumped each morning on what to fix for dinner that night. I'm looking forward to watching your next steps to see what else I can learn. (from Chester, VA. USA)
Well done, Ruth!
Thank you Diane! Completed 31 days FlyLady babysteps! 🎉 onwards and upwards!!
Thanks so much for all you do! I've got my Blessing caddy all set for tomorrow's WHB! I've thoroughly enjoyed watching the videos and truly appreciate your suggestions! LLAP in TX!
Diane thank you so much you are an inspiration. You (and God ) really kept me motivated i have seen big changes thank you so much you are changing lives please dont ever stop!
You are so very welcome, Princess!
I went through the baby steps afew weeks ago, and I love the routines so much, my home is more organized I'm more organized and happy, I loooove being a stay at home mum now thanks to you Diane, God bless you for sharing this tips
Thankyou so much for these videos Diane. I completed the 31 days and had the morning and evening routines sorted. It niggled me that I hadn't quite done everything, like writing in my control journal and using my calendar. I decided to rewatch your videos and add in the bits I had missed out as well as add the daily mission. I have loved following your steps and even managed to get my husband and son (although that needs a bit more nagging) on board with keeping a clean shiny sink!
Before this I used to follow a sort of morning routine but once I wrote it down (including taking pills, putting on perfume) I found that I wasn't forgetting anything! Yesterday my husband woke me up - he had cooked me a lovely breakfast. I had no time for any of my routine and for the first time in 2 months went downstairs in dressing gown and slippers! I managed to catch up after breakfast but it put me out of step! Anyway my clutter is getting sorted. Just 15 minutes a day in the loft is making a huge difference. I look forward to seeing your next videos. Anyway. once again Thankyou for helping me get my life in order. LLAP x
Aw, you are so welcome, Helen. Isn't it funny, though, how quickly the Morning Routine becomes a habit and it feels strange *not* to be doing it?! Sometimes, if I'm having a bad day, I do a 'redo' - i.e. I just restart my Morning Routine from the beginning...
I'm a fluttering flybaby for round about 3 years an went through the babysteps before. But with your videos it's fantastic - I did all the babysteps again. Except one - the indoorshoes! I wear shows all day long - from time until leaving home in the morning until I come home in the afternoon/early evening. An my feet are crying for freedom!!! I don't want to press them in another "jail". I love my stoppy-socks; for me it works. But I truely understand the wearing of indoor-shoes!
Hope to see much more of you!
Whatever works for *you*, Gabi!
I have been following your Denmark blogging for years, Flylady Diane, but these videos are the first time I've had the pleasure of seeing you in action. I've followed along with the 31 Babsteps, and I have enjoyed each and every one. I think the thing you said about enjoying the "bog standard" Monday to Friday and not just looking forward to the holidays really got through to me. The pampering bit is the hardest for me, but I am working on it! One thing that I'll certainly be putting in my pamper basket is a copy of your new mystery novel, Death Comes to Strandvig! Congratulations on the book and on this video series. Live long and prosper!
Wow, Karin! Isn't it a small world! :-) Glad to hear you will be pampering...I'm working on the sequel so there might be more deaths in Strandvig! ;-)
Ra-Ra-Ra 🎇🎇🎇....Diane! I made it....again! 😂 ! This is the second year I have run through these steps and I have dragged some friends along for the ride each day in July (2020). I've been boosted by the things I'm already doing and have been encouraged into the things I struggle with...well worth a second visit .
Over the next few Saturdays starting tomorrow, I'm going to run the 'pep talk' series to keep kicking bahookie on these BabySteps and reminding everyone of the steps for each day during August (luckily another 31 day month!!)
On Monday - Friday next week I'll also be posting the Daily Focus series...again I do some of these but not all and really want to get that under my belt too (and the other ladies asked about vacuuming...BIG mistake...haha! 😉😁)
A HUGE.....THANK YOU...for all your time, cheerleading and perfectly imperfect videos...couldn't do it without your sunshine & smile xxx 😍
Hi, Diane! Thank you so much for all your effort!! You are a great motivator and also really funny. ☺️Would you be able to sometime do a Series with what a whole day of you looks like with all the routines, zones and everything relating to the flylady system Monday through to Sunday? That would be so helpful, too. Love your videos and could already apply so many things to my life.
Thank you Diane. I love how you walk everyone through the 31 steps. I tried flylady in 2015 and was overwhelmed and didn't think to look for somebody that could break down how it works, so I didn't stick with it. Now I think I can do it. I have to admit I cheated and watched all 31 steps in 2 days but I did it while I was cooking, doing dishes, doing laundry, taking a shower LOL. I'm on day 2 right now so I think it's going to go well. Thank you again!! 😊
Hope you'll enjoy using the system, Cyndi!
We really appreciate you, Flylady Diane!
Thank you so much Diane for your wonderful videos ❤ I am loving my new routines and how much cleaner my house is. You have given me such a gift.
wow I made it for my preliminary run. I'll start no. 1 in the morning! I'm excited. Thank you for this wonderful offering. You be well. thank you so very much.
Thank you so much FlyLady Diane
I have watched your videos in 2 days !
I know I didn't listen to you sorry about them but Your videos are so good I couldn't stop watching them they are amazing.I am doing most things already but I needed a proper system
I am a house wife and stay home all day
I feel like I am cleaning and cooking all day and I'm still behind.
Your systems are great and I already feel in control
My house is decluttered I did it last year but I wish I found fly lady back than because I decluttered and organised my house all day not doing anything else
My cupboards,wardrobes were organised and cleaned but my house was in mess . I was not paying attention to visible clutter,Landry and kitchen/sink
I am following every thing for couple of days you taught us except for dress to shoes and pampering my self.
I will include this too
Thank you so much for your amazing videos.
I also ordered fly lady book sink revelation from amazon uk for reference.
I can't wait to see your videos for weekly and zone cleaning.
I was looking for something like this for
ages.
One more thing I like about you is you mentioned ironing
No other home management videos/books/websites say anything about ironing.I iron clothes for whole family after I washed them and put in their wardrobes. I was so glad when you mentioned ironing.
God bless you.you are amazing.
Glad that you are finding these helpful! Promise me that you will take breaks...you will get there in babyseps. Good luck!
Flylady Diane Denmark thank you for your reply. I will try my best:)
Looking forward to more videos.
I hope my Weekly Home Blessing cleaning videos will help you...we do one task per day (vacuum for 10 minutes on Friday, wipe down mirrors/windows for 10 minutes on Saturday, change sheets for 10 minutes on Sunday, etc, etc). That we, we are not cleaning all day, every day :-)
I am following your weekly home blessings too.
They are amazing.you are doing great job.
Thank you so much.
2018: I've just finished my 31 days. I came upon "flylady" by chance, and latched on to it to bring some fun into a sad time for me. The time has flown and my days have had some routine which are taking me out of my funk. My great grandfather Olaf Rasmussen was from Copenhagen, and I have delighted in your way of life there, and your happy Scottish lilt. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. See you tomorrow.
Thank you so much Diane for your help, encouragement and guidance. My house is looking wonderful and I feel so happy when I walk in through the door now. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I will have to watch your other videos (one per day) to keep me motivated. I truly appreciate your time and effort. God bless.
Thank you so much for your hard work on these videos! You have made a difference in my home. Looking forward to your future videos. Sending you much love from chilly, also grey Canada. ❤
Thank you so much Diane for each & every video. You are a natural born teacher/mentor. It made my day & week to hear that you will be continuing with videos! Blessings to you & your family:-)
Thank you so much for these videos. You are so supportive, inspiring and fun . Xx
Just finished the 31 babysteps today. Sad but happy at the same time. You made a huge difference to me and my home. More peace in my head as well. Cannot thank you enough. Funny that you can feel so connected to someone you have never met 🙂
Like you I had lost my spark somewhere along the way. But in the last 31 days I felt it light up here and there again. Yeah..🎉
So, thank you, thank you and wish you all the best in Denmark. Sending you a big hug from Holland ❤️❤️
Thank you so so much dear Diane for your precious videos! It has been a daily treat, motivation and inspiration. First time around I just watched, from today I am going to re-start watching them and actually start putting the baby steps (once again...sigh) into action, hopefully they will stick this time!! Looking forward to your next videos. As I have previously stated I have been flyfluttering for years and know the tools, but seeing you break them down visually and hearing you makes a huge difference! Here in Italy today it is cold (well for here at least) and a bit gray as well, but yesterday I noticed how the light has started shifting...it is not a winter light anymore I sense, but I can start to see it slowly change and prepare for spring!! SO looking forward to spring and summer!! and in the meantime...baby steps to get there! Thanks again and take care! Ciao!
Thanks, Blue Jay! That is why I'm so addicted to the Commisario Montalbano books...they provide me with Sicilian sunshine and good food, even when it's grey here! ;-)
I love them!!! :-) and I read them for the same reason! His writing is very sensual and it's almost like being in Sicily.. I bought a book of recipes taken from the series here and there but have not cooked anything yet! :-)
i agree with Blue Jay, seeing things explained visually is a tremendous boost while i'm reading the book.
Thank you soooo much Diane for all your hard work! Your youtube videos have helped me greatly! From Minnesota
Thank you Diane for all of your help - I have gone through all of the 31 Baby Steps with you and have found them so useful. I have looked forward each day to your blog. Great system and looking forward to the next steps.
Thank you for these videos, they have made all the difference. I have been following Flylady for years but your videos made it so fun to keep the habits and routines up. I feel like I finally get it.
Thank you so much for your positive and encouraging videos. I have been a Flybaby for a few years but I've used your videos as a bit of a tune up and it has breathed life again into some of the habits I had let slip. I look forward to watching more of your videos in the future! Best wishes from Orkney x
Thank you FlyLady Diane! I have so enjoyed following along on the babysteps. You are an inspiration to us all. I finally believe I can do this!!!!
Yes, you can!
Thank you for all of your work and time invested into these videos. I'm not where I want to be, but I'm further along than I was! Babysteps! I'll be going back through the 31 days and fine-tuning and watching for other helpful tips. Thank you again!
And here I am, 31 babysteps (not 31 days) later, sitting in front of my laptop (in Belgium) watching this video with a cup of tea, nails painted, earrings in and nice clothes on, dressed to shoes... having done all my morning routines in a house that has changed so much since the program started.
No way I expected this to happen! When I started the program I was very down and sat in a house full of clutter, with even a blocked entrance in some rooms, piles of laundry that I panicked about constantly, dishes everywhere and a sloppy appeareance.
Diane, you sure did change my life for now. I hope, and will do my best to continue. Thank you for babystepping me to a better home and head.
I also have a question for you: Is there a recommended order in watching the following video's?
Woo hoo, that is great, Tine! I'd suggest you just watch whatever you like of the videos...the main thing is to continue with the daily routines, add in a Weekly Home Blessing Hour and think about the Daily Focus.
Thank you Diane. It's been a very exciting 31 days. I looked forward to your videos every morning. I can't wait to see where.we go from here.
Thanks for your encouragement, yes I am flying but not yet that high :-)
Thanks so much for your wonderful videos & support. It really does make a big difference to break them up into 15 minutes. I have seen a lot of progress & I love my shiny sink! I really looked forward to watching them each morning & will look forward to your new ones. 😄
Sending you some sunshine from the south of France ☀️☀️☀️
By the way my Mum is from Edinburgh.
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Yay, all the best people are from Edinburgh! LOL
Flylady Diane Denmark so I guess that you are from Edinburgh.😉
Thank you for explaining all the 31 babysteps and your enthusiasm!!
I just finished watching your Day 31 video and I'm elated. I'm a bit sad, too; but, I know that more joy and more peace await as I continue to declutter. Thanks to this wonderful system, and with the aid of your wonderfully encouraging, and enjoyable videos, I'm flying!! Yay!! The visual mentoring really makes a difference. I've been sharing your videos with my Friends Who Like the FlyLady group. It's fun to challenge yourself when you have a friend to hold you accountable, and give encouragement. You've been that friend for me, while my group of friends were quietly ( :( ) following :-) and still catching on :-) to the system. Now, there is some really excitement, and our little group is following up with a 31 day declutter challenge for the month of May. Thank you, again, for sharing your encouragement with the world. I adore you!! Susanna in PA
+Susanna Giesey Yay, well done, Susanna, for doing the Babysteps with me! When you are ready, you can add in a Weekly Home Blessing (I did a playlist for that) and perhaps start making a basic weekly plan. All in good time... Happy Flying!
Well done, Diane, thank you for the wonderful way you presented everything the 30 days. Especially self care You made it do able. Thank you
Great job!
Thank you so much for these videos! I have been flying for about a year, but I still find your videos helpful and entertaining. I also love your Scottish accent! :) Kind regards from a German flybaby
Thanks Diane. I didn't do it all, but the things I embraced made a big difference. I want to start over and incorporate more good habits. I'm also enjoying the app.
Before I take your outstretched hand and follow you further I want to shake it thankfully! I was so sick and couldn't believe (as always) how quickly things are piling up, but some minutes here and there made a difference and gave hope. I was always a bit behind, if the step was not easy for me, but I jumped in again with easier ones (meal planning and cooking;-)). 1000 tak, elsker din energi og livsglæde, Monika
Thank you, thank you flylady Diane it has been wonderful I look forward to your next videos.
Baltimore Maryland waving
Thank you Diane- I have so enjoyed this journey with you. What a wonderful system!
Thank you Diane from Australia and I look forward to more steps :-)
LOVING watching these videos during your break. Thank you, can't wait for you to get back.
Thank you Diane for making these videos, my stress is way down and my house looks so much better already, we had a busy weekend but I actually relaxed and enjoyed myself with friends and family without having any guilt of needing to be home working on the house.
+Debra Ornouski I love that, Debra!
Thank you for your videos Diane, I loved watching every BabyStep video and will go back to your older videos. You are doing a great job on those videos. Lots of love to beautiful Copenhagen (was there once)... from Zurich - Switzerland. Anja
I did nearly all the tasks more or less regularily exept the decluttering but this, too, is already much better and I feel much better when I am in the living room and my DH helped in decluttering. Th.t.G.
Probably I will restart today or tomorrow with the 31 babysteps. Till later and good night!
I tried to restart with the 31 babysteps but it felt like being stale and I am longing to do the 7 days challenge.
Thank you!! You help me so much in these 31 days of baby steps!!!
Thank you so much for your videos. I love to watch them. They make me start my routines every day.
Greetings from Germany ❤
I was on day 27 and then good horrible news I had 30 days to vacate my apartment. I am not going to let it stop me .I purged a lot and I will pick up and start on day one when I move in to my new home. I am excited about this new journey and thank you for sharing your videos.
Hope all goes well with the new home, Angela!
This is the first time I've ever followed all 31 steps and your videos helped me so much! Thank you, Diane!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, dear Flylady Diane
Ive just completed my 31 days !!!! And I honestly think its life changing - I’m so grateful for all your help, advice and encouragement. I have so much more time and energy .
Aww, I love that you have more energy, Jacki - well done!