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S.H.E - anyone follow this?

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StripyShoes · 02/09/2012 21:48

It is basically an alternative to flylady. Does anyone here use it?

I started it a few weeks ago and do find that it is working, but I think my lists need some work. Can anyone share their lists with me?

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 02/09/2012 22:20

Do you have a link?

pictish · 02/09/2012 22:24

Interested in it, but can't find anything via google....link?

StripyShoes · 03/09/2012 22:28

It isnt really on the internet that I can find, there is a site but it is a bit crap and doesnt really explain it. Basically, you have abox of cards and they are seperated by date. So you put say, 'clean bathrooms' on a card, then 4 day in the corner (meaning you do it every four days. YOu then file it when you do it iyswim? THen when you have completed the chore, you file it away for the next dat e i.e. four days later. Each day you just do the cards assigned for that day, complete it, refile it and done! THat is a really really simplified version, but it is basically what I am doing at the moment. THey go into things such as write down if it canbe delegated, have differetn coloured cards , write down exactly what you need to do etc but I can be bothered with all that faff! I just like knowing that I can do my jobs for the day and that withing, say, a month or so, I will be on top of everything and it all gets done as it needs to be, iyswim? You dont stress about what isnt done. Order/file the cards in a manageable way and then they tend to lok after themselves. Dont, for eg, put all massiv eheavy weekly jobs on one day as that horrendus day will be repeated next wekk! Put them on differetn day, you can feel safe int eh fac tthat it will get done eventually, then deal with it as it ocmes up. Also, they let you skip chores!! Bonus!

I know I sound a little nutty about it but it is the firs thing that has worked for me and I dont have to deal with all the flylady emails and I know stuff gets done eventually as it is on my (rotating!) list.

Also, in case anyone thinks I am, I am NOT selling or advertising, just wanted to see what lists other people ahd, and now explaining for those who dont know.

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StripyShoes · 03/09/2012 22:29

Gosh! Horrendous typos! Apologies! Damn phone!

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CuriousMama · 03/09/2012 22:31

Here it is.

CuriousMama · 03/09/2012 22:31

I just put S.H.E cleaning into google.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 03/09/2012 22:33

That actually sounds pretty interesting..

BTW if you like Flylady but the email are too much you can

a) get the iPhone or Android app
b) set up a filter on your email so it bins all the emails except for the "FlightPlan" ones

StripyShoes · 03/09/2012 22:35

AH! I saw the URL was organized home and just dismissed it out of hand! Apologies!

So do you use it Curious? Would you be able to share your list? DO you do the different colours? Does the different colour help and should I really be doing it? I dont plan the heavy and light cleaning days just do them as they come up?

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StripyShoes · 03/09/2012 22:37

Thanks itsall. Will take a look.

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 03/09/2012 22:38

X-posts..

I just looked at the link and TBH While the nice neat little card index appeals to me (I love lists and highlighter pens!) it all seems a bit of a faff. I am afraid I just have some stuff repeating in my phone to do list (a lot pinched from the Flylady babysteps) and then I read the one email a day from Flylady which covers the more infrequent stuff I don't actually get any cleaning done, but I do have a system

StripyShoes · 03/09/2012 22:40

My cards are not like theirs. Mine are scrawled Blush and not different colours and I dont have stuff like 'have breakfast' just the cleaning stuff.

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CuriousMama · 04/09/2012 02:19

No I don't use it just thought I'd try and help.

lolalotta · 04/09/2012 06:16

HomeRoutines app on iPhone looks AMAZING! Grin

CarpeJugulum · 04/09/2012 06:20

Home Routines app is fabulous.

We're heading off on holiday so I've added in a few new lists of things I need to clean/sort and I'm not panicking at all.

I set up the lists on the PC then just click and go - and it's nice and satisfying to get a star when everything is done Blush

sparkle12mar08 · 04/09/2012 12:41

Stressed-out Home Executive was the system Flylady used when she first started herself, She developed it further and turned it into the FLYing system we know now. The original SHE was Pam somebody and Marla still talks about her in emails and stuff now.

Helenagrace · 04/09/2012 16:35

I use the home routines iPhone app. It's great. One of the few apps worth buying IMHO. It takes a while to customise but it really works.

I've no experience with the cards system but it sounds like a lot of faffing about!

theancientmarinator · 05/09/2012 09:19

I love the SHE system - but I have adapted it to suit my own needs over the years which I would imagine is what most people do. The faff-factor is part of the process of getting to grips with what it is you need to get done - based on the idea that if you naturally noticed this stuff you would be doing it already. I found writing down everything (ok, maybe not down to eating breakfast...) and finding out how long it actually took me to do each thing very helpful - I had wildly innaccurate expectations of how little I needed to do and how little time it would take me. Over the years lots of it has become second nature so I have long since ditched some cards as I now do these things on autopilot. I have a felt board in the kitchen and put velcro tabs on the backs of all my cards so that each evening I can just stick everything that needs to be done tomorrow up on the board and get a kick out of watching the board empty as the day goes on. It's worth sticking with it and refining it until it's right for you. I use different coloured cards for different types of activity (socialising, admin, cleaning, cooking...) so I can see at a glance if my day/week is skewed too heavily to one thing (especially if it's all housework and no socialising Sad).

I'm not sharing my lists because you kind of have to make your own for them to be any use! But I did find it really helpful to keep a stack of cards and a pen out so that whenever it occurred to me that something needed done (windows filthy, forgotten to buy my Mum a birthday card, run out of DS1's inhaler again and want to order new prescriptions on time in future, etc) I would write it down. Gradually I began to quantify what I want to get done and then start figuring out when and how often. If you are like me (very focussed and productive with the stuff you are interested in, beyond scatty with the stuff that bores you but needs doing) and prefer your systems concrete rather than conceptual SHE is well worth sticking with. Good luck!

theancientmarinator · 05/09/2012 09:19

Sorry for over-long post! Avoiding getting on with own housework...

mrsmangelsneck · 06/09/2012 00:35

Home Routines app is fab. My house actually looks decent!

BonnyDay · 06/09/2012 00:49

Why not just clean yur house. Does it have to be so hard?

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