(This post will probably not make a ton of sense if you haven't seen the prior "Cora Interprets FlyLady So You Don't Have To" posts, so here are direct links: Part One: Caveats and Things You Can Ignore, and Part Two: Things I Actually Do Use.)
I've had a couple of requests to see my routines and zone cleaning schedule, so I will provide that this afternoon sometime, when I get a chance to type it up after work.
But this post is for a topic that![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
jonquil reminded me of, which is this: some of the things on the FlyLady site are not just aesthetically not to my taste or weirdly dogmatic about shoes, they're actually offensive. And while I wanted to keep the rant out of the 'here's what has helped me' posts, it would probably be a good idea to acknowledge that and warn you about the offensive stuff as well -- and tell you how I circumvented it.
After the rant-y bit, I'm adding additional notes on things I did to reduce or remove the objectionable biases from the method for my own use. I'll cut that separately so you can jump straight there if you want to avoid the politics and anger. ;)
This is not to say "you shouldn't use the system." I do, after all, since I think it's entirely possible to strip out the objectionable stuff and end up with a bare-bones system that doesn't make offensive assumptions. It is to say "you should maybe be careful on the website, and be aware of these things beforehand." If you want to avoid the website entirely, part of the reason that I laid out what I do use so, uh, verbosely is that ideally, you could use the stripped-down version of the method without going to the site, getting the e-mails, or otherwise subjecting yourself to the offensive stuff. So you can always save yourself some blood pressure by just avoiding it entirely. (That is, in fact, part of why I titled these posts "Cora Interprets FlyLady So You Don't Have To.")
( Things That Are Objectionable That You Might Want To Be Aware Of )
( How To Exorcise The Bad Stuff Without Losing Your Mind )
And that's it. Some things on the site are really maddening, problematic, and/or offensive, but they're not integral to the system, so I gleefully cut them out and consign them to the outer darkness. And the stripped-down version is simple enough that you don't even have to give site hits if you don't want to.
Okay, lunch break over. I'll post the routines and the zone cleaning stuff this evening. And anything else you think might be helpful, let me know.
I've had a couple of requests to see my routines and zone cleaning schedule, so I will provide that this afternoon sometime, when I get a chance to type it up after work.
But this post is for a topic that
jonquil reminded me of, which is this: some of the things on the FlyLady site are not just aesthetically not to my taste or weirdly dogmatic about shoes, they're actually offensive. And while I wanted to keep the rant out of the 'here's what has helped me' posts, it would probably be a good idea to acknowledge that and warn you about the offensive stuff as well -- and tell you how I circumvented it.After the rant-y bit, I'm adding additional notes on things I did to reduce or remove the objectionable biases from the method for my own use. I'll cut that separately so you can jump straight there if you want to avoid the politics and anger. ;)
This is not to say "you shouldn't use the system." I do, after all, since I think it's entirely possible to strip out the objectionable stuff and end up with a bare-bones system that doesn't make offensive assumptions. It is to say "you should maybe be careful on the website, and be aware of these things beforehand." If you want to avoid the website entirely, part of the reason that I laid out what I do use so, uh, verbosely is that ideally, you could use the stripped-down version of the method without going to the site, getting the e-mails, or otherwise subjecting yourself to the offensive stuff. So you can always save yourself some blood pressure by just avoiding it entirely. (That is, in fact, part of why I titled these posts "Cora Interprets FlyLady So You Don't Have To.")
( Things That Are Objectionable That You Might Want To Be Aware Of )
( How To Exorcise The Bad Stuff Without Losing Your Mind )
And that's it. Some things on the site are really maddening, problematic, and/or offensive, but they're not integral to the system, so I gleefully cut them out and consign them to the outer darkness. And the stripped-down version is simple enough that you don't even have to give site hits if you don't want to.
Okay, lunch break over. I'll post the routines and the zone cleaning stuff this evening. And anything else you think might be helpful, let me know.
