Stop smoking Book

I originally found FlyLady online in a quest to get more organized at home, and at first I enjoyed her system. When you sign up online, there are an overwhelming amount of emails involved, and for those who work outside the home, it can really start a guilt trip when you see what you "should" be doing start piling up while you're doing the 9-5.

So, I thought I would just get the book and do an offline version myself. My first problem is that her writing style is just awful. It feels like regurgitated material, typos and all, along with testimonials from those who seem to look at FlyLady like some sort of organizational guru. I'm not an English major, mind you, but I suppose I thought in book form there would at least be an editing process to remove those typos.

Second, although she mentions frequently how little time you need - fifteen minutes here and there, an hour once a week - it adds up. There are morning routines, mid-morning routines, early afternoon routines, late afternoon routines, evening routines, before bed routines... routines everywhere. You could easily spend hours every day working this system.

Lastly, there is something in the tone that I just don't care for. While I'm certain her heart is in the right place, it just felt rather patronizing and nagging. (Book readers thankfully don't have the plugs for her apparently endless group of affiliates - that certainly takes away from the experience.) I'm in my mid-thirties, and was around thirty when I bought the book and gave it a real go. It just felt like someone telling me this was how I needed to do it, and doing anything else was wrong.

For someone with no real place to start, and no other reference for keeping a home running, FlyLady may be a good resource. I'm certainly not born organized, but I'm not competing to be on the next season of Hoarders either. (And I sincerely hope later editions were proofread, and the Comic Sans removed.)