Routines free you to follow your dreams

Many of us have wonderful ideas and in our sidetracked state don't know or don't take the time to follow through with them. They languish in our hot spots and lay guilt trips in our minds because we haven't taken the time to take our idea and run with it.

I think it is because we have a home that is weighing us down and keeping us from FLYing! When our homes have us tied down we can't and won't expand our vision to our creativity. We say, "I don't have time!" because we know how we can get and that scares us.

This is because in the past when we have run with an idea we have allowed everything around us to slide. We have a hard time when we allow this creativity to run amok. It is our obsessive/compulsive personalities that just want to have fun creating. We forget about everything else that needs to be done.

I want you to have the best of both worlds. I want you to get your routines done so you will have the freedom to create without feeling like the weight of the world is holding you down!

Routines are not straitjackets! They are frameworks to hold us up so we can do what we really want to do! When our routines are done we can FLY to heights that we have never even dreamed of. Now I am beginning to puddle up! If I had not established my routines I would not have been able to become FlyLady. My house would be yelling at me all the time. Who are you to think about writing? You haven't done the dishes from last night!

I don't ever have to hear those voices again! Because my house is company-ready and so am I! I am FREE to FLY and create my passion for life! And best of all! I can teach you how to find your passion too!

It all starts with little babysteps to establish your routines. You can do anything for 15 minutes and yes sometimes this is all we get when we have little children and homes to care for. It is the taking of these 15 minutes that keeps our passion in our minds and gives us a reward for taking care of the things that need to be done in our homes.

Whatever your passion is, take a few minutes each day to reflect upon it! You can do anything for 15 minutes. Even have a little fun dreaming. This past weekend our friend Eric Dodge and his band opened up for Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band. Eric's dream has been to become a country music performer. His new CD, "Why Not Today," debuted last week. We are so proud of him for taking the babysteps needed to follow his dream. Check out his Web site and listen to his some of his music. www.EricDodge.com.