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• Absolutely the best advice. Thank you.

  July 12, 2026 at 10:05 pmMichael

• There is a bit of a redundancy in the phrase on the verbal level, yes. But I like it because it accounts for two sneaky ways to try to get out of it. The second part, "when it has to be done," undermines the first sneaky move, which is to...

  July 6, 2026 at 2:28 pmDavid

• "Do what has to be done, when it has to be done, and do it that way every time." Feels like the second two parts are completely unnecessary. "Do what has to be done." That's it. When it has to be done? Now is the only time you can do it, so that's...

  July 4, 2026 at 9:26 pmJoe

• I too was once a FlyLady groupie, and I love the idea of doing something for your future self. I occasionally convince myself to do "one more thing" by reminding myself how nice it will be to not have to do it tomorrow.

  June 28, 2026 at 6:43 pmMary

• I read something earlier today on Ermine's Simple Living in Suffolk blog contrasting a predicament without a solution with a problem that has a solution. Sully Sullenberger for example found himself in a predicament when a flock of geese took out all the engines of the plane he was...

  June 28, 2026 at 10:21 amKamae