If cleaning the house feels like one big chore, you’re probably doing it wrong. Prior to deciding to postpone cleaning for an additional month, here are a few approaches to make housework a comfortable and even enjoyable part of your daily routine.
Owner’s manual for Keeping The House Clean
Don’t start to large
For those who start and end every single day with some picking up, you’ll never get swamped with housework again. Keeping a clean house starts with good habits like making your bed each and every morning and cleaning the dishes as you cook. Nobody wants to navigate through a minefield of yesterday’s mess to make coffee, so do not allow yourself to go to sleep with dirty dishes or a disheveled living room.
Before leaving for work in the morning, take one to two minutes to tidy up. This way, you can look forward to returning to a clean and stress-free house.
Have fun
Even the most reviled of household chores may be enjoyable when you have some headphones or perhaps a portable speaker. In all honesty, cleaning the house is a hidden way to obtain me time that you’ll eventually learn to love.
For instance, if you believe vacuuming sort of sucks, listen to an energetic playlist of your favorite songs and sway to the music like nobody’s watching. In case you haven’t had enough time to read lately, listen to audiobooks and podcasts whenever you do the dishes. If you’re a parent and miss watching movies and shows without singing princesses, prop up your phone or tablet and make use of some wireless headphones to do a little binge-watching. Yay for chores!
Simplify your chore list
As opposed to creating a never-ending list of unattainable projects, break it up into manageable, bite-sized pieces.
Get a blank piece of paper and make four columns: Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Yearly. Everyday chores like making the bed, picking up the house and doing the dishes could go in the Daily column. Chores like vacuuming and dusting can go either in the Weekly or Monthly column, according to what’s realistic for your lifestyle. Reserve the Yearly column for giant projects like cleaning the oven, shampooing the carpet and wiping down the fan blades.
Even if you get behind on your chore list, seeing all of it spelled out on one page will lower your anxiety and make procrastination a thing of the past.
Stock your cleaning caddy
Rather than using one caddy to hold every one of your cleaning supplies, only fill it with what you’ll use on a weekly basis: spray bottles of all-purpose cleaner and window cleaner, paper towels, a rag, dusting cloth, scrub brush, heavy-duty sponge and an old toothbrush for hard-to-reach places.
To be certain that you’ll actually make use of the caddy, keep it in your bathroom so it’s readily available. Store specialty kitchen cleaning products (stainless steel and cook-top cleaners) in the kitchen, and keep big bottles of bleach, vinegar and floor cleaner in the garage. And naturally, keep any cleaning products out of the reach of young children.
Multitask
Despite the fact that your sink is caked with toothpaste, soap scum and beard stubble, you still haven’t found the time to clean your bathroom lately. Well, fellow procrastinators, here’s a little secret: You are able to wipe the sink as you get ready in the morning! Keep a roll of paper towels under the sink so that you can wipe the counter-top and basin any time you brush your teeth.
To keep the shower clean, fill a hollow dish scrubber with a mixture of half dish soap and half vinegar, keep it in the shower and scrub the tiles a little each and every time you shower.
To spot clean the kitchen floor and put off mopping another week, save any damp paper towels any time you clean the kitchen counters. Before throwing them out, use them to clean up messes on the floor.
Shoot for finished, not perfect
Nobody’s likely to review your cleaning job with a fine-tooth comb, so don’t bother sweating the small stuff. The objective is to make cleaning an attainable habit that will fit in nicely with your busy lifestyle; being concerned about not doing a good enough job is only going to cause you to procrastinate more.
One other issue is biting off more than you can chew. If mopping the entire house at one time seems too daunting a job for one afternoon, be satisfied with the kitchen floor right now. You may always start working on another room if you feel the need.
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