I don’t know about you but for me cleaning my home is definitely one of the most boring and tedious tasks I know. I would rather use my time for something more pleasant  and for a quite long time I avoided the cleaning task in the first place. Needless to tell you, that wasn’t a good decision!  Finally I realized that since this task has to be done frequently, why not try to make it a little bit easier for myself. So here are some tips that make the cleaning itself a little bit more enjoyable and faster to complete.

Set a fixed schedule

This is a very important part, since it creates consistency and prepares you mentally for your task. Depending on how often you want to clean your home is definitely up to you, but nevertheless, setting a fixed schedule for it is a good thing to do. For example, you might decide that you will clean your home every Saturday. Or, every two weeks (or whatever suits you the best). The key here is to set a fixed schedule so you know what is coming at some point of the week.

For me it is helpful to have this kind of schedule, since it helps me to prepare mentally for the upcoming task. One thing to note here: don’t make your fixed schedule too frigid. For example if I’m sick or otherwise just too tired to do the cleaning, I’ll postpone it the next day. Cleaning is not the most lightest tasks there is, so you want to feel good before you start doing it.

So now you have set the fixed schedule for your cleaning, it’s time to tweak you schedule even more …

Do it as soon as possible

Let’s say that you decided that you are going to do the cleaning on Saturdays. That’s good but remember what I said about the task being the most boring ones I can imagine (at least for me it is ). I have noticed that in many cases – whether the task is cleaning or something else and especially if it’s a boring one – it helps quite a bit to do as soon as possible. Perhaps event the first thing  in the morning. Naturally I’m not talking about doing as soon as you wake up, but for example after the breakfast (or as soon as it fits to your schedule). After doing it the first thing in the morning, you know that it’s done and that’s all there is to it! You can enjoy the rest of the day with other activities. I have noticed, that if I postpone this task for later, I might not do it at all  and then you are more likely to decide that you’ll do it the next day and if you happen to postpone it even then … You know what I mean. Do it as soon as it fits to your schedule. Do not procrastinate!

Declutter first

When I’m cleaning (for example vacuum cleaning), I like to do that and nothing else. I really find it irritating to stop vacuuming because I have found an item that I have to remove first in order to proceed. In order to prevent this kind of thing happening, go through every room and clean every item not belonging there (clothes on the floor, magazines all over the coffee table on the living room …) After doing this you can concentrate on cleaning the floors without interruptions, then all the levels without the interruptions and so on. The decluttering part itself is important too, because during that process, you can rid of stuff that you don’t need. And oh, it truly helps to keep decluttering every day, so the clutter problem isn’t that big when you start to clean your home.

Start with the nastiest places first

This is sort of like an extension to second section of this article (Do it as soon as possible) but I like to do the  nastiest cleaning first. For me that is toilets and bathrooms. This is something you have to do whether you want it or not, so why not do it first thing so that it’s done then and you can move on. Other places which I find difficult to clean are the floors under the beds or sofas. I clean them first when entering the room and then finish the rest of the room after that.

Take small bites at a time

I used to clean my home in three parts. On day one was floors, on day two I cleaned the levels and on day three I cleaned the toilets and sinks. By doing this I didn’t have to spend too much time on daily basis on cleaning and had time for something else too. Besides, I knew that after cleaning the floors on day one, I had started the cleaning operation in the first place and I felt good about it. I wasn’t postponing it or procrastinating on it. I took action! Whether this way of cleaning works or not is dependable of what kind of schedule you have and if you are willing to split the task for several days in the first place.

Conclusion

Yes – cleaning is a tedious task that we have to do frequently. However using certain simple principles makes this task easier to accomplish. Doing certain things first and taking small steps at a time, helps you to clean your home easier and faster.

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