Messy homes can accumulate quickly when we are busy with life and work. Each day we come home and do not feel like doing the dishes, laundry, bathroom, and other tasks around the house. Before we know what happens, it is the weekend and we are facing a messy house from top to bottom. How do we attack this problem when we do not have a ton of time? I have your answers my friend. Here are some tips on cleaning an entire messy home quickly and efficiently:
The first step is the most important step in cleaning a messy home. Get motivated! The hardest part of cleaning a messy home is making up your mind that you are going to do it and starting. Get a plan in place for your homemaking and get started!
The plan is very important in cleaning a messy house. The bottom line is to get the house back to some level of cleanliness. When your house is extremely messy, there is only so much you can do in one day. That said, you need to sit down with a piece of paper and pencil and map out a strategy.
Begin by listing all the rooms in your house that are messy. Include any areas that are messy such as the laundry rooms and mud rooms, along with all the usual rooms. Once you have them written down, then you need to write down the three tasks that need the most attention in each room. For example, in the kitchen you might list the dishes, mopping, and cleaning out the fridge. Whatever needs doing the most. This will give you focus for each room, and keep you from drifting into the little bitty tasks that normally side track you and take up your time.
It is vital that you stick to the three tasks and then move on. Pick three tasks that will have the most impact in that individual room. That way, you are getting an overall cleaning of the house rather than one really clean room and five extra messy ones. You can always go back to your rooms and fine tune them later, and you will be much more likely to do so if they are generally already clean.
When you begin doing your tasks, always do the ones you dread the most. The rest will be easier to motivate for when you begin to get tired. Never put off the worst for the last. It always makes finishing much more difficult in a messy house. Also, if you are already vacuuming and another room is on the list to be vacuumed, go ahead and knock that out as well. This is true of any tasks that mirror one another.
If you use this plan, you will be amazed at how much cleaning you get done in a very short period of time. Also, do not forget to involve the entire family in the cleanup to increase your productivity. Get out there and get busy now!
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