Start small and work your way outward. One of my favorite ways to get cleaning is to simply put on some fun music and do something that goes with it. Dusting, sweeping, bed making, folding clothes, etc. Also, I like to talk on the phone and do something like organize my jewelry. I take whats on my dresser and put it away while I am yakking it up. I dust off the dresser, fold clothes, put them away, hang them up, all while talking on the phone. Sometimes when I really can’t seem to get into it, but it HAS to be done, I will simply take my kitchen timer, set it for like 15 minutes and just do whatever I can do in 15 minutes. Then go read a book, watch tv, or whatever for like maybe 30 minutes, then back to the timer and another 15 minutes of doing something in my room. Believe me, do this a couple of times, and you don’t feel like to took much effort at all. When the timer goes off, you are done, for now. Go do something fun, eat a cookie, walk the dogs, etc. Then another 15 minutes of cleaning. One thing to do before you get started is to make sure you have all your supplies present. Nothing is worse than having to spend an hour looking for a duster, a scrub brush, a broom, a mop, the vacuum cleaner. I like to have little kits for doing stuff. It contains a little swiffer duster, a plastic spray bottle of disinfectant, a plastic spray bottle of vinegar, some micro fiber cloths, etc. When done, I trot the cloths off to the laundry, and replace them immediately with fresh ones, put the kit up and there it is ready for my next time. Having your cleaning supplies to go when you have your 15 minutes to do something helps alot to not waste time and to git er done. If you do this in short bursts, it doesn’t seem so hard, so boring and if you can get things to a neat point, you might find that doing 15 in a day is enough to keep your room tidy all the time. I started out with my house floor to ceiling filled with boxes, rooms a mess and just general disorganized mess. I used the 15 minute timer to take care of a box at a time, clean out a drawer, put items in their correct place, clean, sweep, mop and so. It took me 6 months to bring order to what looked like a hoarders nightmare to a neat and orderly place that now takes a few minutes each day to keep tidy and neat. Once a week, I devote an hour to cleaning something more seriously, once a month, I spend 2-4 hours cleaning the basement, the laundry room, sorting holiday gear, organizing something I have been meaning to do, or putting some other system into place that will now take 15 minutes to maintain. But for the most part, the house runs pretty good now, with just 15 minutes of effort daily. In 15 minutes now, I can load or unload the dishwasher, put a load of clothes in the washer, fold a load, put away the items, sweep a floor, mop a floor, wipe a counter and take out the trash. So one day it might be I sweep and mop the bathroom floor, take up the mats, put them in the laundry basket with my clothes from the day before, make my bed, run the dirty clothes into the laundry room, sort them, put a load in, take a load out, fold it. Put the morning dishes in the dishwasher, wipe the kitchen counters down and put the clothes away. Done. Next day, wipe the bathroom counters, spritz the shower with disinfectant, swish the toilet with cleaner, make my bed, dust a dresser, sweep the kitchen floor and mop, sort the laundry and empty the dishwasher. Done. Next day, vacuum the carpets, dust the living room, put a load of laundry in, make my bed, put dishes in the dishwasher, put away some groceries in the pantry, and put the stuff in the recycling. Done. And so on. Sound slike a lot, but I can breeze through in a few minutes and tidy as I go now. But to get here, took time and some effort, but all in all, much easier than if I just went at it and went at it and wore myself out and overwhelmed myself. It also allowed me to see where trouble spots were, and to get more organized when and where I needed to. Hopefully, you can do this too. I think it was the easiest of all the plans I had seen. So good luck! hope this helps you out!...
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