An Extra Hour Every Day

Did you ever thing about how much time you spend cleaning your home throughout your entire life? Although this routine work represents a major part of our life’s, we behave like amateurs without thinking on how to streamline this often boring and unpleasant tasks. A lot of recommendations from professionals in the cleaning industry can also be used at home:

1) Don’t switch the TV on:

The TV distracts you and the danger of making a small break from time to time to watch some interesting part is high. Putting some dynamic music with a dynamic beat might rather motivate you in moving fast.

2) Tidy up first:

Don’t try tidying up and cleaning up the same time. These are two very different tasks that require different equipment and routines. You also cannot make a good cleaning job if there is clutter around. Before you clean you therefore have to tidy up first. If you have small kids you can use this to teach them that  if they do not tidy up their room does not get cleaned.

3) Use professional clothes:

Professionals in the cleaning industry use professional clothes with a lot of pockets. This allows you to carry a lot of equipment you need with you and reduces the distances you walk around. Putting on your “cleaning uniform” also helps getting the right mind-set to focus on cleaning without looking for distractions.

4) Get the right equipment:

Using the right equipment can significantly improve the results as well as the effort when cleaning stains, etc. Go to a good DIY or cleaning specialty store and find a competent sales representative to explain the best tools to you. Replace bushes and sponges. Ideally you write an expiry date on it with a water resistant pen.

5) Create a cleaning routine:

If you follow a routine you will get better and faster over time. Define an order of the tasks to be done and create checklist. You then complete the items from the top to the bottom and strike out each item when completed. Write down the time you started with the first task and calculate the duration when you finished the last item on your checklist. If you record the duration you can start competing with yourself to reduce it over time.

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