10 ways to cheat cleaning

New times are dictating new rules. To do everything, you need to take a shortcut and save your strength. Yes, it’s vital for us to be able to cheat. To cheat cleaning, we change our minds and enlist an arsenal of new ways to keep things clean.

Sheer fraud

Think about what makes you spend so much time cleaning? Of course, attachment to what is acquired by back-breaking labor. By redefining your attitude towards property, you can dramatically reduce the time and effort you spend cleaning your “private area.” Here are some rules for “home scammers”.

1. Learn to throw things away. Some people feel terrible discomfort when they have to throw something away, even if the thing has long been unsightly, beyond repair and has no value. From now on, a new rule comes into force: you must get rid of those items that have not been used for a year (a repaired and carefully placed egg cooker also counts!). This rule applies to clothing, household appliances, utensils, etc. Few of us have additional mental and physical reserves to manage these unnecessary objects that clutter up the house.

2. Do not spare money in exchange for convenience. Everyone has their own bar for maximum expenses, but remember that when you pay for a super-sophisticated vacuum cleaner or multifunctional food processor, you are actually “buying” your free time – and this, you see, is a great purchase.

3. Choose materials that do not require special care. Your closet is likely to have a pile of clothes that fade, wrinkle easily, and require special care, such as hand washing or dry cleaning. It turns out that all these things are a huge hidden burden in your life. But no one demands to throw it all away immediately.

The main thing is to get on the right track and gradually, buying another new thing, look at the material from which it is made. This kind of “materialism” applies to everything around you – not only clothes, but also furniture, wallpaper, floor coverings, etc. When the time comes to buy something new, make ease of cleaning a top priority when choosing.

4. Don’t buy things that bother you. Have you bought a car – is it so dear to you that you feel obligated to drive it to the car wash every week? Is this lacquered coffee table so lovely that you only use it for special occasions? Is this natural silk dress so delicate that you feel like pins and needles every time you put it on? All of these are Anxiety-provoking Luxury that subtly makes you unhappy. Be humble: opt for easy care and functionality even when you can afford a lot more.

Sleight of hand

Now let’s look at the rules of the game in order to shorten the path from the tip of the brush in your hands to the ball of dust hidden under the bed.

5. Focus. With a cleaning plan like yours, there won’t be enough days off to clean up the whole house. Of course, the result obtained cannot go unnoticed among the household, but are you ready to kill all weekend for cleaning? We propose to divide your plan into points and implement them gradually, spending 5-10 minutes a day on cleaning the apartment for a week. It is unrealistic to clean the entire bathroom before heading to work, but you can easily fill the toilet with cleaning liquid and walk along the walls with a brush in the evening. One point is ready!

6. Try on the image of the Box. Make the most of all your existing shelves, drawers, hangers, hooks, cabinets and closets and create new storage systems where they don’t exist yet. This is a key strategy to help clear up clutter easily. This means that you can open the mezzanine door and climb into the pantry without fear. Investing in storage systems pays off with the beauty and order in your home.

7. Provide easy access to cleaning supplies. The Accessibility Theorem boils down to the following: the frequency of cleaning is inversely proportional to the distance between the object to be cleaned and the means needed to clean it. Translation: if it is difficult to get to the vacuum cleaner, the carpet is unlikely to be clean all the time.

8. Include your brains. This rule is called: The Philosophy of Intellectual Victories. Of course, while cleaning, you can be in the clouds. But the process will go much faster if during cleaning you will constantly think about how to “cut corners”. Place a plastic cutting board in the dishwasher instead of washing it by hand; after brushing your teeth, wipe the mirror; and when taking out the garbage can, check the mailbox to immediately throw unnecessary mail into it. In one move, you will kill two birds with one stone (they are also points of your general cleaning plan).

9. Change old to new. Take it for granted: Some items like doormats, oven mitts, household napkins, plastic bathroom curtains, and bakeware will never be clean again. And that’s okay! Feel free to use them to the fullest, and then replace them with new ones without regret.

10. Get creative with these rules. If you don’t like some of them, leave them to others. Select only those that seem useful to you. Your attitude is far more important to the result than dull adherence to other people’s advice.