The Art Of War - Cleaning Your Home

Unless you really like cleaning your home, you need a good strategy for getting it done with the minimum amount of fuss. This strategy can be called the Art of War, as applied to your house.

The Art of War - Cleaning Your Home

For most people, taking the time out to clean a home is not one of the more enjoyable tasks. It does not nearly as bad as preparing your taxes, but probably falls right in line with having to go to the grocery store to buy food. In other words, it is a task that has to be done, but as quickly and efficiently as possible so you can get on to other things in your life.

The first step in developing a cleaning approach is to consider timing issues. Simply put, it is far easier and more efficient to clean on a regular basis versus trying to do the entire home all at once. If you set aside a couple hours every few weeks go through and do basic cleaning, you are going to find that everything goes a lot quicker and is much easier to get done. A good way to approach this, is to think about certain periods of the week when you have down time in your home. After breakfast on Sunday morning, most people just hang out and loaf for a few hours. Instead of loafing, you can plan on attacking one aspect of your home.

The second step to making things go easier it is to first deal with clutter in your home. Your home may look more dirty than it is because there simply stuff laying around. If you go through the dirty clothes in the hamper, dishes in the dishwasher, and trash in the trash cans, infinitely cleaner than it did. Cleaning up the clutter should not replace actual cleaning of the home, but it's a good first step.

Once it is time to tackle the actual dirt in your home, preparation is the key. Ironically, you're going to get dirty, while you're cleaning. Given this fact, you should take off all jewelry and make sure you were close that can stand to get a little dirt on them. Next, try to put together an orderly cleaning procession. Are you going to start with bedrooms, the kitchen, the bathroom or what? You can start anywhere you wish, but it is generally best to start with higher portions of the room and work your way down. Once you get to the floor, make sure you clean towards the doors so you have some way of getting out.

Everybody has a particular way they like to go about cleaning. One way that I prefer is to put on some music to take some of the boredom out of the process. You might give it a try.

When it comes to the Art of cleaning, you can definitely take steps to make it less onerous. Try to do it in small steps, clean up the clutter and throw a little music on. Before you know it, you'll be done with the cleaning up on to the rest of your day.

By: Enrique Cleanotto