How to save time cleaning your house

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Guy Julius Caesar in a skirt is what a typical Russian housewife is. Indeed, to maintain order in the territory entrusted to her, you need to do a lot of things at once. One well-known psychologist described his wife's working qualities as follows: "At the same time she can speak on the phone, cook food, raise children, paint the ceiling and … have open-heart surgery." Jokes as a joke, but having mastered a couple of tricks, any woman can do a lot of things in a day. According to statistics, by the way, the largest amount of time during the day is spent on cleaning. Find out what secret techniques will help speed up this process?

First reception. Divide and rule

The most common mistake is trying to remove everything at once. Change your approach and distribute work by day of the week. On Monday, do the dust, on Tuesday - the floors, on Wednesday - the kitchen, on Thursday - the bathroom, on Friday - the wardrobes and sorting out things. This portioned approach will save you energy and free up time for other activities. After all, each process will take only 20-30 minutes. And most importantly, by the end of the week, the apartment will shine … if, of course, the household members are taught to maintain cleanliness in the already cleaned places.

This portioned approach will save you energy and free up time for other activities.

Reception of the second. Down with the trash

Don't let unnecessary things accumulate. Regularly patrol your possessions and mercilessly throw away everything that is not used, but collects dust and steals invaluable square centimeters and meters of space with impunity. Taking pity on them and thinking: "Well, let him stand still, and suddenly it will come in handy" - you sacrifice your free time. It will take more than one minute to maintain the presentation of such uselessness: here dust off, rinse there, wipe here - that's the amount of useless work accumulated for half a day.

Reception third. We rake "hot spots"

There are such places in every apartment. Shelves, cabinets, benches, chairs, ottomans and any other horizontally attractive surfaces, for example, at the front door. Everyone who arrives strives to keep them busy with something new: glasses, keys, receipts, wallets / wallets, bags, hats, scarves. This happens as long as at least a piece of free space is visible. And to whom to disassemble? To you! There is only one way out - preventive measures. As soon as the first "swallows" appeared, you need to take a defensive position and accustom others to the need to immediately distribute things in their places. Well, if you overlooked violators of the order, then clean it up in a moment yourself, otherwise you risk getting into the load of ordinary affairs and also the analysis of debris.

Reception fourth. We use the right "helpers"

It would seem a trifle, but the amount of time you spend on your daily household chores depends on the choice of cleaning products, rags and auxiliary equipment. For example, when dealing with dust, you can use "grandmother's" methods - rags from old things, or you can use modern developments - microfiber, for example. The latter cleans surfaces much more efficiently and faster due to its unusual structure. Firstly, it captures more dust, and secondly, it retains it on itself, which ordinary rags do not do. In fact, using outdated methods, you are doing double work, because a significant part of the dust wiped in one place is immediately shaken off in another.

The same applies to polishing mirrors and glass surfaces: napkins impregnated with special agents turn the process into a pleasure - a minimum of effort and everything shines!

In the kitchen, you can use highly absorbent sponges. They don't care about any puddles. Some manufacturers claim that such miracle materials are able to "draw in" up to a glass of liquid.

And then there are steam mops, dishwashing brushes with built-in containers for liquid soap, water-draining brushes and many other devices that are ready to ease the housewife's work and reduce the time spent on household chores.

Reception fifth. Delegate authority

The most obvious solution to the time pressure problem is separation of duties. Involve family members in the cleaning process. Let each of them have their own area of responsibility. One will help to take out the trash, the other will knock out the carpet, the third will take out the rubble in the bedside tables … you won't have time to look back - and the apartment will be in order. And if you agree in advance and teach everyone to check and maintain the cleanliness of the sponsored places every day, then you will no longer have to resort to emergency methods, and the house will cause the envy of perfectionists.

Involve family members in the cleaning process. Let each of them have their own area of responsibility.

So, to summarize. To save time on cleaning, you need to adopt a nutritionist-like method “a little, but often” and divide your homework into stages by day of the week. Then you need to get rid of the space eater - trash. After that, you should replenish the arsenal of cleaning tools with modern developments and turn to the help of additional labor: husbands, children, sisters, brothers … in general, to those relatives who fell under the hot hand.

Alla, ap! And on the square meters entrusted to you, order, comfort, tranquility reign!