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Housecleaning With and For Less Stress

Tips to Help You Clean and Organize your Home by Gwen Gibson

Did you realize that clutter causes stress?  It’s true! Living in a cluttered home can drain you of time and energy, creating significant amounts of additional stress. Yet, busy people  have little time or energy to keep up with their home, causing even more clutter and more stress.  We need  to clean house in a way that causes little additional stress, and to organize our home to become uncluttered in the most time-efficient manner.   Then, once your home is organized,  keeping it clutter free is easy!  The following housekeeping tips can help you do both:

Tackle One Room at a Time:

If your home is very cluttered, concentrating on just one room at a time will ensure that you don’t get overwhelmed.  Also, if you move from room to room you’ll end up depositing more clutter going back and forth.  When you have taken the time to declutter a room you’ll be less likely to stop-and-drop the next time you enter it.  Cleaning this way will help you keep your house  clean and organized.

Be Prepared:

When you’re ready to clean be certain to have garbage bags, trash cans and storage containers ready to fill.  Put give-a-way items into the bags, throw-away items go into trash cans (go ahead and roll in the big outdoor unit if you need it), anything that you want to keep but haven’t used in 6 months will be put into labeled storage containers (permanent markers are good for this), and everything else gets put where it belongs.  (For motivation just think about the fact that you’ll be clutter free in no time at all!)

Play Your Favorite Music:

Music can energize you while you clean (depending on what type of music you choose.)  Harness the energy-inducing powers of music by playing your favorite up-beat tunes.  Remember, when you’re finished you’ll have  more energy by living in a clean – clutter free home!

Set Reasonable Goals:

We all know that saying we’ll deep clean every Saturday is just unreasonable! If you set reasonable house cleaning goals, such as putting things back where they belong immediately after use, and doing a quick clean up of kitchen and baths before bed every night, you won’t get overwhelmed by clutter and grime.  If you have children read our article  “How to Get Your Children to Clean.”

Enjoy Your Results:

Stay motivated by enjoying each room when your work is done.  If you clean your bathroom, give yourself a home spa experience. Enjoy a candlelit dinner in your newly decluttered dining room.   Burning essential oils is a great way to enjoy aromatherapy anytime (while cleaning or relaxing.)   You’ll probably be hooked on housecleaning once you get used to having your home as a sanctuary from stress instead of another cause of it!

Hire a Housecleaning Service:

Once your home is clutter free, splurge on a housecleaning by a professional company.  A professional deep cleaning will get those baseboards, windows, under and behind furnishings, ceiling fans and crown moldings cleaned along with all the regular cleaning, like toilets, floors, and dusting. After a professional deep cleaning your home will beckon you to keep it clean!  Be certain to read “How to Hire a Cleaning Service” before you start interviewing for help.

Visit Maid in North Carolina at www.MAIDinNC.com – Professional Housecleaning since 1989 in Adams Farm, Archdale, Clemmons, Colfax, High Point, Jamestown, Greensboro, Kernersville, Summerfield, Trinity and Winston Salem, NC.  Licensed, bonded, and fully insured – Call us today to help with your house cleaning needs:  274-0078  /  788-8100  /  869-0078

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