How many of you are inclined towards cleaning your house on daily basis? We all know cleaning is a mandatory house hold activity which must be done on regular intervals. But often we are too lazy or too busy to put a minimal effort in cleaning our house. This is applicable everywhere if you are single or even staying with your family.
People find excuses to skip cleaning and eventually make the house dirty and unhygienic for living. Cleaning is definitely not a fun process or work. So in this article I will discuss some tricks that can give you the motivation to clean your house.
1)Routine work
Treat cleaning as the foremost rountine job just like your daily work . When you realize , cleaning is nothing but a routine job you need to follow on daily basis, you will automatically be programmed to clean your house.
2)Wash your hands
It is often seen people coming to home from work or any activity starts taking food or drink without washing their hands. The basic step of cleaning the house is cleaning yourself first. When we go out of our house, we unknowingly touch so many objects without knowing the objects might have bacteria, germs on them.
Thus the germs/bacteria get stuck in our hands and the primary and best way to remove those germ/bacteria is by cleaning and washing your hands by sanitizer, soaps the moment you are back home. We can’t see germs, bacteria through our eyes. Thus before taking any food or drinks we must clean our hands thoroughly and make sure the food and glass also washed properly. By this way , we can keep ourselves safe and healthy and thus the first step of cleaning your house is to clean your hands first and the rest will fall in place.
3)Remove your shoes
This is also equally important. Just like the previous point, our shoes contain lot of dust particles, germs and thus before entering our house we must remove our shoes and keep outside the door or put in a closet. We should not walk inside our house wearing the shoes. Walking with shoes inside the houses makes the house unhygienic and unhealthy. Keep separate slippers for wearing inside house. Thus you can keep your house clean. You can thus find motivation to clean once you keep your untidy shoes and others stuffs in your closet.
4)Play music
If you are not getting any motivation to clean, make a playlist of your favourite sound tracks and start cleaning. The musical sound will motivate you to clean when your favourite tracks are playing.
5)Buy a new cleaning mop
I know this may sound weird. But believe me, whenever we buy something new , we tend to get motivated. When we buy new books during our new school session, we tend to grab the book and start studying as if we are going to complete studying the book right away. Similarly when we buy new cleaning tool , for eg – a new mop , we tend to get motivated to use the tool and start cleaning and that would boost our motivation to clean at least intially for few days without any problem.
6)Start small
Cleaning the house doesn’t mean you need to clean the entire house at one go. You need to start small like putting yesterday’s empty plates of food on the table to the kitchen, taking the small unused paper pieces here which you have thrown while doing your assignment and putting them in the dustbin.
7)Increase bandwidth
When you are done cleaning small things, try to increase your bandwidth . Focus on your ability to clean the entire house. Once you are in your cleaning groove, you will be able to clean the house at one go.
8)Get Feedback
This is a toughest part as it may seem we have cleaned the house as per our expectation. When we are done cleaning the house, we don’t look again to check how our cleaning went. You must ask your spouse or any family member to let you know how they feel about your cleaning. If they are happy to see your effort and applaud you, then you are definitely motivated to clean everyday. But if they are cynical, then that’s also absolutely fine. You can ask any of your close friend to give you a visit. Once your friend visits your house, you can ask him/her personally about the cleaning activity you did that day. If he appreciates your effort, then only you are good to go in cleaning your house.
9)Reward yourself
One you are done cleaning the entire house, there will be a great sense of satisfaction and for that you need to relax and reward yourself. After cleaning, one should take a bath as lot of dust particles stick on your hand, clothes and body. So you better take a bath and have a nice coffee or juice whichever you prefer.
Conclusion
Cleanliness is godliness and one must build this good habit and make the house and environment clean . This is one of the great ways to create peace of mind. Stay clean stay happy
Good ideas for someone like md who doesn’t like cleaning 😉
These all work!!!
I need this post to share with my partner. Maybe it might help a messy house.
Reward yourself! I like that 😀 I think nothing else would work for me 😛
lol..
Interesting suggestions. I know that one I follow is that when I think about some cleaning need.. This one works..DO IT NOW…w or start a 10 minute time frame and you keep going.
Glad to know you liked the Joyce.
Thanks for these tips! For me, the rewarding part sounds good (I have ice cream in my freezer right now…) and definitely the routine aspect of it is important. Establish a routine with cleaning. I am trying hard to do that in pretty much all areas of my personal life right now, and it’s not easy! Thanks again for this post. 🙂
Hi, That’s a great post. I specially liked the point of playing music while cleaning the house as this is the best motivation as it will ensure entertainment while cleaning.
Hi there. Many thanks 🙂 Interesting page 🙂
I really do t like cleaning….but music gets me through! I do love it afterwards, it feels so good to relax in a home that you’ve cleaned well! Great post
Thank you Finlay.
I love the music idea! I’ll definitely be trying that!
Love this. Great motivation for those of us who don’t like to clean.
Great tips and keeping it fun (as fun as cleaning can be…) and simple.
Absolutely. The cleaning process should be fun and simple.
I walk over messes in my house with blinders on until I can’t stand it anymore and then I’m like a tornado cleaning everything. It feels so good to have a fresh clean home but with a family who is less than tidy it is hard to keep up with daily.
Great tips !!
Thank you. Glad you liked the article Angie.
I don’t enjoy cleaning, but I love having a clean house… so I tend to do a little here and a little there, rather than letting it all accumulate to one day! It also counts towards movement during the day, rather than exercise!
Cleaning is kinda fun with music on!
So true! Having a clean house is satisfying!
Thank you for this article on helpful tips on cleaning.
Yep, it’s a definite chore. I can look at it two ways. First, do a little at a time so it’s never overwhelming or second, get it all done at once so it’s sparkling clean. So for that reason I switch it up.
Playing music is a MUST for me!! Thanks for the helpful tips😊
Thanks for sharing your cleaning tips! Everytime the house gets messy, I always psyche myself up by listening to my favourite music. I also set a timer and if I finish on time, I give myself a reward.
Making it a routine is the best way! Another tip I saw somewhere was to spend 15 minutes every day cleaning something, no matter what it is. This makes sure that you get to closets, bookshelves, and other easy things that aren’t cleaned often.
I agree! Having music on when we clean gets everyone moving faster (and having more fun), and after I received my new Dyson, I was running around looking for rooms to vacuum.
Great tips and advice! I often enjoy cleaning and always prioritize spending one day per week tidying my house. I always find playing some music and having a little sing is always uplifting too.
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Good advice, I should clean before I write. That would motivate me to get it done.
I really needed to see this today. I have to get it together over here. It’s kind of scary now.
Music makes a huge difference. Also get a little exercise since I tend to dance a bit along the way.
I need to work on this. My home is always messy. Between pets, kids, my husband, and myself … we create quite the clutter. It’s a constant battle and some days I just don’t have the will to fight – lol. I would do better to have a routine with it and I definitely respond well to rewarding myself for job well done. Thanks for the tips!
I certainly need motivation right now. No one’s coming near my house, so the motivation to keep it tidy is difficult. We clean often because we have two cats but tidy? That’s a different ballgame!
Some great tips here. I must admit, I’m the worst at removing my shoes. A bad habit I have to break!
Loved this! Music certainly helps and the reward for me is basically able to sleep in a clean room right after that! Nothing better than a good sleep ☕✨