I have trouble staying on task, and need your cleaning tips!?

Question

Wonderful people of Y!A,
I am one of those bright youngsters with Attention Deficit Disorder you're always reading about in Newsweek - except that God knows Newsweek editors would never allow a photograph of me to be printed between their covers. :D Rather predictably, I'm a horrid housekeeper. My mother, with whom I still live at the overripe age of 20, was just gone for a month, and I tried to keep the place decent-looking - but failed. Now, I have the day to make the place look tidy.

AHHHH!!!!!!!!!!111!!1!!!

What tips do you have for cleaning quickly and well, and staying on task? This is more to the effect of mess removal than careful polishing and deep-cleaning, though I will probably find some awful stain to remove somewhere along the way. :-/ Forgive me, Gods Of Housekeeping, for I have sinned! :D

Your tips?

You guys are all so supportive! Thank you. :) I really want to make a positive impression on my mum, as cleanliness is a major source of relational stress between us. I'll update you with any further help I need.

Answer 1

Put on some music you like and get too it. Keep the television off or your sure to be distracted.

Target in on small areas/tasks instead of looking at the entire job at once.

For example -- maybe go through the house with a trash bag and collect all the garbage, then go through and carry all the dishes to the kitchen. Then you can focus on one room at a time -- vacuuming, sweeping, organizing, dishes, etc.

If you have a dishwasher you might want to make loading and starting the dishwasher one of your first tasks, so that once everything else is finished you can put all the dishes away.

Answer 2

Don´t switch your computer off, you will be in 15 min´s time. Set your clock to go off in 15 min´s time, See how much you can do, in this short amount of time. Pick a room or one thing to do. Never waste time taking thing´s back to their rightful places ,, You do this when you finish. Always reward yourself once you finish, come back here ask or answer a few Q. Set your clock for another 15 min´s and carry on the same. Start with the bedroom´s , then the bathrooms, Sitting room , lounge. Leave the kitchen till last. With 15 min´s here and there , you will finish in no time, and still have time for fun. Oh yes, when you find those stains , come back and tell us, we will tell you what´s best to use for them

Answer 3

Do one room at a time. If you are cleaning one room and you find something that goes in another room just put it in a basket or on the floor by the door for when you are finished cleaning that room. If you go from room to room you will get distracted by other things. So stay in one room until it is finished. Good Luck! You'll be done in no time.

Answer 4

Sit down and create a list of things that you want to accomplish. Write down every little thing and then cross them off as you complete them. My son was ADD and once he got in the habit of using a list, he always remembered everything and never had a problem. Actually his list was on the computer so every day or week, he could print it out and assure that he accomplished everything. Then he could always add and delete items from the list as needed.

Answer 5

Fill the bathtub with hot, hot water and 1 C. bleach, wipe countertop/sink... Put some bleach in toilet let sit. 10 min.. Clear the kitchen countertops of anything that doesn't belong.. Load dishwasher and start... Sweep floor/mop.. While that's drying.. Drain and wipe down tub.. .swish toilet and sweep/mop floor.. Wipe any furniture and vacuum.. Make beds and put away clothes or things that don't belong. Good luck

Answer 6

Start with picking everything up room by room trash or dishes etc. Then go back and dust clean up bathrooms and kitchen and then last run your sweeper. Hope this helps.