I seriously have to clean the whole house in an hour for my friend to come over and I dont want to!!! What do you do to get yourself pumped to clean? Any tips?
2007-07-25 06:02:52 · 7 answers · asked by Kyleigh A 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Hurry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-07-25 06:06:06 · update #1
5 Ways to Get Yourself Motivated to Clean
1. Invite Someone Over To Your Home
How It Helps
Inviting someone to come over to your home, can be a great motivator to get things clean. Knowing that someone will be showing up at your home can give you a deadline to get things done. Suddenly you begin to look at your home as a guest might, and the undone tasks stand out waiting to be accomplished.
How It Might Backfire
If you invite someone to come over and don't give yourself enough time to accomplish the things you need to do, you can end up with an embarrassing situation. Make sure your deadline for yourself is realistic.
2. Try a New Cleaning Product
How It Helps
Trying a new product or cleaning gadget can be a lot of fun. Instead of looking at a chore as work, it can seem like an opportunity to discover a new tool that lightens your load.
he next time you've got a job you are procrastinating, search for a new product that might help you get it done.
How It Might Backfire
Although cleaning gadgets are fun and interesting, make sure you get rid of products or gadgets that don't perform the way you want them to. A cleaning pantry can quickly be filled with unwanted items that create clutter and prevent the useful tools from being easily accessed.
3. Try a New Scent
How It Helps
If you don't want to try an entirely new product, try a new scent. Scent makes a big difference in our mood and attitude. Try a new one and you may find yourself more excited and motivated to accomplish your chores.
How It Might Backfire
Watch out that you don't combine too many different scents. Scents can sometimes trigger irritation from guests and family members. Combining too many different kinds increases the chances that someone may react badly to one, or the combination of several in your home. Change scents slowly to find the right one for your family.
4. Clean Out Some Clutter
How it Helps
Even if you find only a small space or area to rid of clutter, the feeling of watching unwanted items being removed from your home is invigorating and freeing. Even cleaning out a small area can help you get motivated to tackle bigger projects. Use the 4 container method for projects large and small.
How It Could Backfire
Make sure that you limit yourself to a contained area or section of your home at one time. Trying to clear clutter from your entire home in one sitting is liable to be a big job and leave your home messier than when you began. Start in one room, or section of a room and get it clutter free and put back together before you begin a new project. Your motivation will keep you going, and it will be easier to leave off in the middle of a project and pick it back up later.
5. Rearrange a Room
How It Helps
Rearranging a room is a great way to create a fresh perspective and motivate yourself to clean and organize. Do a 15 Minute Cleanup in the room before you begin. Rearrange the furniture, rugs, artwork, and decorative items. Changing up a room often gives you more motivation to keep it clean and uncluttered. Seeing the results can often let your cleanliness spill over into other rooms of your home.
How It Can Backfire
Don't be fooled. To really get a fresh perspective by rearranging items, you'll need to do some cleaning. You'll be surprised what moving furniture around can lead you to find. If rearranging seems like too big a job, consider switching out just a few components of the room. You'll be surprised what just a small amount of changes can motivate you to do.
2007-07-26 01:11:38 · answer #1 · answered by glorious angel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My quick "the ex inlaws just called and are an hour away cleaning"....
Pull everything off of the kitchen cabinets that shouldn't be there and shove it into the oven. Put dishes in the dishwasher unrinsed. Wipe down the countertops and top of the stove. Spray air freshener. That takes all of 10 minutes.
Pick up anything laying around in the den and shove it into the nearest closet or toss it into the garage. Run a vacuum over the carpet. Fluff couch pillows. That's another 5 minutes.
Wipe down the sink/toilet in the half bath (since that is the one they will most likely use if they use one). Put a fresh towel in, a new roll of TP, and make sure there is soap in the dispenser. Air freshener. That's another 5 minutes.
Run the vacuum over any other hallways with carpet. A minute or two.
Bedrooms - make the beds. Rake everything off of dressers, etc., and toss it into drawers and the closet. Run the vacuum over the carpet. Less than 5 minutes per room.
Wipe down everything in the hall bathroom (master bath, too, if I have time).
2007-07-25 13:16:23 · answer #2 · answered by sortaclarksville 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Put on some music and just get down to business.. It doesn't have to be spotless just tidy for your friends visit.. Get a laundry basket or two and go around each room and put things that aren't put away in the baskets.. Stash the baskets in a closet and deal with them later.. Make sure the common areas of the house are tidy..Give the bathroom a quick cleaning .. At least the toilet/sink.. Give the furniture a quick swipe and vacuum also make any beds that your friends might see.. Good luck..
2007-07-25 13:08:23 · answer #3 · answered by pebblespro 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I always listen to music and light candles. It makes me see a little improvement on what the finished result will be.
2007-07-25 13:10:32 · answer #4 · answered by Hope 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rock n roll music really loud
2007-07-25 13:13:04 · answer #5 · answered by Jeri C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I WOULD SAY TAKE IT AS A CHALENGE AND YOU CAN DO IT WATCHING TV IT WOULD MAKE WORK MORE FASTER.
2007-07-25 13:13:26 · answer #6 · answered by samearu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
energy drink?
2007-07-25 13:11:18 · answer #7 · answered by trueblaze 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋