Have you seen the number of pins on Pinterest focused on cleaning? How to clean easier, faster, greener? I won't lie, I have a tendency to pin pretty much any cleaning tip I come across (see my squeaky clean board here)- heck, sometimes I even actually follow the link and read them!
If I'm perfectly honest with myself about it then I have to confess that all the cleaning 'tips and tricks' pins have the psychological effect of making me feel like I've done something to help make my home a cleaner place when really all I did was sit on my behind and tap a pretty or clever picture with my finger on a tablet, computer, or cell phone. Heck I didn't even burn 1/2 a calorie (cleaning house can be a good workout....pinteresting, unfortunately not so much).
So what to do? Well, I have tried a few of the cleaning schedules - clean this thing on Monday, this one on Tuesday, etc.- that I've found on various blogs but I just can't stick with them for more than a few days or even a few minutes. Once I try a "schedule" it's like I'm instantly pre-destined to fail. But I've discovered a secret for non A type personalities like me.......
15 MINUTE CLEANING!
Now every day I spend 15 minutes when both kids are napping and just clean as much as fast as I can. I don't even have a set plan on what to clean, I just kind of go with the flow. This afternoon I was able to clean 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms, the office, and my closet. All in just 15 minutes! In fact I hardly have anything else to clean at all! Until the kids undo all of my hard work. I think I am going to make the hubs start doing this with me too after the kids go to bed at night....little does he know... MUAH haha!
Anyways, that is the new tool I'm adding to my cleaning tool belt. So far so good.
