Did I ever share how much I hate the “declutter the living room and the rooms” bit ?
yeah I despise it so much that it literally puts me off cleaning sometimes ..
But last few months I found an easier way of doing just that and life seems to be getting better now . Sharing my technique with you all ..
So instead of removing one or two things at a time and walking around placing those things in their rightful places. Start from the corner of the room and drop every unwanted stuff on the floor in a pile. Toys, papers, stationery, bartans, books, newspapers, pens etc .. what ever you got, pile it all on the floor.
Then divide them into chunks like things that need taking upstairs, things that need going into the kitchen, things that need going into husbands home office, things that need going into the bin ..
That cuts down half the walking around in a frenzy so instead of making a good few trips to the kitchen to place stuff there , you just end up making one trip to each place and safai is all done …
Friend tried it yesterday and called me to specifically thank me, thats when i realised its not only me who goes through this “hate the safai” phase .. So yeah try this tactic out .. it will surely work
LOL, nothing I hate more is picking things from the floor, I know its a good workout, but the last thing I want when I am in cleaning mood. But I get ur method, it makes sense, I do it that I pick things up in group, like toys that need to be taken to the kids room, I pick up all that I can carry on both hands and take them there, the burton will be gathered at one place and whoever is going to the kichen will take it along …
same issue here too Saadia, I dont like bending and picking up things every two seconds .. sometimes I just lodge my pile up on the center table in the living room
Always a way around !
this reminds me, when I was on my own before shadi and all .. friends would totally mess up my flat .. i had this mini version of the shopping trolley , you know the one we use while grocery shopping .. a relative had some over and their kid left the trolley behind.. I used it for years for transporting stuff between rooms lolol .. it was so much fun ..
i am always in that habit saves much time and energy as well…
haan, we have always been in a single storey house, before shadi and after that. the only thing i learned after shifting to this hopuse (which is multi stroey) is i always pile up the things.. instead of going upstairs and downstairs again and again.. like if i have to store anything in basement, or to take them on our bedrooms and the upper floor i keep them in the stairs. save extra trips. and if the things are too much for me to handle, i store them all in the lego basket :P… another tip, i put all the messy toys like lego (which my daughter never put in basket) in basement where no guest go..
trust me the approach saves lot of time. even i am a mum of a toddler, i have pretty much time in hands to use gs:D
so instead of making a good few trips to the kitchen to place stuff there , you just end up making one trip to each place and safai is all done …
