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  • Ilona
    Ilona Posts: 2,449 Forumite
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    Eunikeliving, Singapore, promoting their own business. :spam:

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  • System
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    ....and when your lacking in motivation, check out Speed cleaning videos on YouTube.
  • LameWolf
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    I used to take a fortnight off work every April (carefully including my birthday ;) ) for the purpose of spring cleaning the entire house.

    I would have a detailed list before I started, as I found that crossing things off the list helped me feel like I was making progress.

    I would start at the top and work downwards, systematically.

    So my list would start off:

    BEDROOM 1
    • wash curtains
    • clean windows
    • empty cupboards/drawers and turf out garbage
    • move furniture; clean behind
    • deep clean floor
    • take down light shade and clean
    • sheep-onna-stick round tops of walls/inaccessible places
    • dust all surfaces, remove/recycle/chuck any garbage
    • wash all washable ornaments
    And so on.

    I would REPEAT the list for Bedroom 2 (this is what I mean about it being detailed) and do a similar type of list for each room, including the hallway and landing (I had a house as opposed to a bungalow back then).

    It means that not only do you get to do frequent list crossing-off (good for motivation), if for some reason something needs to be left til later (eg you want to wash 2 sets of curtains together) you can easily see what still needs to be done.

    HTH :o
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  • GreenQueen
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    Slinky wrote: »
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    Suppose in a way they did us a favour :rotfl::rotfl:! I'm certainly finding some useful things in this thread. Like lameWolf, I love crossing off things from my list, just need to realise that making a list doesn't mean that the jobs miraculously do themselves once they've been written down.

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