3 sleeps guys! Thanks for popping in for another Christmas organisation session.
Today is all about House Cleaning! Excuse my potty mouth.
I get in and out of cleaning moods. When I am trying to enjoy Christmas with my family, cleaning is the last thing I want to do.
Here are a few tips to help organise your Christmas and to manage your time as best as possible. They don't call it the Silly Season for no reason!
Try to think of yourself as a maid (I know this sounds bad, but please stick with me). Maids DO NOT CLEAN UP AFTER PEOPLE! They clean. Totally different job. Maids do not have to declutter. They do not have to organise your things and they certainly don't have to wait on hand and foot for your family.
My main spot of advice is make sure that if you have partners, husbands, children (yes, that includes everyone from toddlers to teens) speak to them about looking after their own things. I seriously believe that as soon as children are old enough, they should be picking up their toys after themselves, putting their dirty laundry into the basket, and putting rubbish in the bin rather than leaving it laying around the lounge room. And by children, I also mean the bigger, hairier ones you may call your husband.
Don't stress about plates and cutlery. Get to your nearest dollar store and buy some paper plates. No it isn't great for the environment. I know I'm not being very eco friendly, but sometimes your sanity on Christmas day is just more important (Sorry Planet Earth and all the greenies that will want my head on a pike!)
This tip definitely doesn't just apply to Christmas time cleaning. This is an all the time rule in our house. It cuts down your clutter and helps keep order in the household. Think of the amount of times you walk back and forth in your house and how that time could be put to good use. This isn't just about tidying your house in the week before Christmas, this is also about time management. Saving YOUR valuable time.
One of my other tips is to get yourself a cleaning caddy. It can be a container, a mop bucket, whatever you have on hand, but it needs to be something you can carry easily with all of your cleaning supplies so that you can move from room to room without going back under the sink to look for another chux, or some more vinegar. This tiny organising tip saves you time and it also helps to keep your thoughts focused on the job at hand.
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