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How do you motivate yourself to get cleaning done?

Posted - January 21, 2018
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  • 5354
    This is no answer, just a ho0k to hear the answers that come. I have problems with that too -
      January 21, 2018 2:26 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Ring the cleaner :) 
      January 21, 2018 2:34 PM MST
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  • 2219
    Aye, we used to have a cleaning lady, but found ourselves tidying the house for her coming. 
      January 21, 2018 2:39 PM MST
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  • 7939
    lol My former mother-in-law used to do that.
      January 21, 2018 2:41 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Hehe.....We've always done that and even muck in with her if we're home when she comes.....lol 
      January 21, 2018 5:25 PM MST
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  • 7939
    lol Please send him or her my way. 
      January 21, 2018 2:40 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Her.....I would ,but she don't like geetting her feet wet travelling to work each day.......... Lol
      January 21, 2018 5:31 PM MST
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  • 53
    I hate cleaning. My secret is to start with the most horrible looking thing. The thing that once you've got rid of it, the scenery suddenly looks a lot better, and more encouraging.
      Another thing is to do the essential, that makes it look as though you've cleaned up, but it's just to bluff the visitors that you've invited.
    (Obviously you've invited visitors, otherwise why would you want to do the cleaning?) Once the place LOOKS clean, you feel so pleased with yourself that you want to continue a little. (I said a little)
      The third thing, is not to take the advice that they give you on television programmes that exist precisely for that reason. They're always made my people that  you can see LOVE cleaning, and so haven't the slightest idea why people like us are incapable of doing it the the way they think we'd want to do it. 
      January 21, 2018 4:46 PM MST
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  • 7939
    lol Good points. I also turn out or dim the lights when visitors come. It makes the house look cleaner, even when it hasn't  been touched. ;)
      January 23, 2018 12:00 AM MST
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  • I never can.
    I force myself out of necessity.
    Habit is the biggest helper,
    just having a routine that fits with all the other things on the schedule.

    Ari & I tolerate more mess than most people,
    and positively enjoy the "lived in" look,
    but we won't let it affect hygiene
    or get to the point of inconvenience.
      January 21, 2018 9:40 PM MST
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  • 7939
    I'm with you there. When I put up an ad looking for a roommate years ago, I cautioned that I wasn't a big fan of cleaning, but I wasn't dirty either. If people understood what that meant and agreed with it, we'd get along fine. If they didn't get it or disagreed, they'd skip the ad. The girl who rented the room was less tidy than I was, but she was tolerable and we never fought about cleaning. :)
      January 23, 2018 12:03 AM MST
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  • 44620
    I don't mind doing light cleaning. We have a woman over every two weeks to do the deep cleaning.
      January 22, 2018 8:10 AM MST
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  • 7939
    Sounds good. When will you both arrive? 
      January 23, 2018 12:03 AM MST
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  • 44620
    It will be just me dear. Should I wear my French maid apron? And nothing else.
      January 23, 2018 3:58 AM MST
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  • 5808
    I with I had an answer
    House is a mess...LOL

      January 23, 2018 12:57 PM MST
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  • 216
    I have a cleaning service come in once a week. This post was edited by LostChild at January 23, 2018 2:48 PM MST
      January 23, 2018 1:32 PM MST
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  • 6098
    By forcing myself to notice all the dust and dirt.  We have a large house for just the two of us with the result that at any given time only maybe one and a half or two rooms are really clean. 
      January 24, 2018 3:56 PM MST
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