How to clean the spring according to the overflow at the speed of life

Too much mess in the spring cleaning? Here are some tips directly from Dana K. White, blogger from A Slob Comes Clean .

The spring sun, which reveals the dirt of winter, naturally leads to the desire for deep cleansing. But what if the idea of ​​reaching even those dirty and dusty surfaces is overwhelming because they are free of clutter?

You have two options: use your clean spring energy to make important progress to eliminate the chaos of your home, or choose a place you want to clean and work your way through the clutter to get to the surface you want to rub.

In any case, the same steps work. If you follow the steps of unraveling with the speed of life , you can eliminate the mess no matter how deep it is.

First, throw the garbage away.

The goal is to reduce the overall damage. As a result, the space becomes visually less overwhelming and the visible progress will cause it to become more demarcated.

Take a black garbage bag (black so people in your house can not see what you put in) and a trash if you have one. Throw things away It's really easy.

You can be sure that there is no garbage, but look anyway. If you find blank receipts and envelopes, expired coupons, and empty packages, you're likely to find things that do not work, pens that do not work, and who knows what else.

Then take the simple things out of this room.

Easy Stuff has already built a house elsewhere in the house, but for some reason it is not there. When you retrieve an Easy Stuff object, you'll find everything you need to get to the same location. Keep things in place so you do not end up with a major "battery storage" disaster for further treatment.

Work through the chaos, point by point.

At this point, you should see a pretty significant difference. Maybe if you have a week of clutter and clutter, the Easy Stuff step will allow you to control the room and you can start with dust and shine! But even if it does not happen, recognize the effects that you have already had in this area.

As you continue to work, take one item at a time and make a final decision about it. Decide where you go (and take it there) or put it in your donation box.

Two simple questions help you make those decisions about everything and everything that happens in your house.

First, ask: "If you are looking for this object, where would you search first?" Your instinct-based answer to this question also answers the question of where the article should go. The place where you would look first is your house. Take it now.

If you can not answer this question, ask this question: "If I need this article, would I ever think I already have one?" Be honest, would you search for it? Or would you put it on your grocery list without thinking that it was hidden somewhere in your messy house?

If you are not looking for this butterfly on a windy spring day, if you want to fly a kite you have to go. Put it in the donation box and enjoy the free space. If you want to spend a few dollars on another comet next year, remember that this money is good for the enjoyment of an easy-to-use space and makes it easier to search for the hypothetical comet wheel.

Make it fit

Once you've eliminated things that are not part of the room, it's time to accept the reality of the room itself. Whether you're working on a shelf, a drawer, or a bathroom counter, it's a limited space, and if you accept your limits, you'll get a far cry in your fight against disorder.

Consolidate first. Put things together This opens your eyes to the fact that you have five bottles of paint and two are empty. They did not look like garbage before, but when touched, they realized they were doing it.

You can keep the bottles full when there is enough space for them . Technically, you can keep them if there's enough room for them and other things you want to keep with this counter, so you can easily do the things you need to do on this counter. If the third bottle needs space, you need to set up your evening care routine, you have to go.

If you consider your spaces as the natural limits of the amount of things they can contain, your favorite eye shadow is not worth countering. Although it might be perfect for an Oz-themed Halloween party, it does not deserve the space you need for the eyeshadow you use on a regular basis.

What does the room look like? If you have followed the steps, I guarantee you that it is better. And you can come to the surface that you want to clean!

Take your cleaning tools or powder quickly and proceed to occupy another room.

-Dana K. White

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