The thought of spring cleaning can induce a cold sweat and a feeling of dread in many of us, but there are ways to make it seem more appealing, or at least not so scary and horrible!
Here are some motivational tips for spring cleaning your home:
- Prepare a few days in advance
If you know that you’re going to spend the following weekend spring cleaning your home, then why not start tidying things away in preparation. This will get you in the right frame of mind for spring cleaning, and will save time when you begin.
- Begin when it feels like spring:
This may sound silly, but the weather can play a major role in how inspired you feel to clean, and a rainy, cold day will see you putting off a lot of cleaning tasks, trust me! A fine day with a warm breeze and a sun that’s shining, will be a far greater motivator, and you’ll be able to open windows and ventilate your home with natural air.
- Write things down and tick them off
In many areas of our lives, writing things down that need doing can be a simple motivator, and can prevent us from lying in bed at night thinking about what we need to do the next day, and worrying whether we’ll remember to do it or not. Ticking each thing off as we complete it, can give a great sense of achievement too, whether it be a cleaning task or anything else.
Try to break your list(s) down into manageable portions, so that you don’t feel overwhelmed when reading it. Some tasks may need to be spread out over a few days, or even a couple of weeks, and that’s fine, provided they get done.
- Make up a cleaning kit
Having the items that you need for cleaning, at your very finger tips when you’re ready to start, will not only make the whole process quicker and smoother, but will prevent you from delaying cleaning because you don’t have the right tools for the job. It may be that you need to invest in a few items to ensure that everything gets cleaned to the best of your ability.
- Save money by making your own cleaning solutions
Lemons, vinegar and baking soda are just 3 natural and cheap items that when combined, can be equally (if not more) powerful than shop bought cleaning products; they are far kinder to the environment, too.
- Pick out your favorite tunes and have them blaring out!
Music can be one of the worlds’ greatest motivators, and so having some of your favorite tunes playing should make spring cleaning seem like less of a chore. You can even work up a sweat while cleaning and burn a few calories, especially if you dance from room to room! Okay, so that might be a bit of a stretch, but you get the picture ?
If spring cleaning is simply too daunting a task for you to willingly tackle, you could always consider hiring a team of professional cleaners to get the job done for you. You could spend the whole weekend doing some of the things you love, while the pro’s get down and dirty inside your home! They will have the entire home spotless in a matter of hours, and many find the cost of hiring a cleaning service, to be money well spent.