How to clean my room by ✿Live. Laugh. Dream.✿

"Awesome!"

How I did it: I started cleaning my room more at most around 7 PM last night, and finished this morning sometime... what I did was vacuumed, cleaned my closet, organized what needed to be done, cleaned my walls, dusted, and normal stuff like made my bed and cleaned my bunny's cage and litter box. Seeing as I haven't had my room this clean in seriously forever - I procrastinated and was just plain lazy - I'm really proud of myself! And relieved I finally got it cleaned. I don't want to ever let it get as bad as it had been last year, or even months ago really.


As for how long it took me, I don't know really. Probably more than a few years. See, there was always some sort of mess in my room and I didn't keep things organized. So it was never officially "cleaned" in quite awhile... So this is really just a rough approximation!

Lessons & tips: I started cleaning my room back in January, I believe. While I don't suggest you take that long on your own room, for me in the end I think it was best because I ended up getting so sick of seeing the mess, and over the course of time I slowly started cleaning and organizing... usually whenever I was in the mood to do so. This is probably a key factor, because who wants to clean it when you're not in the mood? Unless that's your thing; your way of release. Anyway...


I got to the point when I was cleaning I'd be playing music. Might I suggest such musicians as Bruce Springsteen or Graffa, or any kind of 80s music? That's what helped me. It also helped to blast the radio as loud as possible, because it made me want to work faster! Talking on the phone with my fiance also helped me last night, I think.

It got to the point where I'd bring my dirty laundry or dirty dishes downstairs often. Really, never let anything touch your floor unless it's necessary. And I try to keep stuff on surfaces to a minimum, because then my room looks more open and well, clean! Rearranging my furniture helped, too.

This is silly, but when I first really got into wanting to do it I started filming myself clean via webcam - but it actually helped! Uploading to YouTube is optional.

And never - and I mean never - put anything in a box or bag of any kind, or even drawer, telling yourself you'll organize the stuff in it at a later date and so as to get it off your floor/bed/whatever - this used to be a huge problem for me!

And lastly, once you get done with everything, reward yourself! For me, I was cleaning for so many hours, I worked up a sweat and of course burned so many calories (it seemed), so I took a shower to unwind. That really helped! I also plan on watching The Lord of the Rings Special Extended DVDs. I told my fiance months ago that when I finally cleaned my room, I'd do that... and although it was most often in the back of my mind, when I did think of it it did motivate me a bit.

Resources: -Random articles on Google on how to clean rooms;

-Videos uploaded by people on YouTube on how to clean rooms (they can help motivate you)
-Determination and of course, motivation


 

Apr 03, 2010, 11:43PM PDT | 0 comments | 6 cheers


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