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pick one small area of my house... any area... and keep it immaculate for a week... just a week... just one tiny area... is that so hard?


 

How to pick one small area of my house... any area... and keep it immaculate for a week... just a week... just one tiny area... is that so hard? by 4rn6dude

"obsessive compulsive"

How I did it: Being obsessive compulsive personality it's really easy :-) I have to have everything clean!

what works for me is that everything has it's place, so if you use something, put it away, don't just leave it where you use it. If I use a teaspoon to make a coffee, I wash it and put it back in the drawer at the time, don't leave it in the sink for later. If I use a screwdriver, I put it away when I've finished. 

This has the double benefit that I don't lose things, because I always put my keys on the bedside table when I get home, don't leave them wherever I happen to stop first.

Lessons & tips: Everything has it's place, and everything gets returned. I can clean the whole house (after my daughter has left a trail of mess) in under an hour, usually by going through the house room by room, picking up all her stuff and putting it in her room, where it should be!


 

Sep 13, 2008, 06:15AM PDT | 0 comments


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    bookish

    also, worked on my workdesk 18 months ago

    since i’m so new at my job, it wasn’t too hard to clear off the top surface of my work desk… the inside is a bit stuffed… but it’s mostly food. (granola bars etc, because i want to make sure that i have food on hand for when the hunger hits, so that i choose sensible(ish) food and also so that i don’t go and buy something unnecessary to either waist or pocketbook)

    Jan 02, 2008, 04:58PM PST | 0 comments


    bookish

    today i cleaned the heck out of 18 months ago

    the front and side of our fridge, which had gotten greasy from cooking fumes…

    Jan 02, 2008, 04:56PM PST | 0 comments


    bookish

    HA! 18 months ago

    my desk is… a work of “art”

    and not in the immaculate sense or the design-y sense…

    hmph

    Dec 29, 2007, 02:58PM PST | 5 cheers | 4 comments


    bookish

    great goal Des (and therefore I've added it) 19 months ago

    right on cue, I am experiencing what i often experienced during finals time in college…

    —the desire to clean.

    i think it is partly due to ABT syndrome (as in, i want to do “anything but this” with “this” being whatever I have to do)

    but partly it’s due to, I think, the understanding that if surroundings are more serene and orderly, then the mind can think more easily…

    Dec 02, 2007, 05:56PM PST | 8 cheers | 4 comments



     

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