Hi friends! It’s Tia.
Do you have any experience in which you cleaned your house inside and out, but after a couple of days, it’s cluttered again?
What's more important than cleaning is to develop a habit of keeping it clean, and to keep the house neat and tidy at all times.
So today, I would like to share some of my habits that help me maintain a clean and tidy home.
These habits, which I practice every day, will help you to keep your home neat and tidy very easily, without much effort, once you get used to it.
Let’s start!
[Own less things in the house] The first habit you must have in order to keep a clean house is to own less things in the house.
If it's an object that doesn't add any value to your life, it's a good idea to get rid of it as soon as possible.
As I said a lot in my previous videos, the easiest way to declutter things is to ask yourself this very simple question.
Would you buy this again?
If you are willing to buy it, it will be something that is giving you a value,
If not, that means it's something you don't need, and it doesn't add any value to you.
Look around the house, and if there are worthless things occupied in your space, it is better to declutter them without hesitation.
Whenever I find those items, I usually either give it to an acquaintance who needs it, or donate it to a charity.
I always have a box in my house, and whenever I see these items, I put them in the box, and when they are all piled up, I send them to a nearby donation facility.
And if it is something that would not have any value to anyone, I recycle it.
As you can see, I'm not a so-called extreme minimalist, and I'm a person who wants to have things that make me happy, even if I don't need them. However, my habit of decluttering worthless things right away is the best habit for me to keep a simple and tidy house.
Fewer objects means less clutter, less stress, and can turn your home into a place of real relaxation. Because a clean space is a comfort to the mind.
[Have a place for everything] After decluttering these unnecessary items, the next habit you should have is to set up a place for everything in your house.
Where's the TV remote? Where did you put your car keys? Did you see the document I left here? Aren’t these some of the questions you hear a lot?
Come to think of it, we waste a lot of time in our house looking for something every day, right?
But imagine if you have a place for each one of them in your home.
Once inside the house, the item is always there. And when you need it again, you won't waste a second of your time.
If you do it one by one in this way, the house with stuff scattered all over the place will turn into a calm and simple house.
[Make your own daily routine] The third habit is to create your own quick and easy daily routine.
Having a cleaning routine keeps the house clean without much thought or effort in cleaning and organizing the house.
Your fresh day begins with the routine the night before.
In order to make the most important morning time that determines the day in the best condition, my routine the night before is very simple.
All I have to do is keep the kitchen sink clean, put all the dishes in the dishwasher, and wipe the counter top.
It only takes a few minutes once you get used to the routine.
Put the dishes in the dishwasher, simply wipe the sink once, remove the remaining objects on the counter, and then use natural spray to wipe off foreign substances or stains.
How do you feel when you wake up in the morning and make coffee in a clean kitchen? Your home and the start of your day will be different.
[Clean while cooking] The fourth habit is to clean up whenever you have free time while cooking.
Are there people who cook in the kitchen and take a breather when they look around while putting the dishes back into the sink after eating?
Also, for those who like to cook but don't like tidying up! If you practice this habit, you will be much less stressed and keep your kitchen tidy.
While cooking, whenever there is a gap in the middle, I quickly put it away little by little.
Wash the dishes used to prepare food immediately, or, if you have a dishwasher, put it in the dishwasher instead of the sink, and separate garbage as soon as it comes out, including food waste So I'm going to throw it away
Whether you're simmering something in the pot or cooking your food in the oven, if you do this little by little every two or three minutes, you won't have to sigh at the messy kitchen after a meal, right?
[Do less, more often] The fifth habit is the habit of doing little by little and many times.
Instead of cleaning the house where things are piled up and messing around with once a week, I break the cleaning and tidying up into smaller tasks and do it regularly. You can keep your house neat and tidy just by tidying up.
Before you get into this habit for the first time, it is also a good idea to set an alarm 10 minutes before you leave the house.
You will be amazed at how clean your home can be in just 10 minutes.
It is also a very good way to use the night routine before going to bed at night in the same way, such as organizing the cushions that are placed randomly, and organizing the items left on the coffee table.
In the past, I used to catch myself and clean once a week on the weekend, but when I realized that half of the precious time I could spend with my family and friends while doing the work I love, I was a little embarrassed when I realized that cleaning the house was taking me away.
Now, by investing only 2-30 minutes a day in this morning and evening routine, I have been able to maintain a much cleaner house every day.
[Maintain simple system] The sixth habit is to keep everything in the house simple.
Whether it's the items in your home or the system you store them in, keeping everything simple is key, and one of the best ways to get into this habit is to make it easy and simple to put away when organizing things.
For example, putting a label on each storage box or placing the storage boxes in a relatively low place will increase the chances that children who are learning to organize themselves will be able to organize themselves.
Similarly, place a small trash can in each room, or if the house is two stories, put a small basket on each floor and collect things that need to be brought to the other floor in it, once or twice a day, once or twice a day, every time you put them back in place. You can save time and energy going back and forth.
Not only does it make organizing your entire house much faster and more convenient, it also keeps your home neat and tidy at all times. The same goes for things.
For example, if the material of the bed linen is different in each room, you have to do the laundry individually by that much, and then you will have to delay it because it is cumbersome.
Just by unifying the same type of bed sheets in each room, such as cotton, linen, and silk, it helps to keep the bedding always clean. As such, the more bothersome you are, the more simple it should be to make it easier and more convenient to maintain cleanliness.
[Put away in the first place] The next habit, which I introduced in a previous video, is to put away in the first place.
This habit really takes less than a few seconds, and we decided a little while ago to have a designated storage location for every item in our house.
If you use something and put it directly in this place, it will take only a few seconds.
It is cumbersome to walk those few steps, so you put it anywhere in an empty space you can see, and if you need that space again, move it to another place.
Is there a case where it is eventually removed after moving it?
And these things are piled up one by one like that. If you put it right in place from the beginning, it would take five or six times more time, and it wouldn't be more annoying to see the piled up items every time you move it. right?
As I said before, if you have a complex storage and organization system, you're more likely to get annoyed and procrastinate every time you need to put things in place.
It is a good idea to create a simple storage system by using an open box or basket that can be accessed quickly and easily when removing items.
[Don't stop until it's actually done] Habit #8 is to do something until it's done.
It's not over until you wash the rag you just used to clean, and it's not over until you empty the bin and put a new liner back in the bin.
When it comes to sorting dry laundry, it is not over unless you put the dry laundry in each room and place.
In the past, I felt it was difficult to rearrange the washed clothes in the closet I was looking for, which was full of clothes I didn't wear very well, so such negative thoughts made me procrastinate even more.
As it happened, clothes that were just folded here and there were piled up and not put in their place, and the house was easily cluttered.
After that, after organizing all the clothes I don't need, the space in my closet has become more relaxed, and the process of organizing and putting clothes in naturally has become much simpler and easier.
When cleaning or doing housework, it's a good idea to develop a habit of finishing everything up.
[Just do it] The ninth habit is to just do it, even if it's not perfect.
Did you know that a significant percentage of lazy people are perfectionists?
Because they pursue perfection in everything, if they can't do it perfectly, it’s hard for them to even start, so they may look lazy.
This is not only the topic of today's house, but also an area of our lives that we need to improve in general.
Every night, you don't have to run the vacuum and steam the floor again.
On days when you don't have enough time or energy, just remove visible stains quickly.
Rather than waking up in the morning and cleaning the bed, rather than spending 10 or 20 minutes to clean up every day like a hotel,
just spreading out the bedsheets and arranging the duvets and pillows will suffice, and this will make it a much easier routine to maintain.
If you think you don't have time to perfect your tidying up, so you procrastinate until you can, and you'll end up living in a messy, hectic space. Even if you can't do it perfectly, get up and move.
That will be the secret to keeping your home clean.
So, today, I've shared 9 habits that keep a simple and tidy house, and I hope you can apply it every day in your day, so that you always keep your house simple and clean.
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