Six Step Quick Fix Housekeeping Tips

Many of us find ourselves with little time at the end of the day to keep up with house keeping chores. Work, school, and family obligations demand so much of our time that house work slips to the wayside until we walk in one evening and confront a near disaster. Though hiring a housekeeper would be the easy way out, not all of us can afford to go that route. There is a better way in Six Steps.

#1 Pick it up once, put it away once. One of the biggest time devourers is picking up something that is out of place, and setting it down where it does not need to go. This applies to mail, newspapers, clothing, tools, dishes, or just about anything. An example is the mail. You come shuffling in with a stack of mail, flip through it for what is meaningful and throw the rest down on the table. You just created yourself some work. Never set something down until it is where it belongs. Back up and let's do the mail thing again. We shuffle through the stack of mail, flip through it for what is important, remove it, and walk directly to the trash with the rest and deposit it. You just saved yourself time and steps. Otherwise you would have returned to the pile of mail, looked through it again, picked it all up again, and walked to the trash. This may seem like a minor detail, but handling things two or three times eats up a lot of precious free time and makes housekeeping harder. If you pick something up, you already have it in your hand, just take the next step to put it in its proper place, and the job is done.


#2 Keep the dishes under control. First remember step #1 since half of this equation is keeping dishes in the kitchen. When you are cooking, have a sink full of hot soapy water ready. As you finish the meal put the dirty pans in the sink to presoak while supper is being served. You will find that the pans are a breeze to clean up. You can quickly scrub them clean or they will be ready for the dishwasher.