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The Great Cleanining
Jan. 5th, 2019 11:49 amWhen I was a kid my sister and I had these books, "What to do when your mom or dad tells you to . . . ." It was a whole series of super-basic kid life skills, like good manners or how to shower.
The Clean Your Room one stuck with me, though, and I just did that with my bedroom. Basically:
1) make your bed.
2) starting at the door, go around the room clockwise and pick up all the things that are out of place and put them on the bed.
3) I don't know if this was part of the kids thing but I took this opportunity to dust and vacuum
4) pick a thing up from the bed and put it where it belongs. Repeat until bed is clear.
I find this method very helpful for tidying when there's just a bunch of crap all over and I don't know where to start.
Now is time for lunch and then trying to apply the method to other rooms. It's looking like the shutdown is going to last a few more days and I should probably not spend the entire time playing Stardew Valley.
The Clean Your Room one stuck with me, though, and I just did that with my bedroom. Basically:
1) make your bed.
2) starting at the door, go around the room clockwise and pick up all the things that are out of place and put them on the bed.
3) I don't know if this was part of the kids thing but I took this opportunity to dust and vacuum
4) pick a thing up from the bed and put it where it belongs. Repeat until bed is clear.
I find this method very helpful for tidying when there's just a bunch of crap all over and I don't know where to start.
Now is time for lunch and then trying to apply the method to other rooms. It's looking like the shutdown is going to last a few more days and I should probably not spend the entire time playing Stardew Valley.
