The Maintenance Principle
I have a principle that I try to follow in every aspect of my life, and that is maintentance.
If we would maintain a healthy lifestyle of eating well and daily exercise we wouldn’t suffer
from such dehabiliating diseases and sicknesses. If we were to maintain our home throughout the week, we wouldn’t have to spend all of Saturday cleaning it. We can apply this to anything and everything in our life. So here are some tips to keep your life clean continually.
Whenever you get out of your car, carry everything inside that usually doesn’t stay in your car. This will prevent a build up of random fast food bags, clothes, and papers in your car.
When you check the air pressure in your tires twice a month, take a quick vacuum of your car while at the gas station. It should only take about five minutes. Be sure to grab some cheap air fresheners too. This will keep your car from ever looking nasty or smelling like something died in it.
One way to keep your kitchen looking great is to clean as you cook. Continue to load the dishwasher or rinse dishes as you dirty them. This will make the cleaning up after dinner a lot less of a hassle. Also, be sure to do the dishes immediately after dinner. The food will harden and doing the dishes will be even more tedious if you wait till the next morning. Make it a habit now to clean up anything righ after you dirty it.
Another way to maintain your home, is to do small tasks in your spare time. To help you get in the habit, make a list of all the rooms that you would like to have cleaned by the end of the week. Pick one room for each day of the week that you are willing to work on the house. Type up a seperate list for every room that explains every task you would like to have completed on a weekly basis. Put it in a plastic sheet protector and tie some string to a dry erase marker loop it securely through one of the three holes on the left side so you can always have a marker available. Hang the lists in each individual room.
Every time you complete a task listed for that room, you use the dry erase marker to mark it off as finished. As other members of the family come to help they will be able to see what has already been completed and how they can still contribute. Make sure to write what week it is on the plastic sheet and clean off all markings and the end of each week.This works great for busy families who might only have time to do a quick task here and there.