For most housewives, cleaning is the most unloved activity around the house.
All women want the floors to be washed, things folded, linen ironed and all this without their direct participation.
However, there are people who perceive the upcoming cleaning with a smile and are happy
to do household chores.
Who are these superheroes who are happy to share their secret methods?
1. Leo Babauty: cleaning on the go
If you see dust on the windowsill, immediately wipe it off.
American blogger Leo Babauta lives in San Francisco.
He writes books, is fond of self-knowledge and brings up six children.
On the pages of his blog about minimalism and productivity, Leo thinks a lot about restoring order in the apartment.
One of its main rules is cleaning on the go.
For example, we had breakfast - wash the dishes, smeared jeans - wash, noticed dust on the closet - wipe and so on.
Having adopted this method, you will not even notice how cleaning will move from the category of unloved things to the category of those that you do not even notice.
Also, the blogger believes that it is necessary to restore order not in the whole house at once, but only on the site that can be hugged.
Moving from point to point, you will spend on each piece of the apartment for 10-15 maximum, and not the whole day.
As for the analysis of trash, here Leo advises to divide all things into three groups:
"leave", "throw away", "may be useful".
The most important thing is to make lightning-fast decisions. As they say,
the first thought is the most correct. Items that will fall into the box "may be useful", you need to remove for 5-6 months
. If during this time you do not remember them, then the box can be safely thrown away.
2. Flylady: clean the apartment in parts
On any weekday, devote 15 minutes to cleaning the sink.
The idea that cleaning should be fun first appeared in the "Jet Housewives".
A system called Flylady was invented and introduced in 1999.
She owes her appearance to Marla Scilly, a housewife from America.
The main idea of the girl was that you do not need to devote a whole day off to cleaning every week. It is enough to devote 15 minutes on weekdays to restoring order, and leave the weekends for yourself and your needs.
In order to keep up with everything, you need to start a timer and try to do all the work as quickly as possible.
There is a clear sequence of cleaning throughout the week.
First, order is in the hallway and dining room, then in the kitchen, in the laundry or pantry, then in the bathroom, children's or workshop.
The next item is the bedroom, bathroom and toilet, and at the end of the week - the living room.
There are also mandatory five-minutes designed to restore order in the so-called hot spots - places where trash accumulates.
For example, on the table, in drawers, on shelves and so on.
The "Jet Housewives" have a special love for the sink - it should always shine and be perfectly clean.
There are a few more rules: do not sit at the computer, do not forget to smile, do not do two or three things at the same time.
3. Alison Hodgson: The Burning House Method
Consider putting it in boxes and taking it with you during a fire.
The author of a series of materials about the relaxation of consciousness Alison Hodgson in 2010 lost her house, which burned down in a fire.
Of the things, the couple managed to save only a computer and a camera. But books, children's toys, clothes, diaries, souvenirs remained in the burning house.
After this situation, Alison took a different look at the organization of space
. Now one of its main rules when analyzing junk says: "Leave only what you would take out of the burning house."
That is, in the apartment can remain only those things that you love and consider priceless.
Best of all, this method works immediately after returning from vacation.
At this point, you can look at your home with an open mind and immediately notice the "hot spots".
4. KonMari: leave only what you love
There should be room in the house only for those things that are dear to your heart.
At the moment, the KonMari system, which was invented by a resident of Japan, Mari Kondo, is the second most popular after Flylady.
Marie wrote 4 books about the organization of home life, including a real bestseller "Magical cleaning".
The woman is sure that cleaning is a real therapy that helps to put in order not only the apartment, but also her thoughts.
According to the writer, all the items in the apartment have a certain impact on its inhabitants.
Your main task is to leave at home only those things that give joy and positive energy.
To determine them is quite simple: you need to take the object in your hands and ask yourself if it brings you joy.
If there are no bright feelings when looking at this picture / decoration / clothes does not arise, then the thing must be thanked and thrown away.
Please note: The KonMari system involves cleaning not by rooms or zones, but by categories: books, clothes, dishes and so on
. First, all items that belong to the same category need to be collected in one room to be able to assess the scale of the disaster.
Then you should weed out the unnecessary. It is advisable to do this alone, without consulting anyone.
All things that perform the same function should be stored together.
For example, for books it is better to organize a mini-library, and not to place them on different shelves throughout the house.
5. Fumio Sasaki: one person – one case
The apartment should have a minimum of things and all of them must fit in a small case.
Blogger, author of the book "We don't need things anymore" Fumio Sasaki is an ardent supporter of minimalism.
He believes that the habit of carrying everything into the house should remain in the past, because it prevents people from liberating.
According to the blogger, the order in the apartment can be brought only in one way - not to buy unnecessary things.
When Fumio is asked in what apartment he lives, the writer admits that his life is very ascetic.
According to the blogger, all his valuables can fit in a small case. In fact, Sasaki supports a theory popular in the West. It says, "Have as much as you can carry."
For some reason, the number 15 is a landmark in this case - adherents of the theory believe that this is how many large things should be in the arsenal of one person.
6. Sandra Felton: Put the thing back in place
Put the thing where you got it from.
The system, invented by the American Sandry Felton, is called "Anonymous lazy" (according to our information, there is another name - "Anonymous Sluts").
The woman put up with her disorganization in everyday life for a very long time, until one day she lost her dissertation in her own apartment.
Then Sandra came up with a system that helped her keep the house clean without much effort.
Its essence is very simple - you need to find a place for each item in the apartment and always return it there after use.
And, without putting it off. Paint your lips with lipstick - put it in a makeup bag, read a book - put it on a shelf and so on.
According to Felton, any business that takes no more than half a minute should be done immediately, without delay.
In the system "Return the thing to its place" there are three methods of parsing junk.
The first of them is called "Mount Vermont" and resembles the method of Leo Trampoline: you need to group all the things in the apartment into categories ("leave", "throw away", "maybe").
At the heart of the second method called "Vesuvius" the same duties, only they need to be performed in a certain time.
As for Rushmore, the third method, it involves the creation of a cleaning calendar
and the distribution of all household duties among family members.
