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Lifehack: Cleaning the house more efficient

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Get a huge bag. Go one room at a time.

1) Put every loose item in the bag, even garbage, everything goes into the bag.

2) Vacum, wipe dust, and swab.

3) Take the bag outside the room. Sort the items in the bag and put them where they belong.

I tried this today and have never been so efficient.

Before I used to: "a pen - belongs in the office, a clip, also to the office, a screwdriver - to the garage, a hairbrush - to the toilet. And just lifted up items to wipe under them.

By taking the bag out of the room, I only move back the items that needs to be in that room. This new cleaning method is like refactoring code, but as easy as copy/pasting.

By putting Everything in the bag I do not have to waste time or mental cycles thinking about where it belongs and transporting it there. And it frees up surfaces for easy wiping!

Feel free to share Your cleaning hacks! =)

I have small hack for cleaning/sorting cloths in closet:

1) Put everything on the ground (pile #0).

2) Start sorting pile #0 by 2-3 piles at once. Like pants pile #1, shirts pile #2.

3) Then repeat step 2 as long as it makes sense for each pile.

It is fast and not boring to do.

So what you're saying is you quicksort your clothes.

Exactly!

I really like this idea. I'm relocating long term to a new country in 4 weeks and I need to downsize my collection of things. Thankfully i'm only looking at a one bedroom apartment but it still seems like a daunting task.

The biggest non-starter has been my wardrobe, taking on that challenge inside the bedroom isn't getting anywhere. I think i'm going to move everything out into the larger living room and hash it out there.

Then i'll have a clean an organized bedroom I can use to leverage cleaning other parts!.

1) Put every loose item in the bag, even garbage, everything goes into the bag.

I would never, ever, ever do this. Things I want to keep do not belong in a bag with garbage. I value my health. If things go in a bag with garbage, they become garbage and all those items would promptly be taken out to the trash and thrown out.

But then I am big on "When in doubt, throw it out" anyway. Most Americans simply own too much crap.

Just grab two bags. One for items and one for garbage.

Have an upvote. :-) That might actually work for other people. (It won't work for me. My circunstances are unusual.)

I tried that, but having just one bag was much faster. And saved me the mental processing of what goes into what bag.

Sorry, I didn't mean discarded food, that would be gross. I mean litter. Stuff that you are going to throw out. Like papers, boxes, envelopes, etc.

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