CHAT - Spring Cleaning
Hey everyone!
It's that time of year again, time to do a little cleaning and a little organising
When cleaning, organising or trying to do anything it can be hard to stay focused...
So join us here tonight at 7:30pm AEDT (remember, it's daylight savings now!!!) for a chat about cleaning, organising and some life hacks and tips on getting things done.
What are some of your tips for staying on task?
1. Having a to-do list!
2. Rewarding yourself for each section of cleaning you've completed
By the way @RevzZ, this is my first GR session and so is it possible if you can notify me when future sessions occur (especially since daylight savings have already begun!)?. These GR sessions sound really interesting to participate in!
Yessss @redhead. Music is a must for me when cleaning 🙂
Of course @Esperanza67. I'll add you to the tagging list so I can tag you everytime a GR starts.
I find htat the reward is the end product, that's the big reward anyway. Along the way I like to reward myself with breaks and maybe a bit of time on the computer.
@May_ I guess it depends on what is considered rewarding for people. Like for example, I usually reward myself by watching a TV episode on Netflix because I love watching movies and TV shows in my spare time 🙂
Well, that's pretty good @Esperanza67. I think some people have their TV on at the same time as cleaning so we just end up with this:
Do you find organising things easy or hard? Why?
I find it hard because there's limited space so I have to pick and choose how to organise things carefully and generally the places I want to organise things into are dirty so I have to clean them before I can start organising.
I guess it all depends what it is, how much space you have to organise it in and how much of the thing you have! I like organising my wardrobe in colour coordination... 😛 Although generally I find organising hard because I have too many things but also want to make it so that everything is visible which is basically impossible
Haha, well I suppose it's not for everyone @May_. Doesn't work for me either because I somehow manage to keep misplacing my clothes so I can't throw them out anyway. Still, works for @Esperanza67 so maybe it's worth trying again (for me at least) for the next year.
What are some ways your organise and plan things during your spring cleaning?
The extent of my organisation is a recycle bin, a garbage bin and a couple boxes. Rubbish goes out, everything else which doesn't seem as important to me goes in the box where I hopefully forget about it. So that way, in the next couple years, if I find it again and it's no longer important to me, I throw it away and it just feels easier.
The "KonMari" method seems to work pretty well for some people (look it up on youtube if you are interested). The main idea behind it is to only keep items that "spark joy" 🙂
Night @May_, thanks for joining tonight 🙂 🙂 🙂
What are the easiest and hardest jobs when spring cleaning?
What are the easiest and hardest jobs when spring cleaning?
The hardest job would have to be my wardrobe since I hide a whole lot of stuff in tehre as well as throwing things out sometimes because it can be hard to throw things you've had for so long in the bin. The easiest would be getting all my clothes sorted since they either go in a box or back my draws.
What are the easiest and hardest jobs when spring cleaning?
Easiest? - The overall feeling of success at having managed to do it.
Hardest - throwing things away which you feel might be important someday. Perhaps this might be the "hoarder" in me but I've still got scraps of paper with writing which I feel is important.
I usually spring clean alone. However, sometimes other people need help spring cleaning and so usually I help them in that instance. I usually find it easier to spring clean by myself (perhaps it's because I'm introverted).
I'm afraid I have to head off as well. Thanks guys for inviting me into this session, I really appreciated it! 🙂
t's cool @Esperanza67, it's 9:30 which means we are finishing up anyway! Tonight has been a great chat about spring cleaning and a very educational one as well! Thanks for everyone who came tonight and shared their opinions and ideas, especially @May_, @RevzZ and @N1ghtW1ng for helping organise and run the GR!
