According to him, you should buy what you need and not what you want. And to do so, you should first ask yourself what makes you buy things in the first place!
Here are some interesting principles of Leo, you should learn more about!
– ‘’The hug method’’ is one of Leo’s most favorite cleaning method. It is about cleaning the places you can hug with your arms without actually having to walk around the entire room. By doing this, you will finish cleaning two times faster than you normally do.
– It is always a good idea to have three boxes labeled: ‘’keep’’, ‘’might need’’, and ‘’throw away’’. The bow number two should last in your house no more than 6 months before you finally throw it away.
Messies Anonymous
This cleaning system was created by Sandra Felton in 1982. The latter is an American woman who was tired of cleaning and tidying things around the house but in vain. She felt something is wrong, so, she decided to fix the issue by putting her own rules.
According to Sandra, cleaning the house is all about putting everything in the right order. And here are her interesting rules :
– Don’t hesitate to ask for help! Ask your family members to help around and why not even include your kids in the cleaning process. Just make sure you motivate them by giving them small prizes.
– Make sure you use the box number 3 ‘’ throw away’’.
– If something can take you less than 30 seconds, do it and then forget you did!
– From time to time, try to look at your house from a stranger’s view. Say, look at it as if it’s not yours. This way, you can decide what need to be improved.
Burning House Method
Alison Hodgson is another inspirational figure that made our lives much easier. She is characterized by her minimalistic approach and known for her articles that speak about how she could comfort her consciousness when she had a fire in the house.
When something like this takes place, you will end up with many damaged stuff. Hence, there is no use of keeping them just because they make you happy. Instead, keep the most valuable things that are still in a good state and leave the rest.
Having Fun With Flylady
This is probably the most popular cleaning system and that’s probably because the creator of this cleaning system strongly believes that cleaning is a fun process that everyone should enjoy.
Hence, the main objective behind this cleaning system is teaching others how to get rid of stress while cleaning the house. The ‘’FlyLady’’ author recommends using a timer and cleans the house for 15 minutes. Here are more instructions you need to follow :
– Try to divide the housework on the days of the week. Don’t clean everything at once rather focus on one area each day. For example, Monday you clean the bathroom while Tuesday you clean the hall, and the list goes on!
– Once every week devote no more than one hour for removing dust and washing the floor.
American ‘’Un-Messing’’
This cleaning system will help you clean your house better if you don’t have much stuff around. Here some its different methods :
– The special box method: Grab all the things that you no longer use or need and put them in that special box of ‘’throw away’’. Once the box is filled take the stuff out. This process should be done monthly.
– The 1/10 method: This requires throwing something (1 thing) you don’t need every 10 days.
– The rocket method: This requires devoting 10 minutes every day for collecting all the trash around the house and putting them in a book or a plastic bag.
‘’Sparkling House’’ Or ‘’Sheep And Worms’’
This cleaning system is about adopting the right attitude to cleaning. It says that one shouldn’t take cleaning as an unpleasant or unnecessary method rather series of everyday entertaining rituals.
– ‘’Destroy evidence’’ means cleaning everything right now!
– ‘’ Mini Routine’’ this is the morning routine that includes, making up your bed, watering the flowers if you have any, and so on!
– ‘’ Room of the day’’ this means picking one room and spend more time cleaning it than in other rooms. This should be from 15 to 30 minutes.
– ‘’Sheep’’ are the tasks of the room of the day. This method requires that you get rid of things one by one so that there is no huge work to do by the end of the week.
– ‘’Ducks’’ this is more about organizing things and putting them in boxes and throwing away the useless!
– ‘’Worms’’ these are small tasks that children can do but still enjoy. For example, collecting their toys and putting them in special boxes, sorting clothes after washing and so on. It’s important that you teach your children how to be responsible and contribute to housework from an early age.
