1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:03,960 Thanks for joining me. In today's episode, I'm going to 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:06,640 talk you through a laundry reset. 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:11,360 And what I mean by that is you're going to start a load of 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:17,160 laundry, maybe do a laundry switch before you begin, and 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:22,080 you're also going to fold and put away at least one load of 6 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:25,720 clean laundry. While you're folding and hanging 7 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,360 up and putting away laundry, I'm going to give you some of my 8 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:32,360 best tips for keeping up on housework. 9 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:36,320 I'm Ronnie and you're listening to Clean With Me, the podcast 10 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,760 where I talk you through cleaning your house step by 11 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,320 step. The first thing I want you to do 12 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:47,360 is gather up any dirty laundry from around your house, whether 13 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:52,440 it's in hampers, laundry baskets, or even if you need to 14 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:56,440 gather it up off of the floor. Let's get it together and let's 15 00:00:56,440 --> 00:01:00,320 get it to the laundry room. You don't want dirty laundry 16 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,280 cluttering up your house. And you might be saying, Ronnie, 17 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,760 I don't have dirty laundry, but I sure have some clean laundry 18 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,040 piling up. Don't worry, we're going to take 19 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:15,320 care of it during this episode. And then while you fold, hang up 20 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:19,400 and put away your clean laundry. I'm going to give you some of my 21 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:23,520 best tips for keeping up on housework. 22 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,160 And we're going to talk about each area of your home. 23 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,800 But what I want you to work on during this episode is laundry. 24 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:36,480 By the way, I know it's been a while since I've done a bathroom 25 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,240 reset episode. You need to clean your bathrooms 26 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:43,440 after this. Scroll back to March 16th and 27 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:45,880 there's a bathroom reset episode. 28 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:52,000 But I also cover bathrooms and a lot of my whole House episodes 29 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,840 that are available for financial supporters. 30 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,880 So special thanks to those who are who have already unlocked 31 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:05,040 those episodes and are supporting the show with a small 32 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,160 monthly fee. Hopefully by now you've brought 33 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,880 any dirty laundry to your laundry room or your laundry 34 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,080 area. Of course, you're going to check 35 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:18,200 and see if you have any clean laundry in the dryer. 36 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,280 If your dryer is empty, though, I suspect you might have some 37 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:26,280 clean laundry elsewhere in your house. 38 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:31,160 But as with any episode, if you don't need to do the thing that 39 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:35,040 I'm talking about, you can be working on something else while 40 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:39,320 you listen. OK, maybe you already have a 41 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:43,680 laundry system where you're folding things straight out of 42 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,480 the dryer. You can do something else during 43 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,920 this episode if some of this doesn't apply. 44 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,080 But for the rest of the episode, I'm going to be talking to you 45 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:57,040 as if you had a residual clean laundry pile, and we're going to 46 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:58,680 take care of that. OK? 47 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:03,600 So if there's something in the washing machine that you need to 48 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,520 switch into the dryer, of course you're going to put the clean 49 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,800 laundry somewhere first. Maybe you have a basket for 50 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,840 that, or maybe you need to quickly make your bed and plop 51 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,040 that laundry on top of your freshly made bed. 52 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:22,520 It only takes about 60 seconds to make your bed if if that puts 53 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,960 it in perspective for you. If you haven't been making your 54 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,200 bed in the mornings, it's a great habit to implement. 55 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,880 I know some of you have someone still sleeping in the bed when 56 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:35,800 you first wake up, so then it doesn't really always happen. 57 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:40,840 And for that reason, I used to make the bed closer to when my 58 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:45,000 husband was getting home. But if you're tempted to put 59 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:49,920 your clean clothes in a pile somewhere like on the couch and 60 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,560 just leave it, I recommend that you put that pile on your 61 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,840 freshly made bed because then worse come to worse, you're 62 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,440 going to fold and put away that laundry before you go to bed. 63 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:04,480 That's that's my mom's secret for keeping up on laundry. 64 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,200 Also, you might want to think about the fact that folding and 65 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:12,480 putting away laundry on the floor isn't always a good idea. 66 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:17,600 If you have kids or pets who are prone to kind of knocking over 67 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,959 your piles and unfolding it, that can be frustrating. 68 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,840 That's why I recommend either make either folding and put away 69 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:30,960 putting away your laundry on the bed, or having a folding table 70 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,840 somewhere. Hopefully by now you've put your 71 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:37,840 clean clothes somewhere where you're going to fold them, and 72 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:40,480 maybe you've also switched the laundry from the washer into the 73 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:43,320 dryer. If not, do that now. 74 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,120 I know sometimes I can talk faster than you can clean. 75 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:50,040 Don't feel like you have to be exactly In Sync with what I'm 76 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,720 saying. The important thing is that 77 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:56,240 you're moving and you're working on laundry during this episode. 78 00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:00,520 And of course, if you forgot a load in the washing machine, 79 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,800 it's always a good idea to put a little bit of white vinegar in 80 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,760 there along with some more detergent when you rewash that 81 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:10,480 load. But let's hope that's not your 82 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:17,680 situation today and you you're able to do a laundry switch and 83 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:20,320 start a new load. Or maybe you didn't even have 84 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:24,280 anything in the washer and some of you need to start setting 85 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:27,160 timers. I set timers for so many 86 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:31,080 different things in my life. For example, I was talking to my 87 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,600 sister yesterday where she wasn't going to be in kind of a 88 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:37,080 dangerous situation and she wanted me to call and check on 89 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,560 her in 15 minutes. Well, you better believe I set 90 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:44,320 an alarm on my phone because when I get to talking and 91 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,440 multitasking, I forget about things. 92 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:53,200 So my first tip for keeping up on laundry is setting a timer 93 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:57,640 for the duration of the cycle if you're going to need a reminder 94 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:59,400 to put the laundry into the dryer. 95 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,400 I remember my daughter Jessica had a system at her old house 96 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:09,720 where she would be sitting on the couch right across from her 97 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:14,280 washer and dryer closet. And then when it made that buzz 98 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:17,800 signaling that it was done, she'd hear it because she was 99 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:19,680 right there. It was right in her ear, 100 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,640 basically. But for some of us, that's not 101 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:26,400 always the case. And we need to set an alarm to 102 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,400 remind us to do the switch. But the caveat with setting too 103 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:33,040 many alarms is you might just start swiping it away if it's 104 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,240 happening a lot. I don't know if anyone else 105 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:39,360 struggles with that, but I'm kind of careful about what I set 106 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,400 alarms for and what I don't set alarms for because I don't want 107 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,920 to train myself to ignore the alarms. 108 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,720 But again, if you have a habit of forgetting about your laundry 109 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,600 and letting it rot in the washer to where you have to re wash it, 110 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,920 set a timer for 50 minutes or whatever the length of your 111 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,800 cycle is. Now that you've started a load 112 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:07,360 of laundry, it's time to turn your attention to your clean, 113 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:13,880 dry laundry that needs to be folded and put away. 114 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,200 And some of it doesn't really need to be folded, it just needs 115 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,440 to be smoothed out. I do a hang up pile and then I 116 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:23,720 do the folded piles of things that are going to go into 117 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,400 drawers. Everybody does things 118 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,640 differently, but sometimes I see my husband folding things that 119 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:33,080 I'm just going to hang up. But of course, you know, I'm 120 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,720 just, I'm grateful because they're getting smoothed out. 121 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:37,520 I just unfold them to hang them up. 122 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:43,000 But when I'm folding, I just smooth out the items that I'm 123 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,200 going to hang up and I place those in a different pile, like 124 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,920 the stuff that's mine that I'm going to hang up, the stuff 125 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,760 that's my husband's that I'm going to hang up because, you 126 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,160 know, we have a different side of the closet, obviously. 127 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,000 So, yeah. And you might be wondering about 128 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,520 kids. My youngest is 14. 129 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,040 All my teenagers do their own laundry. 130 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:05,920 Well, I say all my 19 year old is overseas in the military, but 131 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:10,040 my 16 year old and 14 year old, they both do their own laundry. 132 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:11,680 They've been doing it for a long time. 133 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,040 My middle daughter who's an adult is living here right now 134 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,320 with her two kids and she does her laundry and their laundry. 135 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:22,280 So I'm just responsible for my laundry, my husband's laundry 136 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:26,680 and just towels, kitchen towels, bathroom towels, all the towels. 137 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,880 But I definitely did my time in the trenches. 138 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:35,840 I have 6 kids so you know, when they were younger I had a lot 139 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:39,159 more laundry to do. I think now my challenge isn't 140 00:08:39,159 --> 00:08:45,160 having a lot of laundry, but it's having the washing machine 141 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,200 already going when I go to wash something. 142 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,240 You know what I mean? Because so many people are doing 143 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,800 their own thing as far as laundry. 144 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,600 But there are different challenges to every season of 145 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:01,040 life. Hopefully you are folding and 146 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:05,280 putting away some clean laundry. I'm assuming that you have a 147 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:09,600 pile for each family member and you're just kind of lining them 148 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,440 up. That's the way I used to do it 149 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:16,200 when my kids were younger. I'd fold their clothes and put 150 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,040 them in piles. And then those who are old 151 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:21,280 enough to put away their own laundry, I would call them in, 152 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:25,200 you know, so and so come get your pile and put it away, that 153 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:29,720 sort of thing. I do still kind of have a few 154 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:34,760 piles going because inevitably random articles of clothing find 155 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,520 their way into my laundry loads sometimes. 156 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,680 And so I have a person come get get their items or I drop them 157 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:44,560 off. When it comes to laundry, you 158 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:47,880 have to have a system. And some people have these 159 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:54,000 elaborate laundry systems where they've got hangers and 160 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:58,160 containers for each person to where they're taking things 161 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,480 right out of the dryer, hanging them up on like, a bar that's in 162 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,400 the laundry room, and then folding the, you know, the 163 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,440 smaller stuff and like, socks and underwear and putting it in 164 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:12,200 these little baskets that are labeled for each family member. 165 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:17,280 And that's great, but you won't hear me going into that on this 166 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:19,080 show unless I have a guest on the show. 167 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,240 I should have someone on as a guest. 168 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:25,280 I know my sister has some kind of laundry system like that. 169 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,560 I need to either have her on as a guest on the show or have her 170 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:31,480 take some pictures that I can show you guys. 171 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:36,320 But you won't hear me talking about it because my laundry room 172 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,240 is just this really narrow corridor just when you're on 173 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,880 your way out to the garage. Some of you can relate. 174 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,680 There's not a lot of room for all of that. 175 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,280 And at this point, I've trained everybody to do their own 176 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,600 laundry. So I'm not just overwhelmed with 177 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,000 my laundry, my husband's laundry and the towels. 178 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,080 And I say my husband's laundry, but he usually does his own 179 00:10:56,080 --> 00:11:00,320 laundry because he's retired. I work a couple days a week 180 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,320 outside the home. He sometimes does loads of just 181 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,640 his stuff, but he sometimes does mine as well. 182 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:09,520 So I'm just not that overwhelmed with laundry. 183 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:13,080 But even if I wanted to have one of those systems, I just don't 184 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,000 have the space. Your new revolutionary laundry 185 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:20,760 system could be as simple as following this one rule. 186 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:23,880 Don't start what you can't finish. 187 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:28,440 What I mean by that is don't start a load of laundry when you 188 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:32,520 have clean clothes in the dryer that you haven't folded yet. 189 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:38,840 Or you know, worse, just mount fold more some huge pile 190 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:42,440 somewhere. Take care of that first. 191 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:45,840 Don't just keep washing and washing your laundry. 192 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:47,360 And I realize there are exceptions. 193 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:51,560 You may just absolutely need a school uniform or work uniform 194 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:54,240 to be clean this morning or whatever. 195 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,320 I don't know what time of the day you're listening to this 196 00:11:56,320 --> 00:12:02,440 episode, but in general, you need to stop washing clothes 197 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:04,960 until you've put away the clothes you've already washed 198 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,680 and dried. While you're working on laundry, 199 00:12:07,680 --> 00:12:10,560 I want to talk to you about some other personal rules that are 200 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:15,120 not related to laundry, but that can help you with your 201 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:16,800 housework. This is a part where you might 202 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,520 want to write it down or you might want to just kind of 203 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,720 absorb it while you're working. I'd rather you just fold 204 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:24,400 laundry. Don't worry. 205 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:28,080 I'll probably reiterate this and in the next few episodes, but 206 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,200 something that's kind of trending right now on social 207 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,400 media, because I'm definitely like on the cleaning side of 208 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:42,320 TikTok or whatever, is don't put it down, put it away, OK? 209 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:47,880 Basically, if you have something out that you're using, once 210 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:52,520 you're done, put it in its home. Don't set it in some temporary 211 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:59,760 home, OK? And something that I've tried to 212 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:05,120 live by for a long time that my mom definitely follows is don't 213 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:07,920 leave a room empty handed. If there's something out of 214 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:13,280 place in the room where you are, take that with you when you move 215 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:17,880 to the next room, OK? For example, I fix my coffee in 216 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:22,080 the morning and sometimes I kind of crawl back into bed to finish 217 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,240 that in bed. And then I set it on the night 218 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:29,320 stand and, you know, scroll on my phone or whatever for a 219 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,440 while. Well, when I do get up, I try to 220 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:35,600 take that cup for that mug, depending if it was iced coffee 221 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,000 or hot coffee, to the kitchen with me. 222 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:42,440 OK, Because why would I leave the room and then just leave 223 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,040 that there? Some of us tend to do things 224 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:49,600 like that absent mindedly, so that's definitely something to 225 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:54,160 work on. But if you need to talk yourself 226 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:58,520 into completing a task that's maybe a little bit more involved 227 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:03,720 than just walking your happy self to the kitchen with a cup, 228 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,600 follow the 62nd rule. OK? 229 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:10,800 If a task takes less than a minute, like putting shoes in 230 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:17,560 the closet, hanging up a coat, or taking out the trash, just do 231 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:21,440 it immediately. Simple as that. 232 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:24,080 And you may have to tell yourself that at first, like, 233 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,520 hey, this is only going to take 60 seconds. 234 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:31,400 But when it becomes a habit where as you're just moving 235 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:33,840 through your day, you're putting things away. 236 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,680 For example, you brush your hair and there's a drawer for your 237 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:39,200 brushes. You put it in the drawer. 238 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,280 You don't set it on the bathroom vanity first. 239 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:46,760 And then later when you quote UN quote clean the bathroom, you 240 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:50,200 put it in the drawer. No, you put it away immediately. 241 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,640 And I know this is easier said than done when you've 242 00:14:53,640 --> 00:15:00,800 established some bad habits. OK, now, now the putting things 243 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:04,880 away as you go, you know, applies in every area of your 244 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,120 house. But we all know that we're 245 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,560 supposed to clean as we go when working in the kitchen, right? 246 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:14,680 Like our moms told us that. And, you know, we all know it's 247 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:20,200 a thing, but sometimes it can be difficult to put it into 248 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,120 practice because of some of our existing habits. 249 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:28,920 OK, what's really helped me a lot is not leaving the kitchen 250 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,920 during waiting periods. You know, I'm talking about 251 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:34,760 you're making spaghetti and you're bringing the water to a 252 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:36,560 boil. Sometimes there can be a 253 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,880 temptation to go off in some other room and do something 254 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:43,960 else. There's probably something you 255 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:47,200 could be doing in your kitchen, you know, maybe you made a mess 256 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,320 while chopping vegetables for the salad or whatever. 257 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,000 Clean that up while you're waiting for the water to boil. 258 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:58,480 Empty the dishwasher while you're waiting for the water to 259 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:02,080 boil. That way, when you start to 260 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,400 dirty up more items when you get farther into the cooking 261 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:10,480 process, it'll be easy for you to wash and dry those dishes. 262 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:17,400 Using those waiting periods wisely to get clean dishes put 263 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:23,320 away to maybe get some hot soapy water in your sink ready for 264 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:27,240 cleaning as you go cleaning up the stuff you've already 265 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:30,120 prepped. If you get in the habit of not 266 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,520 leaving the kitchen and another waiting period is something's 267 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,000 cooking in the oven. But if you can get used to 268 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,040 staying in the kitchen during this these waiting periods, 269 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:43,160 you're going to get a lot done and you're not going to forget 270 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,160 about your food. You're not going to burn the 271 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:51,480 bread because you left the room or, you know, leave something 272 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:54,160 boiling on the stove until it's evaporated. 273 00:16:54,960 --> 00:17:04,359 OK, If you know, you know. One of the ways to clean as you 274 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:08,640 go in the kitchen is to simply stay in the kitchen and keep 275 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:13,200 moving. Get out of the habit of leaving 276 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,160 the room because you feel impatient about water coming to 277 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:17,880 a boil. There's probably something you 278 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,760 can be working on in the kitchen, like putting away clean 279 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,760 dishes or cleaning up whatever mess you've made so far. 280 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:29,720 OK and cleaning as you go isn't just while you're cooking, it's 281 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,840 throughout the day. When you dirty a cereal bowl and 282 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:38,760 spoon or a plate and fork. If you microwave something, it's 283 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:42,000 it's washing those dishes as you go. 284 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,520 And I like to hand wash dishes as I go and save the dishwasher 285 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,960 for those bigger projects. You might have another system 286 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,960 and that's fine. Maybe you like to pre rinse 287 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,160 things and put them in the dishwasher throughout the day 288 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,840 and run them at the end. If you've been listening to the 289 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:00,480 show for a while, you know that that system just has never quite 290 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:04,040 worked for us. So we encourage people to just 291 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:07,000 wash their dishes throughout the day. 292 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:09,960 You know, you, you fix a bowl of cereal, you're going to wash 293 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,840 that bowl and spoon immediately and place it in the drying rack. 294 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:20,320 Well, one of the obstacles to that is if for some reason the 295 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,760 kitchen's kind of messy and there are already dirty dishes 296 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:29,080 in the sink, it's really hard to get people to keep from adding 297 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:31,680 to the mess. Like when you start with that 298 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:35,040 clean, clean slate of a clean kitchen and you're like, OK, if 299 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:38,160 you dirty a dishwash it, they're likely to remember it. 300 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,800 If they walk in and the kitchen's spotless and they've 301 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:45,680 dirty to bowl and spoon, they're more likely to wash it because 302 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:49,080 they know it's going to be real conspicuous when they don't. 303 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,760 And somebody's like, hey, who just who just had cereal come 304 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:55,840 clean this. But when there's already dishes 305 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:59,640 in the sink, there's a tendency for them to just add to the 306 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,120 mess. Here's the solution to keep 307 00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:06,840 people from adding to the mess. Get one of those dish ones that 308 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,160 has a place for dish soap in the handle. 309 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,480 Keep that near the sink. That makes it super easy. 310 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:17,000 Even if the sink's got some dishes on one side and they 311 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,960 can't really, you know, fill it up with dishwater or whatever, 312 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:24,560 they can just grab that wand that you know, has the built in 313 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:30,280 dish soap dispenser and wash and rinse that item under running 314 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:34,400 water. Even if there are some dirty 315 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,120 dishes on the other side of the sink. 316 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:40,600 So some of you need to get that. By the way, whenever I talk 317 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:44,760 about cleaning products on the show, I I do put links to them 318 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:47,960 on my website as an Amazon affiliate. 319 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:52,120 I make a tiny amount of money when you purchase something and 320 00:19:52,120 --> 00:19:55,680 there's no extra cost to you. What benefits me even more is if 321 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:59,280 you use my makeup and skin care link which is also on that same 322 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:02,000 page. So I'll put all the links in the 323 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,560 description. And of course, you can always 324 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:09,120 visit cleanwithmepodcast.com if you don't know how to get into 325 00:20:09,120 --> 00:20:12,720 the episode notes. 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Special thanks to those who are 337 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:05,640 already supporting the show in some way by purchasing products 338 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,800 or subscribing to bonus episodes. 339 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:11,160 It means more than you know. So yeah, that dish wand could 340 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,840 help you clean as you go, whether it's while cooking or 341 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,520 just throughout the day. It might be a solution for you 342 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:23,840 if you know if having a sink full of dishes sometimes is 343 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:29,920 causing people to add to the mess, the dishwand and then you 344 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:33,080 can say, hey, even if there's dishes in the sink, use this 345 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:36,920 dishwand to wash your dish under running water and don't add to 346 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:38,360 the mess. That's one of my sayings. 347 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:42,800 Don't add to the mess. Which don't get me wrong, my 348 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,520 goal is always to clean the kitchen because that's showing 349 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,280 people by example that I care how the kitchen looks. 350 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:53,720 And people tend to keep clean environments clean, OK. 351 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:57,360 But your second line of defense against people leaving dirty 352 00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:01,560 dishes is to have that dish wand, OK, keep it filled and 353 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,320 ready. And the the 62nd rule kind of 354 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,320 comes into play here too. If you can wash and rinse 355 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,040 something in less than 60 seconds, it doesn't need to 356 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,480 soak. OK, That's for those difficult 357 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,400 items. And most things don't need to 358 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,440 soak for more than an hour. If you, if you leave something 359 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:23,320 to soak, come back an hour later and wash it rather than getting 360 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:26,080 into this perpetual cycle of leaving things soaking. 361 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:30,200 And I've had so many people tell me that they, they always leave 362 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,600 their crock pot soaking for a couple days. 363 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:37,040 I can definitely relate. But look into crock pot liners. 364 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,960 They're a thing, OK. And that that can help you with 365 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:44,880 that. I hope you're still folding and 366 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,040 putting away laundry. You're going to be so glad you 367 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,680 did. Maybe you need to put all the 368 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:54,040 socks in a pile and sort them at the end, But hopefully you're 369 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,360 folding and putting away laundry. 370 00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:59,200 And if you come across items that are stained or ripped, you 371 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,360 might need to get rid of those items or outgrown items might 372 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:06,000 need to go into a donation pile. And when I say donation pile, I 373 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,200 also mean a hand me down pile because you might have things 374 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,400 that you're giving to people, especially if you have kids. 375 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:16,240 You probably know someone with kids who are a little younger 376 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,760 than your kids and you're passing stuff down to them. 377 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:21,160 Hopefully you have a designated spot for that. 378 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,560 Or maybe you're saving them for your younger kids or your future 379 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:33,040 kids, you know, have a have a container for that, maybe have a 380 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,960 large plastic tub for that, you know, labeled 2T to 3T, 381 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,040 something like that. If you've had, if you have like 382 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:50,360 a residual laundry pile and just one last tip about the kitchen, 383 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,280 don't leave dirty dishes unwashed overnight. 384 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:57,880 That closing shift is crucial. You just need to determine what 385 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:00,600 time is a good time for your closing shift. 386 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:04,760 I'm not talking about an exact time per SE, but you know, if 387 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,680 nobody eats anything after dinner at your house, the 388 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,840 closing shift could happen right after dinner. 389 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,240 Or maybe if you have teenagers and adults, you could say like 390 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:17,720 once I cleaned up after dinner, you'd better wash your dishes 391 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,840 that you create after that. You'd have that rule. 392 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:26,080 Or maybe you're someone who is high energy late at night. 393 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:31,320 Maybe 11:00 PM is the time that you would want to wash all of 394 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,640 your dishes. Maybe you have small children 395 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,800 and a good time for you to wash all your dishes would be after 396 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:41,440 they've gone to bed. I used to be more of a night owl 397 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,720 when I was younger, but not anymore. 398 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,600 I'd rather just do dishes right after dinner. 399 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:50,360 Sometimes that means people dirtying stuff afterward, but at 400 00:24:50,360 --> 00:24:54,080 some point when you get older, you start going to bed earlier 401 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:57,320 than your kids. Obviously you can't do that when 402 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,640 they're little, though. But there's incentives, there's 403 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,960 consequences. School's going to be out here 404 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:11,360 and I know a lot of you look forward to me changing up the 405 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:16,120 kids chore lists and I'm going to create a new system where 406 00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:21,880 there's dollar amounts attached to different chores and I'm 407 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,880 going to create a spreadsheet. It's going to be a whole thing 408 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,440 for once school gets out in three weeks and then when I do 409 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:34,480 that I'll make that available to the financial supporters. 410 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,880 So if you unlock bonus episodes, I'll will tell you when the time 411 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:43,920 comes how to access the latest chore spreadsheet. 412 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,520 And I guarantee you your chore spreadsheet is going to be 413 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,880 different because everybody's lifestyle and situation is 414 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,800 different. But it might give you an idea. 415 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:58,720 So that's something that's coming up. 416 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:04,160 You can incentivize chores with money, but that's not the only 417 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:06,520 way. You can also be like no screens 418 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,160 until you get this done, things like that. 419 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:14,120 But just don't leave dishes unwashed overnight at a if at 420 00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:17,960 all possible. But if you do that a lot or you 421 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,040 do that sometimes, no judgement here. 422 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:23,880 I'm just trying to help you. I'm not criticizing you or 423 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,840 whatever, because sometimes we drop the ball in that area at 424 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,160 our house. So don't, don't get the 425 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,400 impression that I'm this perfect housekeeper. 426 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:36,240 Yeah, I'm, I'm just a regular person who has learned some 427 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:40,080 things and improved. And I think of myself as just 428 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:44,480 the only one who's talking about some of this stuff, not the 429 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,600 person who's the expert on this stuff, if that makes sense. 430 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:51,720 But obviously by my age, I have a few tricks up my sleeve when 431 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:55,400 it comes to housekeeping. And I, I love sharing them with 432 00:26:55,400 --> 00:27:00,240 you, but nothing I say is coming from a place of judgement. 433 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:06,360 So definitely no judgement here. If you're always leaving dishes 434 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:11,520 overnight or something, it's just not a good cycle to be in. 435 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,640 It's, it feels so good to go to the kitchen to get your coffee 436 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:19,760 or your juice or make your kids breakfast and just to wake up to 437 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:24,760 a clean kitchen. And it, it, it's just, it sets 438 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:27,280 you up for a successful day. It really does. 439 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,000 Among other things. I mean, for me, when I read my 440 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,680 Bible in the morning, I get a lot more done in the course of 441 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,200 the day. But starting with a clean 442 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:41,040 kitchen helps too. So Speaking of starting your day 443 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:45,360 in the morning, some of you need to implement the morning task of 444 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:50,640 emptying your dishwasher and drying rack while your coffee is 445 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,120 brewing. Even if you're using a Keurig, 446 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,160 it needs to sit and cool down for a minute anyway. 447 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:01,240 Your coffee can wait a minute, get it started, and then quickly 448 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:06,680 put away your clean dishes. And a friend recently reminded 449 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,640 me of this and it and I've said it on the show before, but it 450 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:14,440 definitely bears repeating. It only takes about 5 minutes to 451 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,760 unload your dishwasher and it only takes about 5 minutes to 452 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:25,040 load your dishwasher. So spend 5 minutes unloading 453 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:29,680 your dishwasher while your coffee is brewing or cooling 454 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,320 down a little bit. Mine doesn't need a lot of 455 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:36,960 cooling down time because I put a lot of milk in my coffee and 456 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:41,000 you say cream, no milk. Now if I go to your house, if 457 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,440 you don't have milk, I'll take some cream or whatever. 458 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:47,120 Or if I'm in a restaurant. But I really like to put milk in 459 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:51,560 my coffee. I like the stoke cold brew and I 460 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:55,200 just add some milk to that. Sometimes I also add a little 461 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,840 bit of chocolate syrup. Some of you pronounce that 462 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,000 syrup. I know I'm weird but I call it 463 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,600 syrup. But my point is, if the coffee 464 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:08,040 is hot, I put enough milk in it that I can drink it immediately. 465 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:10,600 But I still don't mind letting it sit there while I do 466 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:14,840 something in the kitchen. Lately it's my daughter's job to 467 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:18,440 empty the drying rack and dishwasher at some point in the 468 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:21,080 day before dinner. She's supposed to do it by 4 O 469 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:28,440 clock, but before that, that was my morning task while my coffee 470 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:36,400 was sitting there. OK, hopefully you're folding 471 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:41,560 laundry and putting it in piles. It might be time to get up and 472 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,160 start putting that stuff away where it goes. 473 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,480 Maybe you're going to call somebody in the room to pick up 474 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,520 their pile. Or maybe this is your own 475 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,080 cleaning session. No one else is around or old 476 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,560 enough to help you, and you're going to be putting the stuff 477 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:57,840 away. It's time to get up and hang 478 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,560 stuff up. Put stuff away because I don't 479 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:04,080 want you to to leave. I don't want you to leave a mess 480 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:08,480 or anything. OK, and maybe maybe you didn't 481 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:12,800 get all of your residual laundry folded and put away during this 482 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,200 episode, but hopefully we put a dent in that pile. 483 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:20,160 Couple more tasks I want to mention while you're putting 484 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,320 away your clean clothes that you've been folding or smoothing 485 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:29,480 out to hang up our bathroom resets at night. 486 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:34,720 OK, while you're brushing your teeth or doing your evening skin 487 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:38,800 care routine, you know, maybe use a wipe to quickly wipe the 488 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:42,560 faucet, sink and countertop and that's going to force you to put 489 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:45,880 everything away and clear off that vanity area. 490 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,680 Some people wipe down the vanity every time they wash their 491 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:55,200 hands, but I'm talking about more of a reset in the evening 492 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,400 when you're getting ready for bed where you're putting 493 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:04,400 everything away and really cleaning up the vanity area. 494 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:08,280 And you could even give your your toilet seat a swipe or, you 495 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,920 know, grab the brush and give it a little swish. 496 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,200 This doesn't take the place of deep cleaning your bathroom, but 497 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,560 I'm just saying, a bathroom touch up before bed can go a 498 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:21,640 long way and it can become part of your routine because you're 499 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:25,000 washing your face and putting on your moisturizer anyway. 500 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:30,720 OK, I've gotten a lot better lately about having a morning 501 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:36,440 and evening skin care regimen. Yes, the show is about taking 502 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:39,200 care of your home, but I want you to take care of yourself 503 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,760 too. Your face needs cleaning too. 504 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:45,840 I know with a teenager and young adult sharing my hall bathroom, 505 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,840 I have to remind them to put their products away in their 506 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:53,800 little cubbies under the sink. Otherwise stuff starts to 507 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:57,760 accumulate on the vanity. The last tip I want to mention 508 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:01,840 is making your bed every day. If you never make your bed, 509 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:04,200 you're more likely to have a messy bedroom. 510 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,360 It's just a psychological thing. Making your bed is a springboard 511 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:11,160 task that causes you to kind of quickly pick up your dirty 512 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:14,120 laundry off the floor and put your shoes in the closet. 513 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:16,600 You might not be able to do it first thing in the morning if 514 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,560 somebody's still sleeping in your bed, but try to implement 515 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:24,480 that habit of making your bed on a daily and then quickly 516 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:27,920 straightening up your room. But if you're like me, you're 517 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:31,120 not going to keep your room clean until you start making 518 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,800 your bed on a daily, and that's going to help a lot. 519 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:39,280 I hope you got a lot of laundry done during this episode and 520 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:43,120 remember to visit cleanwithmepodcast.com or the 521 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,800 links in the description. Don't forget to follow me on 522 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,680 social media. Support the show only if you 523 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:52,280 want to, but by unlocking bonus episodes, you're getting on my 524 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:53,960 full program. By the way, I'm going to be 525 00:32:53,960 --> 00:33:00,120 starting a new bonus series soon called Messy House Makeover, and 526 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:03,880 it's going to be based on the concept that you can do anything 527 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:07,000 for 15 minutes. I'm going to be encouraging you 528 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:14,920 to clean your whole house, but include in that session a 15 529 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,480 minute decluttering or deep cleaning project. 530 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,720 And that's what's going to get your house clean over time 531 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,600 because a lot of us don't have these huge blocks of time for 532 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:28,240 housework. Thank you so much for listening. 533 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,600 I appreciate each and every one of you. 534 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:32,560 And as always, happy cleaning.