Some people clean their homes for fun or for a paid job. Some clean because they have a family they want to love and support with a tidy, healthy home. I prefer to clean only when I have to, like when a friend is coming over or we’re all running out of clean laundry.
My forms of cleaning are a bit unconventional. Pressure cleaning is a term I coined for those last 30-60 minutes before company is to arrive and while you’ve had plenty of time to finish your tasks, you run around making those finishing touches in the final minutes. I seem to work best under pressure, so I’ve learned to invite people over to my house once a week, just so I have a good excuse to clean the house, even if it’s just giving the place a quick once over.
And there’s nothing like that last hour to rush around the house, frantically putting away toys and yelling at the kids to stop destroying every room I clean up. Similar to pressure cleaning is procrastination cleaning, which is something I was particularly good at in college. When I had a big test to study for, I could often be found cleaning my dorm late into the night, while my roommates would ask me, “aren’t you supposed to be studying?” to which I would respond, “of course, but first I’m going to polish the sink.
” Productive, yes, but not in the way I should have been productive at the time. Though I could study better once the sink was clean and my desk was cleared off. Rage cleaning is another form of cleaning that helps blo.