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5 Resolutions for a Cleaner Home in the New Year

The New Year is a great time to start implementing some of the changes that you really want to make in your life. These can include personal goals as well as improvements that also benefit the people you care about. A common resolution among homeowners and individuals who are living on their own is to maintain a cleaner home in the coming year. If you share the same goal, now is a great time to examine what works and what doesn’t when it comes to keeping your place spick and span no matter how busy you might be. Perhaps you can even use a few tips and strategies to effectively and conveniently clean your home and keep it that way. To that end, here are some good cleaning resolutions to make:

Make Sure You’re Well-stocked with Effective Cleaning Tools and Supplies

Cleaning is clearly a chore. After all, no one really wants to be exposed to dust, dirt, and grime all day. But this doesn’t mean that this chore has to feel like one. It’s possible to make cleaning easier with the right equipment, tools, and supplies. Do you have any home appliances that can make these tasks easier, such as a vacuum cleaner, a cleaning robot, or a dishwasher? If not, maybe now would be a good time to consider getting them for your home. Used properly, these appliances can make thorough cleaning sessions a quick task. Make sure you also have microfiber towels, trash bags, and household detergents in stock for when you need to roll up your sleeves and clean things the old-fashioned way.

Schedule Thorough Cleanings More Regularly

A once-a-year spring cleaning simply won’t do for many Filipino homes. This is especially true if you have children and pets living with you. In this case, you’ll need more regular and thorough cleaning sessions to effectively get rid of accumulated pet hair, wall drawings, and the remains of various messes and spills. Perhaps you can commit to a deep-clean day once every quarter? Doing so will help you ensure that the air in your home is free of pollutants such as dust, debris, and pet hair and dander. This can help reduce instances of allergic reactions and maybe even the spread of contagious diseases among the members of your family.

Commit to Completing Small, 5-Minute Cleaning Tasks Every Day

Keeping your home clean after a spring cleaning session is another challenge entirely. It can be difficult to dedicate more than a few minutes of your day to tidying up stuff when you have work and family responsibilities. It can also be pretty tempting to let the dust on your shelves pile up and use your free time to get a bit of rest instead. Soon enough, though, the dust will accumulate and start bringing down the air quality in your home. A good compromise would be to do as much cleaning as you can in 5-minute sessions. This time can be enough to clear the glasses and mugs in the sink, do a light sweep in the living room, or put the dirty rags in the washing machine. These small steps count a lot when keeping your home as clean as possible on busy days.

Make a Habit of Identifying the Items You No Longer Use, Need, or Want

The items that you do not use on a regular basis are more likely to accumulate a lot of dust. This is true for clothes, surfaces, and wall decor, among other things. Reducing the number of unused items in your home prevents them from becoming dust magnets and gives you more space to move about or collect new things. Every now and then, rid your wardrobe, rooms, and shelves of items that you no longer use, need or want. You can give these away to people who will use them or hold a garage sale to recoup your expenses and perhaps fund your new purchases and projects for your house.

Turn Cleaning Into an Activity for the Whole Family

If you live with other people, it would be unfair for you to shoulder all the responsibility of cleaning the space that you collectively use. Common areas such as the kitchen and the living room are for the benefit of all household members, so it’s best to turn the task of cleaning these spaces into a family activity. Having your partner and kids help out will also make this task easier for all of you, and it can even serve as a bonding moment for the entire family. At the same time, this activity will help your kids develop standards for keeping their home clean and teach them about taking personal responsibility for shared spaces. Afterward, you can prepare a simple merienda for everyone to enjoy together. This will help turn cleaning into a pleasant activity that your kids will associate with a sense of accomplishment.

Add these activities to your 2023 resolutions so you can look forward to having a clean and beautiful home that you enjoy being in. Doing these can also help improve the air quality in your home and make you feel healthier. There’s no better time than the New Year to start putting these plans into action.

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