Tidying up is always hard for me. What’s helped me most is following along these new videos that are popping up everywhere (I’m sure you can find one on YouTube) that essentially break it down into steps! Then, you’ll have a video to follow along that goes something like “pick up everything that is blue. put away 10 clothing items. pick up every paper item. pick up purple items”, etc. It breaks it down and makes everything much easier for me 🙂 best of luck!
This sounds cheesy but make it fun . I have a hard time getting motivated but listening to music or podcasts can help it go by faster . Do things while sitting watching tv or listening to audio books . Break up your home or apt into sections and tackle one single thing a day . Clean common spaces during the week . Clean personal spaces on the weekend . Picking up and tidying little things and putting them back as you use them . Let one small space in your house be messy and forgive yourself for what you don’t do . Just try to do a little more the next day .
My grandma used to advise me to “take one room at a time” in the effort to tidy up my house. I’ll add that playing your favorite music—whether from speakers to hear while cleaning or right from your earbuds— is another type of motivation. Tidying up is not the same as deep cleaning. I simply go about each room and put things away, straighten up a few more and move on. I can get done efficiently and without much distraction, especially while I’m singing along with rock band, Boston or Madonna’s greatest hits!
Write out a to do list. Set small goals within what you need to clean. Tell yourself you need to clean a certain section before doing something else. You’ve got this.
Hire a professional organizer! They can help with time management as well as declutter and efficiently organize in such a way that tidying requires less effort and needs to be done less frequently.
Make it fun by playing some music and setting yourself a timer. Start with 15mins. You would be surprised what you can do. I.e washing up the plates in the sink.
Choose a small corner and tidy this. Its looking nice might motivate me to continue. Do small things immediately so that they don’t accumulate. I need to be a good example to my daughters.
Do it as your walking around the house! When you go to the kitchen to grab a drink, grab some trash or dishes from the room your in and take them with you! This helps get things clean, without focusing on cleaning.
Try to tidy up a little bit everyday, maybe at the end of the day. Put some music on. It can be only one song and tidy as much and as better as you can during that moment. I do that everyday: one song on the morning and one before sleep. It helps me, maybe it can help you too!
Open the windows and smell the fresh air. Look at your room and think that it only gets the fresh air when all is set appropriately. Start from tidying the clothes and closet. Then take all the dust from furniture and then take the vacuum. Tidy up a little bit and then take a look again if your beautiful space. Smile