#156 - How to Clean the House When Everyone Is Inside It (Part 2)
The Lazy Genius Podcast
Kendra Adachi
4.8 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2020
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Last week, I shared ten principles of lived-in cleaning, but today, we’re diving into the specifics. Laundry, tidying, bathrooms, dusting and all the things. Just how do we keep our homes clean when everyone is in it all of the time? Let’s jump in.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, you're listening to the Lazy Genius Podcast. I'm Kendra Dachie and I'm here |
| 0:06.6 | to help you be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't. |
| 0:11.4 | Today's episode 156 and it's part two of our Little Miniseries how to clean the house |
| 0:17.4 | when everyone is inside it. Last week I shared 10 principles of lived in cleaning, so listen |
| 0:22.7 | to that episode if you haven't yet. It gives a great foundation for today's episode |
| 0:27.1 | where we will tackle some specifics. Laundry, tidying, bathrooms, dusting, and floors. |
| 0:34.6 | Let's jump in. |
| 0:36.8 | First up, laundry. I'm not sure why there's so much more than usual. Maybe it's the spring |
| 0:42.0 | weather for some of us. It's like cold in the morning, but warm in the afternoon, which |
| 0:46.5 | means lots of kid wardrobe changes, so many piles of pants. Maybe we're all outside |
| 0:52.1 | more in general and getting dirty more often. Or maybe the piles just feel larger, like |
| 0:58.4 | dirty piles and clean piles, because there's so much more to manage in the home than before. |
| 1:04.4 | So here are my laundry tips. First, do a laundry day. Your home. You're already there |
| 1:11.8 | all day. Choose one day a week and make it laundry day, for as long as everyone is at home. |
| 1:17.8 | Some of you have shared with me in the past your reluctance to do a laundry day because |
| 1:22.0 | it feels confining. Well, we are legitimately confined right now, so you might as well |
| 1:26.9 | lean into it. I have two entire episodes about how to create a laundry day that I will link |
| 1:32.7 | to in the show notes, but here are the quick benefits. One, you do it all in one day. |
| 1:39.8 | And then you don't think about it again for another week. Parays. Number two, you don't |
| 1:44.8 | do any other chores as much as possible on laundry day. It's just laundry day. So there's |
| 1:51.1 | no getting distracted and forgetting about a load that sits in the washer for seven hours. |
| 1:56.2 | Number three, everyone in the house can actually help your family gathers every dirty item |
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