Friday, August 22, 2008

Minimizing Housework

Always make it a habit to return everything in its place. Make sure members of your household do the same. You will need the cooperation of the people around you. I have learned that this can be a major issues with couples. If it would seem to be impossible to influence your spouse in this area, make sure to impart this habit to your children. This is something you can still do, even consider it a responsibility - have them form a good habits and they will be the ones to benefit in the long run.

If you and the members of your household do this on a daily basis, housework will be a tad easier for all of you, especially for the one who does the majority of work inside the house. It will be nice to know where exactly things are inside the house.

Do chores as the need arise. You do not need to wait until everything piles up. If you do the laundry in the weekend, you can load the washer before breakfast and after the meal you and the laundry is done, you would not even notice that you did the laundry at all. These eases things up as you get better at multi-tasking.

Always use labor saving gadgets whenever you can. They will really allow for you to save time. But you have to note not to overdo it. Like for instance, it would be a lot easier to chop an onion manually than using a processor that you would have to take apart and wash.

Big tasks should be done one at a time. You don't attempt to fix all the closets in your house in one day. One at a time, you do not need to frazzle yourself. Even as you would want to finish all the housework, you want it done in a less stressful manner as possible.

In planning chores throughout the week, always make sure to take time out for yourself, even a few hours. A day, if at all possible. Doing this allows you to recharge and get back the energy to a more efficient you.

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