The Relatives are Coming! Clean the House!

One thing that I’ve noticed over the years is that if we’re expecting out of town guests, I sure get motivated to get the house cleaned and organized. It works the same way if we’re planning a party. Amazingly, I can clean the house pretty fast.

That got me to thinking… how come I can’t stay that motivated all of the time? I would venture to guess it’s because I knew I didn’t have to. But, I sure do like the way the house looks when everything is fairly neat and orderly.

The more I thought about this, the more I realized I needed to declutter, and streamline my cleaning process. Over the past year, I have taken down a lot of little knick knacks that are only good for collecting dust, I had a garage sale and sold stuff that no longer was of use to me, I donated clothes I no longer wore, and the decorating stuff that I still liked, but didn’t match the decor, I boxed up and stored.

In the process of purging the house of needless “stuff”, I found that I began to feel less stress. I think the clutter was making me feel “weighed down”. Now when I clean, it’s so much easier and less time consuming. It also give me more time to concentrate on my hobbies, and spend more time with family and friends.

I’m enjoying this newly found freedom so much that I recently “repurged” my closet and am planning another garage sale in the next few months.

Bring on the relatives.