HOW TO KEEP ROOM
CLEAN.
Get
into the habit of making your bed before you leave for the day. A messy bed can
make an otherwise clean room look messy. This small step can inspire you to
keep your room neat throughout the day. Throwing things on your bed is not
making it.
Get
an mp3 player,or a stereo and play music while you clean (as long as it won't
bother others).
It can help distract you from the task at hand, and it can make it more fun!
Keep food out of your room. As tempting as it
is to bring snacks in your room, all of those dirty dishes and wrappers can
mess up a room fast. If you absolutely must eat food in your room, bring dishes
back to the kitchen and throw all trash in the garbage when you are done. You
may also find it helpful to have your own trash can. Make sure that there are
no leftover crumbs! Crumbs can and will attract bugs like ants and cockroaches,
and bugs in a room is no joke!
Put
things back where they belong. This may seem like a simple rule but if you
follow it, you will never have to worry about your room being a disaster ever
again. If you don't have time, at least make a deal with yourself that you will
make sure everything is picked up before you go to bed. If you want to pick it
up sooner, pick things up after you use it. Or maybe, once a week you could
spend about an hour or so to make sure that your room is nice and clean and
organized for the next week. If this gets tiring, you will not want to have to
re-clean your room, and then you won't make a mess in the first place!
Maintain. Once a week, do a
simple maintenance cleaning. Dust off your desk, bookshelves, and other dusty surfaces.
Vacuum and sweep your floor. Wash your sheets. Maybe clean off windows.
Break
the habits that lead to filth
o This one is obvious: Putting clothes
on the floor instead of in the dirty cloths hamper.Buy a basket and every time you use
clothes put them in the basket. Then, every few days bring it to a washer.
o Tossing a book on the floor after
reading it instead of on the shelf. That's not getting you anywhere.
o Kicking off shoes onto the floor
instead of putting them away. Put shoes in one certain spot.
o Put your garbage in a garbage can,
everyone. I can't stress that enough. Don't just throw it out the window.
o Drinking something in the room and
leaving the cup on the desk. Read step 3.
o Throwing unwanted pillows on the
floor instead of putting them in the closet. Read step 1.
Remember,
lighting can make a room look even cleaner. Buy a few lamps, but don't overdo
it. 1 floor lamp and 2 desk lamps are plenty, and make sure your bulb gives off
a soft, white, fluorescent light.
Before
you go to bed, take aside a few minutes to pick up any dirty clothing or
wrappers you forgot to put away and make sure your room at least looks decent
before you settle into bed.
If
cleaning your room is hard for you to do, you "don't have time" or
you just are too lazy to, get a friend to come over and help you with it. Then you can have
fun while doing the job!
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