Clean Home Roadmap

And I've been unpacking in my own mind this because it relates a lot to what's been going on in our house lately as well is this, this idea of keeping the house clean actually has like a pyramid of decisions and foundations that come before the cleanings.

One of the changes that's happened in our house, I don't think I've told you guys about this, but Elijah has taken on the responsibility of cleaning our house.

So he needed some additional money and Cal and I were just tired of doing it and we're happy to outsource for him to take on that role.

So that includes dusting, vacuuming, mopping the floors.

It includes what else did you do? Cleans all the bathrooms and showers and toilets.

he cleans the kitchen.

So the whole house gets a full clean when Elijah does it each weekend.

Now, one of the things that he said to me recently was, mom, it's so much easier to clean when you have kept the house tidy or when we have kept the house tidy.

He's not putting it all on me, but he was talking to me.

So when things are tidy and it's easier to clean.

I mean, of course, you know this as well.

You know that when the kitchen bench is clear, it's much easier to give it a spray and wipe it down.

You know that when the playroom is clear, the floor is clear, it's easier to give it a quick vacuum.

You know that when your bedroom is clear, it's easier to change the sheets.

Like you know from life experience that in order to clean, it's so much easier if you have tidied first.

And so what I'm going to do today is take you through this kind of pyramid where cleaning's at the top.

So you're saying, I want a house that looks and feels clean.

What does that require? Because each layer builds on top of the next.

And if you just go straight to my house is in chaos, but I want it to be clean.

A, you're not going to be able to clean very well, but you're also going to be quite frustrated because you're not going to be able to access the spots that you want to do it.

So even if you do manage to clean, it's going to take you longer and you're not going to have access to clean all the spaces that you want to.

And so you're never going to end up with a clean home if first you don't lay some of these foundations.

So I've written these down because I think it's really great to understand.

And what I hope it will help you to do is kind of work out like, oh, whereabouts am I in this pyramid? Whereabouts am I lacking? Where am I absolutely nailing it and succeeding? And the idea in this is as you layer each foundation, you spend less time doing it.

And I'll explain more about that as we go, because we don't want you to have to do like, I want to clean the bench and you've got like hours of homework to do.