Well, calm down. I don’t mean that in an upbeat, good mom sort of way. Cuz no way. That’s not it at all.
But do I love cleaning? Heck yeah! But only if the environment is perfect. That’s weird right? Naw brah. Hear me out. Picture it. You have a weekday off, the kids have all left for school, or wherever kids go now that the world is ending, and you’re alone. You’ve made a beautiful cup of piping hot coffee, with just the perfect amount of creamer in it. You’ve got your favorite binge show on, or favorite music playing……and……INSERT CLEANING! It is utterly therapeutic. I won’t go into how sometimes I actually make check lists to enhance the special moments. Yeah. I’m a freak. I always start in the kitchen, because it is the literal hub of the home. When you have 5 people in 1 home, you’re about to find 2,679 dishes in the most random of places and you’ll need a clean kitchen. Then living room. At this point I’ve washed 2 loads of laundry and I feel amazing.
Why is the environment so important for my cleaning ritual? Because if you’ve tried to clean with 3 kids following behind you depositing their crap on the clean spots….you know how useless it is. I literally try to get rid of my entire family for 24 hour periods so I can clean.
The only thing that makes cleaning better is when my bff and I have the day off together and we spend 6 hours talking on the phone cleaning. She cleans her house and I clean mine.
There are 2 times of the year that cleaning is absolutely the bees knees. The day I decorate for Halloween, and the day I decorate for Christmas. Although January 2nd is a good day too….the day all the holiday clutter goes away. Nothing like a goooooood deep clean day. And I always deep clean before I decorate.
So yeah. I love cleaning. Cleaning your home is super helpful in cleaning your brain and soul. Nothing helps me more when I am overwhelmed, than cleaning my home.
Super Cori 