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A great tip I got was to daily, scrub you toilet bowI, just with the brush. I do this in the morning every day after I use the toilet. This takes all of 10 seconds to scrub up under the entire rim and in the bowl (you are in there anyway). By doing this daily, your weekly clean goes very quickly and you consume far less cleaning fluid.
Those little habits of cleaning the sink when you're done or putting a towel away fall into the 1 minute rule. If something will take me under a minute to do, I do it right then. Because 1 minute is a negligible amount of time plus if left it will take longer to do later.
OMG! Krist Yu, You made my day. You gave this very busy woman many new, fresh ideas--and old reminders! I am ordering a few items that you suggested. I have been looking at Marie Kondo's organizing tips, and going through her book. I need to downsize and simplify. Your ideas are both simple, aesthetically pleasing, and very doable each day. PS: I *do* make my bed every morning and hang my towels neatly after showering (patting myself on the back). I cannot wait to dig into the rest of your videos. 🙂
I love your sink and how this is matching perfectly and is under the furniture margins (i do not know what is the right word in English, sorry) We are redesigning the kitchen and looking for a good model of sink that is under the table of furniture. How your was done? Is it so beautiful ! Many thanks
Thanks you for these videos . I grown up without any guidance from parents. I seek knowledge on my own , and now with UA-cam i always try to watch video to know how to manage my lifestyle. I am struggling with housework. I hope you also produce video about how to wash stain clothes, period underwear, sock ,etc. How to fold clothes and iron clothes? Many things !
I follow the rule “never leave a room empty handed”. Picking up small items as you leave a room (like a water cup or some socks on the floor) and putting them where they need to be is so simple. It also doesn’t give that anxious feeling of having to clean and then procrastinating. No overthinking, just one or two small items. It really does wonders. You just have to find systems that work for you! Loved this video
Growing up I was taught to just clean as I go (I.e. cleaning the sink after use, throwing away trash after it’s created etc.) and I’m forever thankful for it. I find I can quickly “deep clean” my home as often as I need without taking all day because there is never anything out of place. I can understand it being a difficult habit for one who wasn’t raised this way but that’s the biggest tip I can give anybody.
It sounds easy But it isn't.. One is always stressed.. This way.. Nd finding out faults in others this way... I. Despise.... People too Clean conscious.. Stress is in the air... 😉😁
@@TM15HAKRN It's not about stress or finding faults it's about doing your part. When one lives in a house it's their responsibility to clean up after themselves, something one is taught at a small age. Nobody is saying that being obsessively clean is normal, but doing mundane and basic tasks such as putting things back where it belongs or washing dishes is something everyone should do.
I was raised like this too! I’m a little neurotic about things being clean and in place, so cleaning immediately has reduced my cleaning anxiety manifold.
I appreciate you pointing out not everyone is raised this way. I had never heard of cleaning as you go and didn’t even notice other people did it until one friend actually pointed out the reason why her house is clean all the time was that’s what she did. I then watched her cook and was blown away as she would spill and wipe it up immediately rather than waiting till the end of the cooking experience when it was dried on and more exhausting to remove. She did the same with the tools she used to cook with she didn’t wait and let them pile up in the sink she washed them as she went and even reuse the same tools and multi-tasked cooking staples for a few freezer meals so to make fewer dishes over all and save hours of time. 🤯
1. Check produce daily 2. Mini bin for chopping 3. Splatter screen for frying food 4. Put paper away instantly 5. Add tiny wheels to large items to help move them while cleaning 6. Fold plastic bags into triangles 7. Gather and toss hair right away 8. Put towels away properly 9. Wipe spills around the sink right away 10. Quickly tip-off any product you use from bottles
These types of videos make me feel safe and calm for some reason. I hate messy surroundings but I’m not a tidy person so I’m always stressed out haha thx for inspiring me
My biggest tip is that if you’ve been struggling with your mental health and keeping up with cleaning your space, it’s ok to take un-aesthetic and sometimes what feel like wasteful shortcuts while you work on healing. Can’t deal with piling dishes? Buy premade/frozen and/or use disposable plates. Can’t be bothered with lining up those baby bottles? Buy a bin and toss the clean ones in with reckless abandon. Anything you can do to simplify the process and create tiny victories…and let go of perfection.
@@sammoulsdale701 I absolutely 100% understand how this advice, out of context, would seem “reckless” and “lazy”! It’s about choosing feasible alternative habits/use of personal resources in order to increase one’s success rate.
I work in an office and handle the mail every morning. I started, not just recycling unwanted junk mail, but also either emailing or returning the mail to that company asking them to remove the address from their mailing/advertisement list or unsubscribe. I've been doing it for months now and barely get any junk mail at my job anymore. I've done that with my personal address as well and it's worked wonders.
I've done that for MANY years now. It only took one time cleaning out the nasty, stinky, slimy hair clogged drain to prompt me to find a better way to manage the hair. Now it's my primary mission to prevent ANY hair from going down the drain and this is the easiest way I've found.
same! the easiest way to spend less time going through mail is to have less of it 🙌 I’ve called companies and asked them to stop sending mail addressed to a previous resident that’s no longer there
1 .I always put things away after using them so I never have to tidy up. 2. I rotate my cleaning jobs each week. One week strip the bed, clean sinks and bathrooms, one week all dusting and hoovering, so things definitely get done at least once a fortnight. 3. I make it a rule to do everything imperfectly 4. I use a dust buster or a carpet sweeper to keep floors free from bits …this means the house always looks vaguely tidy and clean.
My partner picks a day for everything, eg Wednesdays he does floors. I’ve tried to do that but when it comes round to it I don’t want to 😅 I like your idea - gives a lot more time and takes pressure off yourself no to have to clean every single day.
I need to work on number 3. If I cant do it perfect by my standard I would postpone it or just not do it. I have clutter on my coffee table for weeks now..
@@vanessasmith6925Yeah, same. I once heard "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing poorly," and I'm trying to implement. Otherwise it just keeps getting put off forever.
When my room is messy I just grab a box and put every item in there, so the room looks clean. Then I give every item out of this box their true home. This makes it so much more tangible.
This is a good video, Krist. I'm elderly so I tend to look at these tasks differently. I delight in doing most of them. When I was in college, I had a friend in a powerful job who, when stressed, like to clean his home. He said that he felt he had complete control over these little tasks, and somehow that made returning to the bigger world of work easier. As I aged, I began to understand. Life is like a joyous dance: enjoy the easy steps to get ready for the challenges. Blessings.
Sparkle, I love this. I delight every day that I still have the capability of doing chores. I just thought of that recently, but it’s true. I’m not getting any younger and my body doesn’t easily get up and down from the floor to Clean things like baseboards and the base of the toilet or the far side of the tub. So I am grateful that I can still do so many things.
A friend of mine recently told me about the “broken window” system. Based on the Broken Window Theory in crime policy (fixing small things like graffiti and littering leads to a decrease in crime), you can apply it to your home too. Identify which few messy situations really make you feel bad when you see them. For me it’s kitchen counters with crumbs/debris on, dirty dishes and lumpy/crooked sofa cushions. But I don’t really care about floors being super clean or windows and mirrors not being polished, for example. So I just focus on those things that make me feel worse, and in no time the place looks great. Also KC Davies in her book “How to keep house while drowning” she talks about rather than “cleaning” which can be endless, focus on “resetting the space” in whatever way makes sense for you. I find these tips really helpful to be more *emotionally* efficient with cleaning, which is just as if not more important than being functionally efficient.
I got really into decluttering and cleaning in 2020….once you start, there’s less to do each day because the cleaning is so minimal. Because it was cleaned the last time you used whatever you’re about to use. I’m doing this thing called “picking up after myself” and my mother should be so proud hahah! 😂 “Don’t put it down, put it away”.
With decluttering, you end up creating a place for items to be. Then it’s easy to put them away. Decluttering can be a big job, but it can also be approached in tiny actions throughout the day.
Seriously, Chelsea, especially for those of us who live in humid climates! It’s not attractive, but I drape my towel over the edge of the tub after I shower. Then I can hang it up later in the day.
So glad to learn from you about maintaining my produce drawer. What a beautiful excellent way to think of the produce compartment as a garden since the produce is alive. Caring for and examining it every day ensures its use, helping to inspire meal planning, and to prevent a transfer of forgotten vegetables to a composting bin. So often I have forgotten to check my produce drawer and have wasted so much time, effort, and cash. This is a very valuable tip. I just finished carrying out your tip and now have my own indoor garden to tend and cherish. Thank you so much. Blessings.
Excellent ideas. Here’s my kitchen tip - line the bottom of your microwave (and regular oven) with parchment paper. Leave it there to catch oven drips and when you microwave something that might splash just put it under the parchment paper which is already there. Replace only when it’s dirty. Voila clean microwave.
Fair question …I was a little skeptical too until I tried it. I can attest I’ve had my oven to 375 degree for a hour once a week to bake and parchment paper (make certain it’s labeled parchment paper) doesn’t burn … it does get browned and after a month or so gets fragile and crisp so replace it then.
I give myself 30minutes each day to get chores done. It doesn't seem as overwhelming when I know it's only 30minutes. And I also end up getting more done because I'm on the clock lol
I do the same thing! And because there’s a certain amount of time versus a particular task, if the main parts of my house are clean on a particular day, then I consider what else I can do for part of my cleaning/organizing time - maybe clean out my car… Or clean out my purse… Etc.!
If I’m not motivated to do chores, I set a timer for 15 minutes and tell myself that’s all I “have” to do. I like completing against the clock to see how much I can do. Usually I get so much done that I reset the timer for more rounds, often room by room.
PSA: a bag isn't needed to exit the store after purchase. Especially if you have 1 or 2 items. You can carry that out without using a bag. I see too many people put a single item THAT HAS A HANDLE in a bag. The 1st of the 3 Rs is REDUCE!
In Ireland you have to pay for a bag so it's common to see people stacking stuff in their arms and hesitantly carrying them out to the car. Nobody wants to buy a bag if they can help it.
Stores haven’t had bags for years where I live. It’s actually a law. Some stores offer paper bags but you have to pay .50 cents to $1 for them and they aren’t strong enough to carry groceries in lol So everyone carries reusable bags or bins with handles.
I have a list on my phone of 2 minute tasks like put a load of laundry on, empty the dishwasher, take out the trash etc. I work from home so throughout the day when I take a break from sitting at my desk (especially if using the Pomodoro technique of 20 minutes focus followed by 2 minutes break), the tasks are a good way to get up and move, and also do something useful that’s automatic and doesn’t require thinking. It breaks up the work day and also gets those little jobs done hardly without any effort.
Something I've done is to keep cleaning supplies in areas where they are often used instead of just one location in the house. I have spray cleaner and a roll of paper towels in the laundry room where the litter box lives. It's easy to wipe off the washer and dryer as needed and wipe around the litter box. There is also a waste basket nearby for dryer lint and used paper towels. Other cleaning supply stations are under the bathroom sink, under the kitchen sink, and in the basement near the utility sink. I'm more likely to spray and wipe if I don't have to leave the area to retrieve cleaning supplies.
I have 5 Windex spray bottles. Car, bath, kitchen … couple times a year I buy a refill. Sometimes I need a new spray. I buy the biggesprayglass cleaner and top off all bottles
Me too. I go one step further and keep a featherweight vacuum and swiffer in a closet on each floor so that I don't have an excuse why the floors are not dust free. If the cleaning products and tools are close by, it makes the job easier to do.
Something that changed my life: DRYING THE SINK. Literally taking the towel that you probably already picked up to dry your hands and wipe around the sink and tap until it's dry after use. Takes about 5 seconds and basically prevents me from needing to clean the sink very often at all, at most every couple months, because the limescale and water marks don't build up! 🎉🎉
@@kristimeyers2221 I use a Swedish dishcloth (sponge) for drying around the faucet & such. I bought a 10-pack of them almost a year ago and I think they may last me forever lol. I've only used 4 of them, which I toss in the washing machine & they come out like new. If you try those, you'll never go back to washcloths or towels for wiping off counters, etc. I do use a towel, but only for drying hands.
This girl has got it DOWN. These are pretty much all things I do daily and they make a big difference. I’m so glad someone created a video showing everything that I can save!! 😊 I will be implementing some of these tips and that litter box looks brilliant and that over the door scraps bin looks amazing I need one
The cleaning cloths in the bathroom are such a good idea. For water splashes I use a piece of tissue or toilet paper to wipe up around the sink after every use and it sure makes a difference. Having designated areas for things (ie: toothpaste goes in the cup with the toothbrushes and not on the counter), and hanging clothing up or putting it in the hamper as soon as you take it off: these things keep me from losing control of the place. I need one of those over the cabinet bins, but for now, I always lay out a piece of paper towel, or a plate, to catch scraps. Small things but they help so much.
Thank you Kris for two new tips -- putting cloth liner on the ref's vege section and placing a small dry fabric on the toilet sink for everyone to wipe dry the top!
Ok just another tip for those whose hair falls a lot and do not feel comfortable sticking it to the wall... My tactic is to actually roll the strands and clumps into balls in between my palms and put them somewhat aside (where I can see them but also out of my way) so that I can pick it up and throw it into a bin. I used to do the wall tactic but found out that turning them into balls is neater and a bit easier when you take into account the slight hassle of removing it from the tiles to begin with. Hope this helps :)
I do something similar, but I just leave my hair fall around the drain. When I'm just about done in the shower, I use my foot to rub the hair in a circular motion until a ball forms and I drag it away from the drain. I usually pick it up later when it's somewhat dried and resembles a tumbleweed. 😄
Omg same exact thing for me, I used to stick it to the wall, but now I just gather it in my hand and roll it into a ball and toss it up out of the shower and onto the floor, then it goes immediately into the bin. Works for me. Otherwise you're fighting to get that last elusive strand that just torments you as it moves around on the tile. Also, similarly, with bags I have a less time consuming and less visually pleasing method which is to take the bottom, hold onto it with one hand, then with the other hand gather and wrap it aroud the bottom as though it were string or twine. It gets the air out, and then just tuck the handles into the hole and it should stay a nice little ball.
I always brush my hair before going in the shower but still have loads of shed hair to deal with either way 😆 I’m also autistic and haaaaate the feeling of a loose strand of hair stuck to my body somewhere (and I always know… worst superpower) so I feel like I spend half the time in there wrangling my shed hair, and those suckers are going straight on the wall and getting off my body. My tactic is to wait until the end of my shower (or sometimes also at an intermediate point if the looming wall-hair is getting a bit too much), then swirl it all together into a ball (this catches almost all of the stragglers determined to live forever on the wall - just keep swirling until you catch them all… somehow I’ve made this into both a Finding Nemo and Pokemon reference), and throw it away (I’ve actually been flushing the hairballs, but this seems like not the best choice now I’m thinking about it out loud, and I probably need to get a little bathroom bin and find it a home…). Then at the end of my shower I rinse the wall down to get rid of any conditioner residue… and then I have a bonus tip! 💡 Get yourself a shower squeegee - you can either get ones that are like a big Y shape with a gap in the middle you can put over your shower head (or I’ll sometimes put it over the end of my shower bar control dial things), or flat ones that hang off the edge of the shower (which look a lot more sleek and minimalist tbh) - just make sure it’s something you can comfortably grab and use with wet hands. Right after grabbing a towel to wrap around 1. me and 2. my hair, my final shower step (after dealing with the wall-hair monster) is to get the squeegee and sluice all the water off the two tiled walls and then glass wall of my shower, then the floor, and scoot all that water into the drain (I have a walk-in shower and technically a “wet room” bathroom). It’s maybe a 30 second habit I guess, but once it becomes automatic you don’t even think about it and it’s just a thing you do when you shower. The benefit is the whole room dries out a LOOOOOT quicker than if you left it all wet, and it drastically reduces any kind of humidity/condensation/damp/mould issue in the bathroom, or in your home more generally*… plus it means you have to do dramatically less full-on *cleaning* in your shower/bathroom! Between rinsing the walls and floor (or bathtub/shower cubicle floor) and then squeegeeing them straight after, you don’t have any leftover soap/product residue, and no dried on water marks with drips/streaks/runs etc, so it’s a double bonus tip 😀 * I should add that I live in the UK - if you live somewhere with low humidity then maybe your shower dampness is a good thing that you don’t want to get rid of quickly 😂. I lived in my previous flat for 10 years - a Victorian terrace conversion, where each original “unit” (behind one front door) was sub-divided into 4 separate flats with paper-thin dividing walls (2 upstairs, 2 downstairs), and not enough ventilation to deal with 4 separate bathrooms and kitchens, so between that and overflowing gutters full of leaves/moss/etc and insufficient building maintenance to deal with those things or repointing the mortar between the bricks in the wall or repairing the flashing to stop the torrents of rain runoff from getting in through the walls, I definitely had an issue with condensation and mould. A simple shower squeegee isn’t going to solve all those problems, but when I started doing this it definitely helped reduce the part of the issue I had any control over. I’ve lived in a flat that I own for the past 3 years, in a new building so it has none of the same problems I was dealing with before, but I’m now more motivated to take care of preventing any issues that might either be expensive to fix or deteriorate over time (and reducing necessary cleaning time/effort is always a goal) 😅 (in both my current flat and my previous one I don’t/didn’t have a window in my bathroom - just a ceiling ventilation/extractor fan)
My grandfather taught me to fold the plastic bags into these triangles when I was a little girl. I was so pleased to see this hack in your video ☺️ until today he was the only person I knew to do this
The way you divided these up in categories was brilliantly. The grease splatter and mini wheels are life changers. Thank you, so glad this was recommended
I roll up my used bags into a ball. First straighten bag lengthwise, then wrap it around my fingers and tuck end into opening after fingers are removed. Neat small bag balls!
My grandmother would always tell me to do all the cleaning up work immediately and the best tip was to keep everything at place (keep it wherever you've taken it out from),it also helps in remembering where you've kept some thing.
I would love to see how you store your skincare and makeup! My husband and I have our skincare all stored on the sink but I would love a different solution 🥲
I thought I was the only one that stuck her hair to the wall to then grab it with toilet paper. It was so surprising to hear other girls did that too! Thanks for the tips!
i’ve been doing that as long as i can think and i thought everyone did that but the other day i forgot it on the wall after showering at my mom‘s house and she was like "what‘s happening there??", turns out she has never done that or heard of it before
Really nice tips and I would like to give you one :). I noticed while chopping the red onion your cutting board moved. Put some wet kitchenpaper under it to keep it from sliding. Will be a much safer board to use then!
Such great tips, simple but refreshing. Not the usual tips we've seen a thousand times on UA-cam, I actually learnt a lot of things from you, even though I'm already a neat and organised person (for ex, I've done #9 since years ago, it's a game changer. Think about it : If you clean the countertops of your kitchen after every use, why not the bathroom's??) . Thanks !!!
Forming good habits like this is so helpful! Maintenence is super important and means your space looks much better in between big cleans. It's hard to do when you live with others that don't have the same habits, but the small things still make a difference. :) Great vid!
I finally had to move out of my house and into my own apartment because my best friend and his son, who I lived with, have a different mindset about cleaning and clutter than I do (I’m being very polite).
06:01 Bring reusable bags always on the go. 06:40 Gather hair, toss when you see it on shower walls or floor, right away. 07:18 Fold towels before you place on rack. 07:55 Wipe water spills around, on sink right away. 08:40 Tip off any excess from spout.
I have another tip to add. I put my everyday care product on the middle shelf of the bathroom cabinet. I gathered the ones I use the most into a single organizer. So when I use them, I just open the cabinet, use the bottle and immediately put it back in its place and close the cabinet. This way, it doesn't get all messy and I always find the product I want very fast. And I put the backups to another shelf.
seeing this video having a whole section about how to store plastic bags makes me remember that in the US plastic bags arent completely gone like they are in my part of canada. as much as im glad we did something to help the environment i cant lie and say i dont miss them so much sometimes. they were so useful for garbage bins, cat litter boxes, etc. you basically cant buy a bag for your garbage can that has handles anymore for some reason so they always just end up falling out of my bin because i cant attach them to the "handle spot" if that makes sense. how i miss my bag of bags under my kitchen counter. :(
It doesn’t matter how many times I hear “deal with your paperwork on the spot” it’s never sunk in, but what you suggest looks doable, particularly working out a strategy ahead of time for each type of paper that comes in. the stamp roller to cover up my personal info idea was a bonus. I didn’t know they existed, so I just ordered one 🤣-it means the shredder can go back to the home office instead of sitting near the front door taking up space!
I keep papers, including credit card offers (thieves love these!) in a bag, which, when full, I bring to Staples. They have secure shredding bins on site. For $1/pound of paper, problem of sensitive paper disposal is solved.
I have been doing the hair-sticking on the shower wall for years and always thought I was soo weird. Probably still am but now I know I am not alone. 🥰
Wow. I’ve had a splatter screen for YEARS and I never knew what it was?? I don’t even remember buying it tbh to tell you how long I had it… thanks to you I’ll now put it to good use omg😭🙏🏾
Just came across your channel. I really liked the calm and to-the-point manner, beautiful and minimalistic environment, and of course your practical tips. Thanks a lot, it gave me something to tick as useful for me too, plus a general feeling of serenity and order. Good luck and more inspiration for future!
You can also use a plastics hairbrush to go through your hair with the conditioner. That way loose hair will catch in the brush and you don't mess up your tiles with hair.
Finally, I am not alone in habit#7!!! Hair on the shower wall is one of the greatest ways to eliminate shower issues or mess. I am sending this video to those who making fun of me :D
Love the plastic bag triangle idea! I use reusable bags for shopping but I keep a couple of plastic bags at home just in case. The triangles save so much space and look way better! Thank you for sharing
I'm super late but another tip for shower hair is: brush your hair before hopping in the shower, or get a plastic brush to use in place of your fingers in the shower! It seriously reduces the hair stuck in your fingers/body and shower
I do the hair to the wall thing. It’s so much easier, cleaning it out of the drain kind of freaks me out. I can’t wait to try some of these, and build a habit of a few!!!
These are some of the most practical tips I have heard in a long time! Thank you! I have been doing the same hair trick in the shower for awhile now. Glad to hear I am not the only one! 💜
I love the cat box on wheels idea! No one ever wants to clean that area and touch the litter box. This is a quick and easy solution! Thanks so much! 😻👍🏻💕
I finally got rid of my 30-year old gas range & bought a new one. The new one, for some reason I can't figure out, splatters grease like crazy all over the place when you cook anything. I'm using the same cast iron skillets I've always used, but the grease splatter is insane. I tried the metal screen but the grease went right through it. Even burned my arm. It's like this new range is just possessed. I'm now using a silicone splatter screen which actually works! It eliminates the splatter, and it's pretty easy to clean. Just in case anyone else has a splatter-crazy range like I have.
After I have my daily shower, I always clean the tub by spraying it with liquid detergent and washing it down so the bathtub is always clean. I also spray my toilet bowl after my bowel movements. I wash the sink after brushing my teeth. General cleaning is done to different parts of the bathroom once a week. I think the two most important places to keep clean is the kitchen and bathroom.
Paper is the enemy in my household. I'm on top of that more than anything else because those piles accumulate quickly. I've set up a shredder near the door and immediately get rid of the junk. I battled paper piles for years and this new habit is ingrained into my routine. It's made a huge difference. Also, I've replaced cloth towels in my powder room with paper towels in a nice holder. It may not meet architectural digest standards but it's more hygienic, especially when you have guests. There are only four clean sides with cloth towels and nobody wants to be the fifth person looking for the dry spot.
New sub. I do most of these things, if for no other reason than to save my sanity. I took care of my elderly father, a packrat/hoarder, for over ten years. I was not allowed to throw anything out, making cleaning around stuff quite frustrating. My last roommates had so much crap over every flat surface, cleaning floors, sinks, tables, and counters was impossible. And extremely stressful! On my own, I follow many of what you suggested. Stuff does not get left behind, or left out, and empty containers are rinsed/crushed, and thrown out. The sense of calm and peace is heavenly.
i put plastic bags in a bigger open glas jar. for me this is the best system, because the glas jar prevents them to spread out and i don't have to fold them. but it works best for thinner and smaller plastic bags. but i think you could use the bigger plastic bags as trash bags.
I also fold my plastic bags into triangles. A teeny weeny shortcut I do before starting to fold them in triangles is to first fold 1/3 of the whole length in then press out the air. This saves a few seconds IMO of folding them up as well as unfolding them later on
A great tip is to have a squeegee in your shower, wether it’s a walk in glass door shower or tub. After you shower just push down the water drops left around it and bonus if you have a daily shower cleaner that your spray in there. This helps to keep away access moisture that can grow mold and fungus which can cause health and hygiene problems. It’ll only cost you a few bucks, only take about 3 extra minutes but it’ll save you from so many nasty and dangerous situations forming in the place where you go to get your body clean.
After I dry myself off, I use my towel to dry off the tiled shower walls & tub corners. I rarely have to scrub those walls, a chore hate. It keeps the humidity level down in the bathroom as well. I hang the towel over the shower curtain rod to dry while I’m at work.
I already do a number of these daily habits and there are a number of tips I could share. However, one tip that I think might benefit you and others is to help decrease hair shedding in the shower. I always brush my hair before I wash it. If you can use a brush with the "nodules" on the pins, even better. Just remember to gently brush from the scalp to the ends and this will help avoid tangles and give your scalp a massage at the same time. Yes, I know, it makes hair go fluffy but then you're going to be washing it anyway! 😊
8:25 tip: keep a cup [from Tim Horton's or McDonalds or the like] to rinse the sink instead of throwing water around with your hands. Much easier and works better : )
Although we have done with single use plastic bags in Canada, there are businesses who still offer to put your purchases into a bag. My favourite way to store plastic bags is to stuff them into an empty tissue box. Yes, stuff them in … surprisingly when you attempt to pull out a single bag, that is exactly what you get … one bag. The tissue boxes of bags can be piled one on top of the other if necessary. When you go grocery shopping, the tissue box fits nicely on the seat where a toddler would sit.
I like to keep cleaning supplies and rags in each room of the house, if it's right there I am more likely to do a quick cleaning right then and there if I have the supplies ready. I also gather my hair on the shower wall and throw it away after my shower. A good tip that I use to keep my shower clean in between deep cleanings, is I keep a sponge wand with vinegar and dish soap in the wand. In the shower maybe like once a week I just use that to scrub my shower and I rinse it. It has really helped me.
I loose an awful lot of hair, I’m surprised I’m not bald. I’ve started doing the same thing when I wash my hair, mainly because of my husband complaining about blocked plug holes. For years now I’ve combed my hair by a window or outdoors and hopefully the birds will make good use of my hair for their nests.
One of the best tips I ever got for a tidy home was having a dirty laundry hamper in every room. I went from sorting 7 people's laundry to the sanity of bringing one load of laundry from and back to a room for the clothes owner to put away. As the kids got older, now they (thankfully) completely do all their own laundry.
I grew up in a strict-ish household, and my Guardians (At the time) made it a habit to always wash what we put in the sink. It would work like this: If you have a dirty cup and plate (or whatever else) carry it to the sink as soon as you are done, and wash it immediately. After cleaning the dishes you used, wipe down the counters from whatever mess was made before, and from whatever water was spilt during washing. I can assure you guys that this habit has made the kitchen look much better, and maybe you can use it in your everyday life.
The shower-hair thing is real! I've done that for forever, just made it a habit to take it when it comes out conditioning and throw it away when I get out---glad to see I'm not alone in finding that sometimes simplicity is the best lol
I use a flat drain/sink strainer and when the water starts to rise, I pick out the hair (which is usually neatly stuck in the drainer in a circle) and stick that to the bathtub so I can throw it away when getting out of the tub. I like this more than sticking hair to the tiles as some hair gets stuck in the drainer anyway and getting long strings of hair off the wall is way more work than the small circle shaped bunch of hair.
sometimes it's good to have only 1 thing for something. like a silicon spatula, a whisk and similar. i know i only have one whisk, so when i'm baking (which is quite often), i wash it just with some water if i need to use it for something else. and it works great. i also had only one silicon spatula for years (until i accidentaly melted it in a pot). now i have 2, but they both are not as good as the first one. and i think it was easier to only have one! now when one gets dirty, i'm searching for the other- first i look in the drawer, then i look in the dishwasher, then i look at the drying rack next to the sink and maybe in the sink? when i only had one, i knew where it was and that i had to wash it before using it for something else! now i'm wasting time searching for the other spatula :D
A tip that has really helped me stay clean and not overwhelmed is to clean 5-10 mins per day. Nothing more. Part of the dread and overwhelm I feel is when my list of cleaning to do starts to grow as I organise my place; I’ll do one task and then pick up 1-3 along the way, which then derail me. It’s the backfiring of “if it takes less than 1 min, do it now” strategy that some books claim to be a holy grail lol. So now, I discipline myself to do a set time of cleaning, or number of tasks and write down what I saw and want to get done for tomorrow. That way, I stay sane and my place stays clean!
I absolutely believe in the power of using a timer! If you are not familiar, please check The Organised Mum Method (TOMM). Her cleaning system could work for your lifestyle.
Sticky pulley wheels??? 🤯 Going to get some asap! For the hair issue - brush your hair before you shower and it will greatly reduce the amount of hair coming out in the shower. Thank you for the tips!
I was only raised on chores including dishes and vacuuming, it was a drag and I would always do the bare minimum and here I am now struggling to keep myself in order as an adult trying to teach myself how to be responsible.
I´m glad that I knew most of the tricks shown.I hate profound cleaning so keeping those habits on a daily basis allows me to avoid cleaning that frequently. Thanks!!
ive been doing these habits for a long time im glad you made videos about it cause it really does help, simple habits like these wierdly help with mental health also, idk how but when i was confused and depressed with my life i wouldnt even brush my hair or get up and drink water let alone keep everything clean and tidy, small things like this can help little by little
its kind of cool as a person trying to prepare for adulthood (even though I'm nowhere close to it yet) to watch these videos and see how my mom has already instilled some of these habits into me such as washing out toothpaste and things in the sink as well as around it, putting a top on a pan when cooking, and using a mini bin when cooking :D
I wipe down and swish the toilet every day, it never gets smelly and is always company ready. Once a week I do the outside of it too. Never have a gross toilet. Great video! Thank you! Subscribing now!
Tip for hair in the shower. I bought a little plastic trash/ recycling can from the dollar store. It’s a little bigger than a soda can and it has a flip lid on it. I put the hair from the drain into it at the end of every shower and I empty it every couple of days/ once a week
I keep a washcloth folded up on my bathroom sink to use to wipe the sink area after each use. As a reminder to me that that’s what I use it for I use an odd color washcloth, one that I don’t use to wash with. 🤗 that’s my little contribution. I found this video very helpful.
I keep a microfiber cloth hanging next to my hand towel in the bathroom (and one on a wire stand next to the kitchen sink) for wiping down the sink and countertop. When it gets a little dirty, I wash it right in the sink, with hand soap, and hang up to dry.
Ooo! I do the bag folding thing! People always looking at me like I’m crazy. Wasting my time folding a plastic bag haha. I love the splatter net! And the wheels and the hair trick! Definitely will try
I prevent that ugly black along the bottom of the vanity mirror by having the hand towel immediately beside me to dry my hands before I turn the water off. That way there's never any water to splash on the mirror to cause that black that happens behind the lower mirror. Or you can hide it with a frame, but I've lived in my home now soon-to-be 17 years, and I don't have that problem because of the habit I've formed. I absolutely love your idea with the stick-on wheels for appliances, etc. Thank you very much for providing the link.🤗 This is my first time to your channel. GREAT video. I'll be back.😘
Thank you so much for this Krist 🤗 you’ve touched upon things that I thought only drifted into my mind like ‘what to do with plastic bags’ 😮💨😅 really appreciate videos like this 🤓 tidying/cleaning helps my mental health so much: the clean, minimal/clutter free space brings about calm and peace to my mind as i see the home as a reflection of an individual’s mental space. These cleaning habits/tips will be implemented into my daily routine 🥳
my main chores that i do everyday are sweeping and mopping the floor. for some reason when i see and feel that the floors are all clean, i get the motivation to clean everything else as well
Hi everyone :)
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A great tip I got was to daily, scrub you toilet bowI, just with the brush. I do this in the morning every day after I use the toilet. This takes all of 10 seconds to scrub up under the entire rim and in the bowl (you are in there anyway). By doing this daily, your weekly clean goes very quickly and you consume far less cleaning fluid.
Those little habits of cleaning the sink when you're done or putting a towel away fall into the 1 minute rule. If something will take me under a minute to do, I do it right then. Because 1 minute is a negligible amount of time plus if left it will take longer to do later.
OMG! Krist Yu, You made my day. You gave this very busy woman many new, fresh ideas--and old reminders! I am ordering a few items that you suggested. I have been looking at Marie Kondo's organizing tips, and going through her book. I need to downsize and simplify. Your ideas are both simple, aesthetically pleasing, and very doable each day. PS: I *do* make my bed every morning and hang my towels neatly after showering (patting myself on the back). I cannot wait to dig into the rest of your videos. 🙂
I love your sink and how this is matching perfectly and is under the furniture margins (i do not know what is the right word in English, sorry)
We are redesigning the kitchen and looking for a good model of sink that is under the table of furniture. How your was done? Is it so beautiful !
Many thanks
Thanks you for these videos . I grown up without any guidance from parents. I seek knowledge on my own , and now with UA-cam i always try to watch video to know how to manage my lifestyle. I am struggling with housework. I hope you also produce video about how to wash stain clothes, period underwear, sock ,etc. How to fold clothes and iron clothes? Many things !
I follow the rule “never leave a room empty handed”. Picking up small items as you leave a room (like a water cup or some socks on the floor) and putting them where they need to be is so simple. It also doesn’t give that anxious feeling of having to clean and then procrastinating. No overthinking, just one or two small items. It really does wonders. You just have to find systems that work for you! Loved this video
loveee this
Oh I do this one too. We have stairs so I always place anything to go upstairs on the staircase ready and waiting for my next trip!
@@franceshanna3724 I do the same with things that go downstairs
A super-good idea! So simple. Thank you.
THIS!! Great rule!
Growing up I was taught to just clean as I go (I.e. cleaning the sink after use, throwing away trash after it’s created etc.) and I’m forever thankful for it. I find I can quickly “deep clean” my home as often as I need without taking all day because there is never anything out of place. I can understand it being a difficult habit for one who wasn’t raised this way but that’s the biggest tip I can give anybody.
It sounds easy
But it isn't..
One is always stressed.. This way.. Nd finding out faults in others this way...
I. Despise.... People too
Clean conscious..
Stress is in the air... 😉😁
@@TM15HAKRN It's not about stress or finding faults it's about doing your part. When one lives in a house it's their responsibility to clean up after themselves, something one is taught at a small age. Nobody is saying that being obsessively clean is normal, but doing mundane and basic tasks such as putting things back where it belongs or washing dishes is something everyone should do.
Im already old but started doing this and teaching my kids and at the end of the day seeing my house clean has helped me with anxiety a lot.
I was raised like this too! I’m a little neurotic about things being clean and in place, so cleaning immediately has reduced my cleaning anxiety manifold.
I appreciate you pointing out not everyone is raised this way. I had never heard of cleaning as you go and didn’t even notice other people did it until one friend actually pointed out the reason why her house is clean all the time was that’s what she did. I then watched her cook and was blown away as she would spill and wipe it up immediately rather than waiting till the end of the cooking experience when it was dried on and more exhausting to remove. She did the same with the tools she used to cook with she didn’t wait and let them pile up in the sink she washed them as she went and even reuse the same tools and multi-tasked cooking staples for a few freezer meals so to make fewer dishes over all and save hours of time. 🤯
1. Check produce daily
2. Mini bin for chopping
3. Splatter screen for frying food
4. Put paper away instantly
5. Add tiny wheels to large items to help move them while cleaning
6. Fold plastic bags into triangles
7. Gather and toss hair right away
8. Put towels away properly
9. Wipe spills around the sink right away
10. Quickly tip-off any product you use from bottles
These types of videos make me feel safe and calm for some reason. I hate messy surroundings but I’m not a tidy person so I’m always stressed out haha thx for inspiring me
Same feeling
Sameee 🫠
Same
Same!!!
Saaaaaaaaame 🤣😩
My biggest tip is that if you’ve been struggling with your mental health and keeping up with cleaning your space, it’s ok to take un-aesthetic and sometimes what feel like wasteful shortcuts while you work on healing. Can’t deal with piling dishes? Buy premade/frozen and/or use disposable plates. Can’t be bothered with lining up those baby bottles? Buy a bin and toss the clean ones in with reckless abandon. Anything you can do to simplify the process and create tiny victories…and let go of perfection.
That is such good advice, thanks. :)
I totally agree!! I’ve been on a real journey this year to clean up my space, and letting go of “perfect” was such a huge, huge milestone revelation.
Reckless and wasteful
@@sammoulsdale701 I absolutely 100% understand how this advice, out of context, would seem “reckless” and “lazy”! It’s about choosing feasible alternative habits/use of personal resources in order to increase one’s success rate.
You are right
Spot on!!!
If finding it difficult to cope
These alternatives are good..i too hv issues... Like you.
Useful tips
I work in an office and handle the mail every morning. I started, not just recycling unwanted junk mail, but also either emailing or returning the mail to that company asking them to remove the address from their mailing/advertisement list or unsubscribe. I've been doing it for months now and barely get any junk mail at my job anymore. I've done that with my personal address as well and it's worked wonders.
I still get mail addressed to the people living here before me. I keep sending it back but they don't take note 🤷♀️
I've done that for MANY years now. It only took one time cleaning out the nasty, stinky, slimy hair clogged drain to prompt me to find a better way to manage the hair. Now it's my primary mission to prevent ANY hair from going down the drain and this is the easiest way I've found.
@@kristywhited8857 think you replied to the wrong comment
same! the easiest way to spend less time going through mail is to have less of it 🙌 I’ve called companies and asked them to stop sending mail addressed to a previous resident that’s no longer there
1 .I always put things away after using them so I never have to tidy up.
2. I rotate my cleaning jobs each week. One week strip the bed, clean sinks and bathrooms, one week all dusting and hoovering, so things definitely get done at least once a fortnight.
3. I make it a rule to do everything imperfectly
4. I use a dust buster or a carpet sweeper to keep floors free from bits …this means the house always looks vaguely tidy and clean.
My partner picks a day for everything, eg Wednesdays he does floors. I’ve tried to do that but when it comes round to it I don’t want to 😅 I like your idea - gives a lot more time and takes pressure off yourself no to have to clean every single day.
I need to work on number 3. If I cant do it perfect by my standard I would postpone it or just not do it. I have clutter on my coffee table for weeks now..
@@vanessasmith6925Yeah, same. I once heard "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing poorly," and I'm trying to implement. Otherwise it just keeps getting put off forever.
“I made it a rule to do everything imperfectly” 🤯🤯 This is life-changing for me!
When my room is messy I just grab a box and put every item in there, so the room looks clean. Then I give every item out of this box their true home. This makes it so much more tangible.
I'ts just hard then not to leave the stuff in the box forever 😅
I do this too.
Genius
This is a good video, Krist. I'm elderly so I tend to look at these tasks differently. I delight in doing most of them. When I was in college, I had a friend in a powerful job who, when stressed, like to clean his home. He said that he felt he had complete control over these little tasks, and somehow that made returning to the bigger world of work easier. As I aged, I began to understand. Life is like a joyous dance: enjoy the easy steps to get ready for the challenges. Blessings.
What beautiful wisdom that can only be procured through living life. Thank you so much. xx
I love this comment. There's so much truth in it.
Sparkle, I love this. I delight every day that I still have the capability of doing chores. I just thought of that recently, but it’s true. I’m not getting any younger and my body doesn’t easily get up and down from the floor to Clean things like baseboards and the base of the toilet or the far side of the tub. So I am grateful that I can still do so many things.
A friend of mine recently told me about the “broken window” system. Based on the Broken Window Theory in crime policy (fixing small things like graffiti and littering leads to a decrease in crime), you can apply it to your home too. Identify which few messy situations really make you feel bad when you see them. For me it’s kitchen counters with crumbs/debris on, dirty dishes and lumpy/crooked sofa cushions. But I don’t really care about floors being super clean or windows and mirrors not being polished, for example. So I just focus on those things that make me feel worse, and in no time the place looks great. Also KC Davies in her book “How to keep house while drowning” she talks about rather than “cleaning” which can be endless, focus on “resetting the space” in whatever way makes sense for you. I find these tips really helpful to be more *emotionally* efficient with cleaning, which is just as if not more important than being functionally efficient.
That is very helpful advice, the idea of resetting a space makes everything less daunting when you’re struggling. Thanks
Thank you for the book recommendation, ima need it lol
yes, 'mess begets mess'
I got really into decluttering and cleaning in 2020….once you start, there’s less to do each day because the cleaning is so minimal. Because it was cleaned the last time you used whatever you’re about to use. I’m doing this thing called “picking up after myself” and my mother should be so proud hahah! 😂 “Don’t put it down, put it away”.
With decluttering, you end up creating a place for items to be. Then it’s easy to put them away. Decluttering can be a big job, but it can also be approached in tiny actions throughout the day.
A BINDER FOR INSTRUCTION MANUALS!! GENIUS!!
not only is this video super helpful, but the tips in the comments are also so so useful :) thank you krist and thanks to everyone in the comments
Ya
Nice suggestions
You are right...
Person with clean habits tend to admonish people who are not
Clean freaks...
Its outright
Embarassing
As a full time university student who works, small but daily habits are NEEDED. thanks for sharing your videos!
When it comes to storing a towel after showering, leave it stretched out to dry thoroughly before folding it and place it nicely on the towel rack.
Seriously, Chelsea, especially for those of us who live in humid climates! It’s not attractive, but I drape my towel over the edge of the tub after I shower. Then I can hang it up later in the day.
I stretch it out over the shower curtain rod so it can dry while I’m at work.
Exactly
Absolutely! I was shocked that hanging your towel isn't just standard procedure. Crumpled up towel = smelly towel. 🤮
I have to dry my wet towels in the dryer. High humidity near the water. We get lots of bugs in hot climate. They love moisture!
So glad to learn from you about maintaining my produce drawer. What a beautiful excellent way to think of the produce compartment as a garden since the produce is alive. Caring for and examining it every day ensures its use, helping to inspire meal planning, and to prevent a transfer of forgotten vegetables to a composting bin. So often I have forgotten to check my produce drawer and have wasted so much time, effort, and cash. This is a very valuable tip. I just finished carrying out your tip and now have my own indoor garden to tend and cherish. Thank you so much. Blessings.
Excellent ideas. Here’s my kitchen tip - line the bottom of your microwave (and regular oven) with parchment paper. Leave it there to catch oven drips and when you microwave something that might splash just put it under the parchment paper which is already there. Replace only when it’s dirty. Voila clean microwave.
Does the paper not burn?
Fair question …I was a little skeptical too until I tried it. I can attest I’ve had my oven to 375 degree for a hour once a week to bake and parchment paper (make certain it’s labeled parchment paper) doesn’t burn … it does get browned and after a month or so gets fragile and crisp so replace it then.
I give myself 30minutes each day to get chores done. It doesn't seem as overwhelming when I know it's only 30minutes. And I also end up getting more done because I'm on the clock lol
That's so smart. Thx for the idea!
I do the same thing! And because there’s a certain amount of time versus a particular task, if the main parts of my house are clean on a particular day, then I consider what else I can do for part of my cleaning/organizing time - maybe clean out my car… Or clean out my purse… Etc.!
If I’m not motivated to do chores, I set a timer for 15 minutes and tell myself that’s all I “have” to do. I like completing against the clock to see how much I can do. Usually I get so much done that I reset the timer for more rounds, often room by room.
Same and it works!
PSA: a bag isn't needed to exit the store after purchase. Especially if you have 1 or 2 items. You can carry that out without using a bag. I see too many people put a single item THAT HAS A HANDLE in a bag. The 1st of the 3 Rs is REDUCE!
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In Ireland you have to pay for a bag so it's common to see people stacking stuff in their arms and hesitantly carrying them out to the car. Nobody wants to buy a bag if they can help it.
Stores haven’t had bags for years where I live. It’s actually a law. Some stores offer paper bags but you have to pay .50 cents to $1 for them and they aren’t strong enough to carry groceries in lol So everyone carries reusable bags or bins with handles.
I do the same. It's so silly to me to take a bag for 2-3 items. Usually the cashier looks at me wierd and I make my reasons. :)
We don’t even have plastic bags on the island I live on. Bring your own or paper only!
I have a list on my phone of 2 minute tasks like put a load of laundry on, empty the dishwasher, take out the trash etc. I work from home so throughout the day when I take a break from sitting at my desk (especially if using the Pomodoro technique of 20 minutes focus followed by 2 minutes break), the tasks are a good way to get up and move, and also do something useful that’s automatic and doesn’t require thinking. It breaks up the work day and also gets those little jobs done hardly without any effort.
That is smart!
Something I've done is to keep cleaning supplies in areas where they are often used instead of just one location in the house. I have spray cleaner and a roll of paper towels in the laundry room where the litter box lives. It's easy to wipe off the washer and dryer as needed and wipe around the litter box. There is also a waste basket nearby for dryer lint and used paper towels. Other cleaning supply stations are under the bathroom sink, under the kitchen sink, and in the basement near the utility sink. I'm more likely to spray and wipe if I don't have to leave the area to retrieve cleaning supplies.
Yes that’s a good idea!
I have 5 Windex spray bottles. Car, bath, kitchen … couple times a year I buy a refill. Sometimes I need a new spray. I buy the biggesprayglass cleaner and top off all bottles
Me too. I go one step further and keep a featherweight vacuum and swiffer in a closet on each floor so that I don't have an excuse why the floors are not dust free. If the cleaning products and tools are close by, it makes the job easier to do.
Something that changed my life: DRYING THE SINK. Literally taking the towel that you probably already picked up to dry your hands and wipe around the sink and tap until it's dry after use. Takes about 5 seconds and basically prevents me from needing to clean the sink very often at all, at most every couple months, because the limescale and water marks don't build up! 🎉🎉
That's such a good tip, thanks for sharing
Do you wash that towel every time you wipe the sink? It seems like you wouldn’t want to wipe your hands with a towel that has wiped the sink
Try a Brita water filter over your faucet spout.
@@kristimeyers2221 I use a Swedish dishcloth (sponge) for drying around the faucet & such. I bought a 10-pack of them almost a year ago and I think they may last me forever lol. I've only used 4 of them, which I toss in the washing machine & they come out like new.
If you try those, you'll never go back to washcloths or towels for wiping off counters, etc. I do use a towel, but only for drying hands.
@JamieM470 Can you link to the ones you got?
This girl has got it DOWN. These are pretty much all things I do daily and they make a big difference. I’m so glad someone created a video showing everything that I can save!! 😊 I will be implementing some of these tips and that litter box looks brilliant and that over the door scraps bin looks amazing I need one
I just imagine the cat jumping into the litter box and being frightened when it rolls
@@rrrrrfffff haha that’s a good point
The cleaning cloths in the bathroom are such a good idea. For water splashes I use a piece of tissue or toilet paper to wipe up around the sink after every use and it sure makes a difference. Having designated areas for things (ie: toothpaste goes in the cup with the toothbrushes and not on the counter), and hanging clothing up or putting it in the hamper as soon as you take it off: these things keep me from losing control of the place.
I need one of those over the cabinet bins, but for now, I always lay out a piece of paper towel, or a plate, to catch scraps. Small things but they help so much.
Thank you Kris for two new tips -- putting cloth liner on the ref's vege section and placing a small dry fabric on the toilet sink for everyone to wipe dry the top!
Ok just another tip for those whose hair falls a lot and do not feel comfortable sticking it to the wall... My tactic is to actually roll the strands and clumps into balls in between my palms and put them somewhat aside (where I can see them but also out of my way) so that I can pick it up and throw it into a bin.
I used to do the wall tactic but found out that turning them into balls is neater and a bit easier when you take into account the slight hassle of removing it from the tiles to begin with. Hope this helps :)
I do something similar, but I just leave my hair fall around the drain. When I'm just about done in the shower, I use my foot to rub the hair in a circular motion until a ball forms and I drag it away from the drain. I usually pick it up later when it's somewhat dried and resembles a tumbleweed. 😄
Omg same exact thing for me, I used to stick it to the wall, but now I just gather it in my hand and roll it into a ball and toss it up out of the shower and onto the floor, then it goes immediately into the bin. Works for me. Otherwise you're fighting to get that last elusive strand that just torments you as it moves around on the tile.
Also, similarly, with bags I have a less time consuming and less visually pleasing method which is to take the bottom, hold onto it with one hand, then with the other hand gather and wrap it aroud the bottom as though it were string or twine. It gets the air out, and then just tuck the handles into the hole and it should stay a nice little ball.
good idea! I myself had found that doing a good Brush/comb through right before the shower helps too!
I always brush my hair before going in the shower but still have loads of shed hair to deal with either way 😆 I’m also autistic and haaaaate the feeling of a loose strand of hair stuck to my body somewhere (and I always know… worst superpower) so I feel like I spend half the time in there wrangling my shed hair, and those suckers are going straight on the wall and getting off my body.
My tactic is to wait until the end of my shower (or sometimes also at an intermediate point if the looming wall-hair is getting a bit too much), then swirl it all together into a ball (this catches almost all of the stragglers determined to live forever on the wall - just keep swirling until you catch them all… somehow I’ve made this into both a Finding Nemo and Pokemon reference), and throw it away (I’ve actually been flushing the hairballs, but this seems like not the best choice now I’m thinking about it out loud, and I probably need to get a little bathroom bin and find it a home…). Then at the end of my shower I rinse the wall down to get rid of any conditioner residue… and then I have a bonus tip! 💡
Get yourself a shower squeegee - you can either get ones that are like a big Y shape with a gap in the middle you can put over your shower head (or I’ll sometimes put it over the end of my shower bar control dial things), or flat ones that hang off the edge of the shower (which look a lot more sleek and minimalist tbh) - just make sure it’s something you can comfortably grab and use with wet hands. Right after grabbing a towel to wrap around 1. me and 2. my hair, my final shower step (after dealing with the wall-hair monster) is to get the squeegee and sluice all the water off the two tiled walls and then glass wall of my shower, then the floor, and scoot all that water into the drain (I have a walk-in shower and technically a “wet room” bathroom). It’s maybe a 30 second habit I guess, but once it becomes automatic you don’t even think about it and it’s just a thing you do when you shower. The benefit is the whole room dries out a LOOOOOT quicker than if you left it all wet, and it drastically reduces any kind of humidity/condensation/damp/mould issue in the bathroom, or in your home more generally*… plus it means you have to do dramatically less full-on *cleaning* in your shower/bathroom! Between rinsing the walls and floor (or bathtub/shower cubicle floor) and then squeegeeing them straight after, you don’t have any leftover soap/product residue, and no dried on water marks with drips/streaks/runs etc, so it’s a double bonus tip 😀
* I should add that I live in the UK - if you live somewhere with low humidity then maybe your shower dampness is a good thing that you don’t want to get rid of quickly 😂. I lived in my previous flat for 10 years - a Victorian terrace conversion, where each original “unit” (behind one front door) was sub-divided into 4 separate flats with paper-thin dividing walls (2 upstairs, 2 downstairs), and not enough ventilation to deal with 4 separate bathrooms and kitchens, so between that and overflowing gutters full of leaves/moss/etc and insufficient building maintenance to deal with those things or repointing the mortar between the bricks in the wall or repairing the flashing to stop the torrents of rain runoff from getting in through the walls, I definitely had an issue with condensation and mould. A simple shower squeegee isn’t going to solve all those problems, but when I started doing this it definitely helped reduce the part of the issue I had any control over. I’ve lived in a flat that I own for the past 3 years, in a new building so it has none of the same problems I was dealing with before, but I’m now more motivated to take care of preventing any issues that might either be expensive to fix or deteriorate over time (and reducing necessary cleaning time/effort is always a goal) 😅 (in both my current flat and my previous one I don’t/didn’t have a window in my bathroom - just a ceiling ventilation/extractor fan)
My grandfather taught me to fold the plastic bags into these triangles when I was a little girl. I was so pleased to see this hack in your video ☺️ until today he was the only person I knew to do this
The way you divided these up in categories was brilliantly. The grease splatter and mini wheels are life changers. Thank you, so glad this was recommended
The produce scraps collection basket while you chop veggies - that is genius and haven't seen that suggested before! Thank youuuu!
Girl, this way of folding plastic bags is amazing! loved it
I roll up my used bags into a ball. First straighten bag lengthwise, then wrap it around my fingers and tuck end into opening after fingers are removed. Neat small bag balls!
My grandmother would always tell me to do all the cleaning up work immediately and the best tip was to keep everything at place (keep it wherever you've taken it out from),it also helps in remembering where you've kept some thing.
I would love to see how you store your skincare and makeup! My husband and I have our skincare all stored on the sink but I would love a different solution 🥲
I thought I was the only one that stuck her hair to the wall to then grab it with toilet paper. It was so surprising to hear other girls did that too! Thanks for the tips!
Yeah we didn't learn it, we just did it!
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i’ve been doing that as long as i can think and i thought everyone did that but the other day i forgot it on the wall after showering at my mom‘s house and she was like "what‘s happening there??", turns out she has never done that or heard of it before
I've done this my whole life, I thought it was something everyone does
Same here😂
Really nice tips and I would like to give you one :). I noticed while chopping the red onion your cutting board moved. Put some wet kitchenpaper under it to keep it from sliding. Will be a much safer board to use then!
Love the idea of stick-on wheels! Thanks for this tip 😊
Such great tips, simple but refreshing. Not the usual tips we've seen a thousand times on UA-cam, I actually learnt a lot of things from you, even though I'm already a neat and organised person (for ex, I've done #9 since years ago, it's a game changer. Think about it : If you clean the countertops of your kitchen after every use, why not the bathroom's??) .
Thanks !!!
THE TINY WHEELS! Omg it's genius! Thank you so much for sharing!!
Forming good habits like this is so helpful! Maintenence is super important and means your space looks much better in between big cleans. It's hard to do when you live with others that don't have the same habits, but the small things still make a difference. :) Great vid!
I finally had to move out of my house and into my own apartment because my best friend and his son, who I lived with, have a different mindset about cleaning and clutter than I do (I’m being very polite).
06:01 Bring reusable bags always on the go.
06:40 Gather hair, toss when you see it on shower walls or floor, right away.
07:18 Fold towels before you place on rack.
07:55 Wipe water spills around, on sink right away.
08:40 Tip off any excess from spout.
I have another tip to add. I put my everyday care product on the middle shelf of the bathroom cabinet. I gathered the ones I use the most into a single organizer. So when I use them, I just open the cabinet, use the bottle and immediately put it back in its place and close the cabinet. This way, it doesn't get all messy and I always find the product I want very fast. And I put the backups to another shelf.
seeing this video having a whole section about how to store plastic bags makes me remember that in the US plastic bags arent completely gone like they are in my part of canada. as much as im glad we did something to help the environment i cant lie and say i dont miss them so much sometimes. they were so useful for garbage bins, cat litter boxes, etc. you basically cant buy a bag for your garbage can that has handles anymore for some reason so they always just end up falling out of my bin because i cant attach them to the "handle spot" if that makes sense. how i miss my bag of bags under my kitchen counter. :(
It doesn’t matter how many times I hear “deal with your paperwork on the spot” it’s never sunk in, but what you suggest looks doable, particularly working out a strategy ahead of time for each type of paper that comes in. the stamp roller to cover up my personal info idea was a bonus. I didn’t know they existed, so I just ordered one 🤣-it means the shredder can go back to the home office instead of sitting near the front door taking up space!
I keep papers, including credit card offers (thieves love these!) in a bag, which, when full, I bring to Staples. They have secure shredding bins on site. For $1/pound of paper, problem of sensitive paper disposal is solved.
I have been doing the hair-sticking on the shower wall for years and always thought I was soo weird. Probably still am but now I know I am not alone. 🥰
I do it too 😅!
Wow. I’ve had a splatter screen for YEARS and I never knew what it was?? I don’t even remember buying it tbh to tell you how long I had it… thanks to you I’ll now put it to good use omg😭🙏🏾
Just came across your channel. I really liked the calm and to-the-point manner, beautiful and minimalistic environment, and of course your practical tips. Thanks a lot, it gave me something to tick as useful for me too, plus a general feeling of serenity and order. Good luck and more inspiration for future!
You can also use a plastics hairbrush to go through your hair with the conditioner. That way loose hair will catch in the brush and you don't mess up your tiles with hair.
Finally, I am not alone in habit#7!!! Hair on the shower wall is one of the greatest ways to eliminate shower issues or mess. I am sending this video to those who making fun of me :D
Folding your towel after use encourages mould and mildew growth, don’t do this. Hang it fully open until it’s dry, only then should you fold it.
Love the plastic bag triangle idea! I use reusable bags for shopping but I keep a couple of plastic bags at home just in case. The triangles save so much space and look way better! Thank you for sharing
This was amazing
I'm super late but another tip for shower hair is: brush your hair before hopping in the shower, or get a plastic brush to use in place of your fingers in the shower! It seriously reduces the hair stuck in your fingers/body and shower
I do the hair to the wall thing. It’s so much easier, cleaning it out of the drain kind of freaks me out. I can’t wait to try some of these, and build a habit of a few!!!
I do almost all of them. It really changes your life, tidy home= tidier mind !
I can't explain how much joy this video gave me! Thank you for the tips, splatter screen is a really helpful find ❤
These are some of the most practical tips I have heard in a long time! Thank you! I have been doing the same hair trick in the shower for awhile now. Glad to hear I am not the only one! 💜
for the shower hair i just rub my hands and it tangles itself into a ball which is easy to throw out! :)
I do this too 😂 I’m always pulling hair off of my clothes and furniture and making little balls of matted hair
I love the cat box on wheels idea!
No one ever wants to clean that area and touch the litter box. This is a quick and easy solution!
Thanks so much! 😻👍🏻💕
I finally got rid of my 30-year old gas range & bought a new one. The new one, for some reason I can't figure out, splatters grease like crazy all over the place when you cook anything. I'm using the same cast iron skillets I've always used, but the grease splatter is insane.
I tried the metal screen but the grease went right through it. Even burned my arm. It's like this new range is just possessed.
I'm now using a silicone splatter screen which actually works! It eliminates the splatter, and it's pretty easy to clean.
Just in case anyone else has a splatter-crazy range like I have.
After I have my daily shower, I always clean the tub by spraying it with liquid detergent and washing it down so the bathtub is always clean. I also spray my toilet bowl after my bowel movements. I wash the sink after brushing my teeth. General cleaning is done to different parts of the bathroom once a week. I think the two most important places to keep clean is the kitchen and bathroom.
Paper is the enemy in my household. I'm on top of that more than anything else because those piles accumulate quickly. I've set up a shredder near the door and immediately get rid of the junk. I battled paper piles for years and this new habit is ingrained into my routine. It's made a huge difference. Also, I've replaced cloth towels in my powder room with paper towels in a nice holder. It may not meet architectural digest standards but it's more hygienic, especially when you have guests. There are only four clean sides with cloth towels and nobody wants to be the fifth person looking for the dry spot.
New sub. I do most of these things, if for no other reason than to save my sanity. I took care of my elderly father, a packrat/hoarder, for over ten years. I was not allowed to throw anything out, making cleaning around stuff quite frustrating. My last roommates had so much crap over every flat surface, cleaning floors, sinks, tables, and counters was impossible. And extremely stressful!
On my own, I follow many of what you suggested. Stuff does not get left behind, or left out, and empty containers are rinsed/crushed, and thrown out. The sense of calm and peace is heavenly.
i put plastic bags in a bigger open glas jar. for me this is the best system, because the glas jar prevents them to spread out and i don't have to fold them. but it works best for thinner and smaller plastic bags. but i think you could use the bigger plastic bags as trash bags.
I also fold my plastic bags into triangles. A teeny weeny shortcut I do before starting to fold them in triangles is to first fold 1/3 of the whole length in then press out the air. This saves a few seconds IMO of folding them up as well as unfolding them later on
A great tip is to have a squeegee in your shower, wether it’s a walk in glass door shower or tub. After you shower just push down the water drops left around it and bonus if you have a daily shower cleaner that your spray in there. This helps to keep away access moisture that can grow mold and fungus which can cause health and hygiene problems. It’ll only cost you a few bucks, only take about 3 extra minutes but it’ll save you from so many nasty and dangerous situations forming in the place where you go to get your body clean.
Regular Windex will work in place of daily shower cleaner. Just squeegee then mist the Windex, then go about your day.
After I dry myself off, I use my towel to dry off the tiled shower walls & tub corners. I rarely have to scrub those walls, a chore hate. It keeps the humidity level down in the bathroom as well. I hang the towel over the shower curtain rod to dry while I’m at work.
I already do a number of these daily habits and there are a number of tips I could share.
However, one tip that I think might benefit you and others is to help decrease hair shedding in the shower.
I always brush my hair before I wash it. If you can use a brush with the "nodules" on the pins, even better. Just remember to gently brush from the scalp to the ends and this will help avoid tangles and give your scalp a massage at the same time. Yes, I know, it makes hair go fluffy but then you're going to be washing it anyway! 😊
And clean your brush after every use! Nothing grosser than a hair monster that you run through your hair every morning/night.
8:25 tip: keep a cup [from Tim Horton's or McDonalds or the like] to rinse the sink instead of throwing water around with your hands. Much easier and works better : )
i started doing the same thing with my hair in the shower! honestly so much more efficient than anything else ive tried
Although we have done with single use plastic bags in Canada, there are businesses who still offer to put your purchases into a bag. My favourite way to store plastic bags is to stuff them into an empty tissue box. Yes, stuff them in … surprisingly when you attempt to pull out a single bag, that is exactly what you get … one bag. The tissue boxes of bags can be piled one on top of the other if necessary. When you go grocery shopping, the tissue box fits nicely on the seat where a toddler would sit.
I like to keep cleaning supplies and rags in each room of the house, if it's right there I am more likely to do a quick cleaning right then and there if I have the supplies ready. I also gather my hair on the shower wall and throw it away after my shower. A good tip that I use to keep my shower clean in between deep cleanings, is I keep a sponge wand with vinegar and dish soap in the wand. In the shower maybe like once a week I just use that to scrub my shower and I rinse it. It has really helped me.
Those sticky wheels are the best idea ever!
I loose an awful lot of hair, I’m surprised I’m not bald. I’ve started doing the same thing when I wash my hair, mainly because of my husband complaining about blocked plug holes. For years now I’ve combed my hair by a window or outdoors and hopefully the birds will make good use of my hair for their nests.
Great idea on cking produce everyday and using a towel
I do many of these habits. Thanks for the video!
One of the best tips I ever got for a tidy home was having a dirty laundry hamper in every room. I went from sorting 7 people's laundry to the sanity of bringing one load of laundry from and back to a room for the clothes owner to put away. As the kids got older, now they (thankfully) completely do all their own laundry.
You do a separate load of laundry for each family member?
I grew up in a strict-ish household, and my Guardians (At the time) made it a habit to always wash what we put in the sink. It would work like this: If you have a dirty cup and plate (or whatever else) carry it to the sink as soon as you are done, and wash it immediately. After cleaning the dishes you used, wipe down the counters from whatever mess was made before, and from whatever water was spilt during washing.
I can assure you guys that this habit has made the kitchen look much better, and maybe you can use it in your everyday life.
Omg, i do the stick hair on wall method all this time. Glad to see its actually a thing people do and it works
The shower-hair thing is real! I've done that for forever, just made it a habit to take it when it comes out conditioning and throw it away when I get out---glad to see I'm not alone in finding that sometimes simplicity is the best lol
I use a flat drain/sink strainer and when the water starts to rise, I pick out the hair (which is usually neatly stuck in the drainer in a circle) and stick that to the bathtub so I can throw it away when getting out of the tub. I like this more than sticking hair to the tiles as some hair gets stuck in the drainer anyway and getting long strings of hair off the wall is way more work than the small circle shaped bunch of hair.
sometimes it's good to have only 1 thing for something. like a silicon spatula, a whisk and similar. i know i only have one whisk, so when i'm baking (which is quite often), i wash it just with some water if i need to use it for something else. and it works great. i also had only one silicon spatula for years (until i accidentaly melted it in a pot). now i have 2, but they both are not as good as the first one. and i think it was easier to only have one! now when one gets dirty, i'm searching for the other- first i look in the drawer, then i look in the dishwasher, then i look at the drying rack next to the sink and maybe in the sink? when i only had one, i knew where it was and that i had to wash it before using it for something else! now i'm wasting time searching for the other spatula :D
A tip that has really helped me stay clean and not overwhelmed is to clean 5-10 mins per day. Nothing more.
Part of the dread and overwhelm I feel is when my list of cleaning to do starts to grow as I organise my place; I’ll do one task and then pick up 1-3 along the way, which then derail me. It’s the backfiring of “if it takes less than 1 min, do it now” strategy that some books claim to be a holy grail lol.
So now, I discipline myself to do a set time of cleaning, or number of tasks and write down what I saw and want to get done for tomorrow. That way, I stay sane and my place stays clean!
I absolutely believe in the power of using a timer! If you are not familiar, please check The Organised Mum Method (TOMM). Her cleaning system could work for your lifestyle.
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This is actually the most practical video I've seen on cleaning habits. Very helpful
I always sweep floor in kitchen, rinse dishes and do most of ur steps but love the reminder
Sticky pulley wheels??? 🤯 Going to get some asap! For the hair issue - brush your hair before you shower and it will greatly reduce the amount of hair coming out in the shower. Thank you for the tips!
I was only raised on chores including dishes and vacuuming, it was a drag and I would always do the bare minimum and here I am now struggling to keep myself in order as an adult trying to teach myself how to be responsible.
I´m glad that I knew most of the tricks shown.I hate profound cleaning so keeping those habits on a daily basis allows me to avoid cleaning that frequently. Thanks!!
ive been doing these habits for a long time im glad you made videos about it cause it really does help, simple habits like these wierdly help with mental health also, idk how but when i was confused and depressed with my life i wouldnt even brush my hair or get up and drink water let alone keep everything clean and tidy, small things like this can help little by little
its kind of cool as a person trying to prepare for adulthood (even though I'm nowhere close to it yet) to watch these videos and see how my mom has already instilled some of these habits into me such as washing out toothpaste and things in the sink as well as around it, putting a top on a pan when cooking, and using a mini bin when cooking :D
Yes! I was thinking the same how I do a lot of these things already because my mum had taught me or I would see her do it. It’s helped a lot!
I wipe down and swish the toilet every day, it never gets smelly and is always company ready. Once a week I do the outside of it too. Never have a gross toilet. Great video! Thank you! Subscribing now!
Tip for hair in the shower. I bought a little plastic trash/ recycling can from the dollar store. It’s a little bigger than a soda can and it has a flip lid on it. I put the hair from the drain into it at the end of every shower and I empty it every couple of days/ once a week
Thanks! I’m going to try some of those tips
I keep a washcloth folded up on my bathroom sink to use to wipe the sink area after each use. As a reminder to me that that’s what I use it for I use an odd color washcloth, one that I don’t use to wash with. 🤗 that’s my little contribution. I found this video very helpful.
In my apartment we have daily recycling and trash pick up, except on Sat and Sun. So it makes thing easyer and cleaner
This was so hopeful! Please a Part two!
Especially helpful...the ID protector roller and the adhesive wheels!! Thanks so much.
Thank you! Please make more videos like this and also make more videos about staying motivated to clean etc ❤
I keep a microfiber cloth hanging next to my hand towel in the bathroom (and one on a wire stand next to the kitchen sink) for wiping down the sink and countertop. When it gets a little dirty, I wash it right in the sink, with hand soap, and hang up to dry.
Ooo! I do the bag folding thing! People always looking at me like I’m crazy. Wasting my time folding a plastic bag haha. I love the splatter net! And the wheels and the hair trick! Definitely will try
I prevent that ugly black along the bottom of the vanity mirror by having the hand towel immediately beside me to dry my hands before I turn the water off. That way there's never any water to splash on the mirror to cause that black that happens behind the lower mirror. Or you can hide it with a frame, but I've lived in my home now soon-to-be 17 years, and I don't have that problem because of the habit I've formed.
I absolutely love your idea with the stick-on wheels for appliances, etc. Thank you very much for providing the link.🤗 This is my first time to your channel. GREAT video. I'll be back.😘
Thank you so much for this Krist 🤗 you’ve touched upon things that I thought only drifted into my mind like ‘what to do with plastic bags’ 😮💨😅 really appreciate videos like this 🤓 tidying/cleaning helps my mental health so much: the clean, minimal/clutter free space brings about calm and peace to my mind as i see the home as a reflection of an individual’s mental space. These cleaning habits/tips will be implemented into my daily routine 🥳
my main chores that i do everyday are sweeping and mopping the floor. for some reason when i see and feel that the floors are all clean, i get the motivation to clean everything else as well