Your Cleaner House » clutter http://yourcleanerhouse.com Helping You Clean Faster and Better Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:20:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 No Time to Clean! How to Reduce & Prevent Cleaning the Professional Way by Don Aslett http://yourcleanerhouse.com/no-time-to-clean-how-to-reduce-prevent-cleaning-the-professional-way-by-don-aslett http://yourcleanerhouse.com/no-time-to-clean-how-to-reduce-prevent-cleaning-the-professional-way-by-don-aslett#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:01:37 +0000 admin http://yourcleanerhouse.com/?p=70 Don Aslett is THE guru when it comes to cleaning. His books on cleaning, time management and “decluttering” are as enormously popular as they are entertaining and educational. (I also really like his books on other topics too). “No Time To Clean! How To Reduce & Prevent Cleaning The Professional Way” is Aslett’s new approach to cleaning for a new day.

The book is written in Aslett’s easy to read and entertaining style and is accompanied by the artwork many of his texts are know for. I personally find the style, layout, and artwork enhance the reading experience, but make no mistake about it; Aslett’s books contain a lot of meat with that sizzle. His down home practical advice is right to the point.

This book on cleaning is just under 200 pages long and contains 10 chapters. They include:

Intro: No Time To Clean! Aslett knows you don’t have time to clean, so he points out that he will show you how to prevent cleaning as well as other strategies to solve your “no time to clean” worries.

One: Modern Cleaning’s Biggest Mystery: The Time to Do It. Three page chapter with the focus of if you are cleaning more than a couple of hours a week, you are cleaning too much or inefficiently. Quick motivation to get started now!

Two: Adjusting Our Standards and Schedules. If it isn’t dirty, don’t clean it. Among the great tips in this chapter include advice on how clean things really need to be and how to set standards rather than cleaning by charts or schedules.

Three: Cleaning on the Run. Aslett shares some “whys” regarding cleaning and some tips on doing things before they become bigger. You might also be surprised at what you can get done in a very short amount of time, and the chapter shows you how to clean faster and ways to make things stay clean longer.

Four: The Best Way of All to Cut Cleaning: Prevent It! This chapter is all about preventing those down-the-road problems. Aslett provides some great suggestions on how to do just that.

Five: Too Much = Too Much Time Cleaning. Aslett is known for getting rid of junk. This is a very short chapter because he focuses on this topic in several other books. “Clutter’s Last Stand” and his other clutter books are great if you need more help with clutter.

Six: Do Your Housework With a Hammer. This is an interesting chapter on designing your house, or parts of it, to make it easier to clean.

Seven: Other Hands That Can Help. If you are going to hire others to help you clean, you will benefit from reading this chapter first. Aslett provides some good advice regarding getting others to help with your cleaning needs.

Eight: The Big One: Getting Kids to Help Clean. Aslett suggests this might be the most important topic in the book. Besides the help you get cleaning your home, it will help young people late in life. He has some very good suggestions for getting kids to help out.

Nine: Quick Cleaning Room by Room. Tips and strategies for cleaning every room in the house as well as the garage and outside. Just implementing some of these would make a big difference.

Ten: Quick Cleaning Guide. This “guide” is 68 pages long and covers a ton of professional cleaning tips from dusting to pet messes. If you want to clean like the professionals and get more done in less time, Aslett shows you how.

Face it, cleaning is a big pain. It’s one of the necessary evils. We have to do it, but none of us really enjoy it. (well… maybe a few do…) Cleaning is not a topic that you leisurely read about either. So pick up this book, read it (it won’t take long) and implement the advice so you can clean more in less time and then get on with the better things in your life, after all that’s what living is about. Highly recommend if you want to clean faster, better, and cheaper.

Alain Burrese, J.D. is a performance and personal development expert who teaches how to live, take action, and get things done through the Warrior’s Edge. Alain combines his military, martial art, and Asian experiences with his business, law, and conflict resolution education into a powerful way of living with balance, honor, and integrity. He teaches how to use the Warrior’s Edge to Take Action and Achieve Remarkable Results. Alain is the author of Hard-Won Wisdom From The School Of Hard Knocks, the DVDs Hapkido Hoshinsul, Streetfighting Essentials, Hapkido Cane, the Lock On Joint Locking series, and numerous articles and reviews. You can read more articles and reviews and see clips of his DVDs as well as much more at http://www.burrese.com

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]]> http://yourcleanerhouse.com/no-time-to-clean-how-to-reduce-prevent-cleaning-the-professional-way-by-don-aslett/feed 0 Clutter and Hoarding – 7 Gentle Guidelines For Cleaning Your Kitchen http://yourcleanerhouse.com/clutter-and-hoarding-7-gentle-guidelines-for-cleaning-your-kitchen http://yourcleanerhouse.com/clutter-and-hoarding-7-gentle-guidelines-for-cleaning-your-kitchen#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:19:39 +0000 admin http://yourcleanerhouse.com/?p=52 You know how sometimes it really benefits you to create more counter and work space in your kitchen? How many times have you started to prepare a meal only to have to move dirty dishes, papers, and other clutter from your work space? Remember how frustrating it felt?

A clean and well-organized kitchen makes meal preparation and cooking joyful. Here are some ideas for you to enjoy uncluttering and organizing your kitchen. The reason to unclutter and organize your kitchen is simply because you like to have more space in your kitchen and you like a clean kitchen. Continue reading this brief article to learn seven gentle guidelines for cleaning your kitchen.

Prepare a plan, if you like plans. Your plan can include general ideas instead of exact details. The idea is to list the areas to clean and the tasks to complete. As you complete tasks, put a star by the task you’ve completed. Those starred tasks are success marks. Take things slow and easy during the day you decide to clean the kitchen.

Remember to wear loose fitting clothing as you start in one corner of your kitchen to clean, unclutter and organize it. Might as well enjoy yourself by wearing those comfy clothes.

Turn on the radio to your favorite radio station, put on a CD, or fire up your MP3 player. Sing along with your favorite tunes and notice that you can enjoy yourself as you unclutter and organize. Anything you can do to brighten your attitude will make the job more enjoyable.

Allow yourself plenty of time to clean one particular part of the kitchen. For example, cleaning the refrigerator takes awhile if you have to remove and wash shelves. There is no need to rush. If you feel like you have to start rushing, stop cleaning. Be kind to yourself.

Clean for a certain amount of time like say 10 or 15 minutes. Then, go into the bathroom and look in the mirror. Say encouraging things to yourself about your progress. Maybe even make silly faces at yourself and say things like, ‘You’re doing a great job. Good for you!’ Celebrate your progress. Every bit counts.

Remember, you are the one making up the rules as you go along for your happy cleaning adventure. Maybe your rules can be no rules!

As you do your cleaning, remember to talk respectfully and think respectfully about yourself. You are doing a great job. Good for you.

The “Wandering Butterfly Clean Up Technique” is a wonderful way to make it easy to clean up. It is excellent to use when you don’t feel like cleaning up, yet you get something done! To receive the free document, click here http://www.easykeytoclutter.com

Many clutterers benefit from the gentle, easy and empowering process of hypnotherapy, especially with a hypnotherapist who specializes in clutter. Beverly E. Taylor, the “Clean Up Queen” is the only person in the world who has written a book using hypnosis to help people easily clean up clutter. She was the featured hypnotherapist on the TLC TV show, “Help! I’m a Hoarder.”

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