Cleaning seems like a weekly or monthly chore, but, it isn’t. It’s a continuous work you must do every time, wherever you are. Maintaining habits that keep you clean is most important for everyone. Cleanliness is very celebrated, as you may have observed in school life when teachers were angry at those students wearing muddy clothes. Your parents may have scolded you for playing in Mud and dirt. Mine have done a lot. From birth, our fight with germs and dirt begins and ends with our last breaths on a hospital bed.
Cleanliness holds prime importance that’s why cleaning habits are highly celebrated and recommended. You may have read a lot about cleaning habits, from kindergarten till the moment before you were clicking on this blog. If you are here, Thank you for becoming part of a cleaner world. Let’s begin with explaining 10 useful habits to keep your home clean and your body healthy.
Cleaning starts from a small step, whether that’s brushing your teeth, making your bed, or shining your shoes.
- Make your Bed
The bed is a place where we often scroll during those lazy moments. Bed gives you a comfortable ride when your tired body touches the surface. Making your bed and maintaining it clean is vital to live a healthy lifestyle. For a cleaner and manageable home, beds must be cleaned and prepared properly every day. Make your bed every day you wake up.
- Clean the tables
Tables are the places that see our faces every day after bed. Table hosts us for multiple tasks such as eating, drawing, studying, gossiping with family, and playing with kids. With so many interactions with tables, they must be cleaned and kept hygienic to limit the chances of diseases. Clean the tables using clear mopping clothes and eco-friendly cleaning detergents.
- Clean carpets and floors
Carpets and floor bear your daily foot traffic. With daily activities, numerous bacteria and pollutants stick to your feet and enter your homes. It becomes necessary to clean carpets using vacuum cleaning techniques and mop the floors using detergents and DIY solutions. Clean your carpets and floors to maintain a healthy environment inside.
- Clean the kitchen
The kitchen is the playing arena of your home. From morning tea and breakfast to late-night nuggets, the kitchen stays active and busy all day long. To maintain a healthy lifestyle and food, the kitchen must be cleaned every day before going to bed. Kitchen cleaning brings various benefits from health to aesthetics.
- Do laundry
Laundry needs to be done often to maintain a clean environment and avoid germs and pollutants from piling in clothes. It will help you to keep your clothes clean. The messy laundry also impacts the look of your home as stumbling pajamas, uppers, and kids’ clothes create an uninviting vibe in the home.
- Organize things
Research shows a positive correlation between organized places and mental health. Keeping everything in its place elevates the experience of your home and gives a pleasing sight to your guests. Always keep all the things organized and maintain the decorum more often as much as you can.
- Keep washroom clean
The washroom needs to be cleaned to avoid germs from spreading in the space. Along with that keeping things in the washroom in order helps you in proper and long-lasting use. To keep your washroom clean, make a list. Arrange all the things and keep them in proper sitting after every use. Use water after every washroom use. Daily clean your washroom at a specific time.
- Sweep and vacuum mostly used areas
Certain places in our home such as entrance gates, door knobs, tables, or study areas are mostly used every day. Whether it’s your kid, you, or any guest, someone would definitely plunge into such places. It is a must-do task to clean such main places to keep your home clean. Daily sweep or vacuum such places and perform a deep cleaning every second month to live a pristine life.
- Give a quick hand to the fridge every week
The fridge serves as a storehouse for your kitchen. It daily bears the mixed odor of leftover food, fresh fruits, spicy pickles and sauces, eggs, etc that led to cringy smells and malfunction. To maintain the lifelong performance of the fridge, you must give a deep clean to the fridge every week. You don’t have to panic. Just declutter the fridge, mop it with an eco-friendly detergent, and then place the items in an organized way.
- Don’t wear shoes inside
This heading must have given you an awkward feeling. You must be wondering, what are they talking about? Have a little patience. Try to avoid shoes inside your home. Shoes bring dust, dirt, and pollutants that are transferred into carpets where they find a safe haven, brewing health risks. It’s a very simple habit that will give you bountiful benefits.
These are simpler yet very powerful habits that can keep you living healthy and happily. Bookmark this blog and give it a read whenever your cleaning needs arise.
Have a Happy Cleaning!
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