Comments on: How To Keep Things Clean For Less Stress

By: Sergey

Sergey — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:54:36 +0000

Interesting post. The only thing i do not understand is why you make a parallel between relaxation and a clean place.
I think the causes of stress are inside us.

By: Cynthia Armistead

Cynthia Armistead — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 01:19:56 +0000

Excellent post! I can see that I’ve found yet another blog that I must follow!

Another way to deal with the “worn once” clothing is hang them from hooks rather than hangars. It gets them off the floor while differentiating clearly between them and the “really clean” stuff on the hangars.

By: pablo

pablo — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:35:25 +0000

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By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 00:03:43 +0000

After a couple years living with my partner, I’m *slowly* beginning to wake up and *see* things causing a mess. I honestly didn’t notice piles as a problem, and dishes in the sink were just out of mind until they blocked the fawcet.

Perception seems a big part of the problem — the difference between clutter and collage comes down to how you experience your living space. It’s still a slow change, but I’m finding it much easier to keep things neat when I notice the problem.

By: Life Hut

Life Hut — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 04:28:26 +0000

How to keep your environment clean

Ok, you have stuff. No, you have A LOT of stuff. You have stuff everywhere. In your closets, in you family room, in your kitchen, in your bedroom, and many other places we probably shouldn’t even mention.

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By: Utter Doul

Utter Doul — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:08:52 +0000

I can 100% relate to your post and the reader’s comments. Espically about the cooking, I like to clean as I go along so that when I am done cooking, I am done cleaning as well.

I like to think about what I am doing so as to “build cleanliness into the process”. Simple things like positioning a small waste paper basket close to the dining table, since that is where all the mail gets opened and kids’ Friday folders get signed.

11 years! And my wife still hasn’t bought into the whole cleanliness concept. Good luck ;-)

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 22:22:59 +0000

To Jennifer Grucza regarding where to put worn but clean clothes. I have a small space on a shelf in my closet for “drawer” items that can be worn again. For things that can hang, they are buttoned differently. I had read many eons ago that clothes last longer if you button all of the buttons and turn them inside out, and it seems to work for me (supposedly the buttoning keeps to keep free buttons from snagging, and distributes stress from being pulled around in the dryer). So when my clothes come from being laundered, they have all of the buttons buttoned. For items that have been worn, but can be worn again, they don’t have all of the buttons buttoned (e.g. shirts will only have the neck button buttoned, pants will have the waist button unbuttoned, etc.)

I’m a guy, so some of this may not be able to apply to you, but hopefully is some food for thought.

By: Holy Shmoly!

Holy Shmoly! — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:33:28 +0000

How To Keep Things Clean For Less Stress

How To Keep Things Clean For Less Stress – on my desk: radio, headphones, lamp. speakers, cameras, flash, lens, candle burner, peace plant, magazines, oh and Panasonic and Canon battery chargers.

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By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 21:47:56 +0000

Add to that list: clean house before you go into labor. I spent the 3 hours of at-home labor, as ridiculous as it sounds, alternating between panting for breath from the pain and doing dishes, tidying up the house. We ended up spending 4 nights at the hospital and believe me, what’s nicer than post-vacation return to a clean home is postpartum return.
PS It has taken my “Staci”/husband about 9 years to catch on, 6 months of which was AFTEr the baby arrived (no, even pregnancy raging hormones didn’t scare him into submission). He came around eventually though, so hang in there.

By: JAKAL

JAKAL — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 20:33:45 +0000

I dont know… I tried doing stuff like that couple of times before nad ended up being stressed! I have so much stuff thaT after a feww weeks I cant remember where my suff is.. i rather thave them in a pile. Guess some people are like that! But good luck to everyone who is going to clean up.