A Realistic Cleaning Routine in 2016

As 2015 draws to a close, reflections over the past year are natural.  This final post for 2015 reflects a small sampling of the content in some of our top posts from the year.  Here is a compilation of green cleaning helps that were beneficial to our readership…

Reboot and Re-Energize Your Green Cleaning Routine

Who of us would not want to snap our fingers to find our homes perfectly green cleaned and organized? 

If you are a busy family running from sporting event to sporting event sprinkled with school concerts and the like, you may be having a few challenges keeping the home front in order!

Read on for manageable, simple tips to get your home back into the peaceful sanctuary you need it to be! 

Routine Green Cleaning that "Bites the Dust"

It's everywhere!  It leaves nothing untouched by its presence.  You can't get away from it.  It is in your life—period.

What is "IT"?  "IT" is DUST.

The upside is that you CAN minimize IT.

I have heard in joking, "I can't clean, I'm allergic to dust!"  In reality, a large percentage of individuals are allergic to dust.  The truth is—the more you stick to a regular green cleaning routine, the less allergic symptoms to dust you will experience.  It is what is in the dust particles that trigger allergic symptoms, such as dust mites.  Avoiding dusting really is more detrimental to your health than daily/weekly dusting routines.

It is not just your health at stake from the toll of dust:

Household Cleaning Tips for Indoor Allergies: Part One

Summer allergies are triggered not only by pollen count out-of-doors, but by other culprits found within your home.  There are two top sources at the root of indoor allergies:  dust mites and mold/mildew. 

We will look at these indoor allergy sources in two parts.  This week dust mites take the stage.  Keep reading to discover where they love to hangout and how to get rid of them in an eco-friendly clean way!

Establishing Green Clean Routines

 

It is a "no-brainer" that cleaning is a necessary part of life.  The challenge is staying on top of it! 

Have you ever had guests show up unexpectedly and you've said, "My house was clean this morning."

If you are the parent of preschoolers, toddlers or infants; special grace is extended to you!  Young children can sweep in like a tornado; destroying any clean and organized space.  For the rest of us, we may be running out of legitimate excuses. 

Staying on top of a clean environment requires establishing routines.  We have routines for work, we just need to transfer the concept of routines to our home environment.  In fact, it has been said that maintenance is always more effective than a big cleanup.  Maintenance can save up to two thirds of your time than doing a big cleanup.

So in light of the benefits of maintenance, what routines would be most helpful for you?  Answer that and then you will be prepared to set up a plan of action.