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ItsJusticimo t1_ja8b3oc wrote

The simplest one trick rule to a clean house I've learned:

When you do/use something, don't put it down, put it away. Apply this rule to everything and you'll, in theory, always have a clean house.

Example. Eat some snacks? Put them away as soon as you're done. Finished watching TV on the couch, fix pillows and throw blankets as soon as you're done. Right after dinner, rinse dishes and put them in the dishwasher (saves time anyways cuz you don't need to deal with stuck food). Roll out of bed? Make the bed immediately.

Everytime you do a task, put things away once done using it, make it a habit and you'll just have a perpetually clean house. Then just vacuum and do laundry on one of your days off once a week.

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Nothing_WithATwist t1_ja91u4e wrote

This really is the way to do it. You can’t consider yourself “done” with a task until it’s in the same state you started in. So if you’re cooking, don’t eat until you do the dishes (even if that’s just rinsing out the pan or letting it soak). That’s what I do with my roommates because it’s not fair to be keeping something dirty when others could be using it and it’s also not fair to make them clean your things. Obviously a romantic partner is different, but treating them like a roommate can be helpful for avoiding living situation conflicts since at the end of the day you are sharing a space.

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Vegetable_Dinner_524 t1_ja9lezf wrote

Sink of hot soapy water when cooking, as soon as something if finished with quick wash and on the draining board, pans washed before you eat ( food going to be nuclear hot anyway) then just plates and cutlery left to do ( they take 20 seconds) back to sitting on arse

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Joe_Spiderman t1_ja9e82e wrote

Don't eat until the dishes are done? Lolwut? So after I finish cooking, my family gets to eat while I'm washing cookwear?

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LorenzoStomp t1_ja9l26n wrote

Yeah that's one I have trouble with. I try to clean as I go while cooking, but sometimes stuff is left over and I don't want to eat my dinner cold. So the dishes have to wait til later, which is sometimes the next day when I have time for them.

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Joe_Spiderman t1_ja9m1yq wrote

Yeah, that sounds like what normal folks do. Growing up, my dad's rule was, whoever made dinner was exempt from dishes. Helped motivate my brother and I to cook for the family a couple times a week.

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sevenwheel t1_jaaf50r wrote

I'm a "don't eat until the pots and pans are cleaned up" type of person.

Once the food is on the stove, I get everything cleaned up and put away while the food is cooking.

When the food is finished cooking, I put my food on my plate and rinse the pots and pans hot off the stove after I transfer the food.

I've found that if I do this, before anything has a chance to cool off and set up, the food residue rinses right off the pots and pans instantly. It's so much faster that it's worth taking the extra minute or so before eating.

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RacerGal t1_jab89j4 wrote

>don't put it down, put it away.

Often known as the OHIO method: Only Handle It Once.

If my husband puts his dirty dishes in an empty sink instead of the dirty dishwasher and I then have to add them to the dishwasher to start the load, he's essentially DOUBLING the labor we have to do to maintain the dishes. These small acts add up.

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LavenLila t1_ja98bfu wrote

This is what I do. I like to say I'm always cleaning, and therefore I never have to clean. It just always feels like it's done because the habit is so ingrained that it takes no effort to do things as I go.

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