https://www.overstuffedlife.com/how-to-keep-your-kitchen-clean-when-you/ purposeful parenting and simplified living Mon, 17 Jul 2023 15:47:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overstuffedlife.com/how-to-keep-your-kitchen-clean-when-you/#comment-303 Tue, 12 May 2015 23:57:57 +0000 #comment-303 The feeling of a time limit helps me a lot. It makes me more motivated to just get it done–all about the psychology!

]]> https://www.overstuffedlife.com/how-to-keep-your-kitchen-clean-when-you/#comment-302 Tue, 12 May 2015 23:57:13 +0000 #comment-302 I do wish I had a dishwasher. This would be much easier. But not having one makes me work harder at keeping up with the dishes, so that's good.

]]> https://www.overstuffedlife.com/how-to-keep-your-kitchen-clean-when-you/#comment-301 Tue, 12 May 2015 23:56:42 +0000 #comment-301 I know, right! I'm working on it!

]]> https://www.overstuffedlife.com/how-to-keep-your-kitchen-clean-when-you/#comment-300 Tue, 12 May 2015 23:56:14 +0000 #comment-300 I know. Not really obvious in my home, either. Ha ha!

]]> https://www.overstuffedlife.com/how-to-keep-your-kitchen-clean-when-you/#comment-299 Tue, 12 May 2015 23:55:55 +0000 #comment-299 Amen! I'm really working on my children with this one. I went into the kitchen today and had some lovely breakfast spills to wipe up that nobody bothered with. A mother's work is never done!

]]> https://www.overstuffedlife.com/how-to-keep-your-kitchen-clean-when-you/#comment-298 Tue, 12 May 2015 23:53:48 +0000 #comment-298 Ha ha. These are tips I KNOW, but don't always actually DO. They do work, though!

]]> https://www.overstuffedlife.com/how-to-keep-your-kitchen-clean-when-you/#comment-297 Tue, 12 May 2015 23:48:50 +0000 #comment-297 Yes. Now if I could only teach my children the magic that is cleaning spills immediately.

]]> https://www.overstuffedlife.com/how-to-keep-your-kitchen-clean-when-you/#comment-296 Tue, 12 May 2015 23:48:23 +0000 #comment-296 The timer is definitely my best cleaning friend. 🙂

]]> https://www.overstuffedlife.com/how-to-keep-your-kitchen-clean-when-you/#comment-295 Tue, 12 May 2015 23:48:08 +0000 #comment-295 It's my biggest cleaning trick and almost the only way I am motivated to do it, LOL!

]]> https://www.overstuffedlife.com/how-to-keep-your-kitchen-clean-when-you/#comment-294 Tue, 12 May 2015 23:46:59 +0000 #comment-294 Exactly. And knowing that I'm allowed to stop, even if I'm not finished really helps me to be motivated to do it, because sometimes things look too overwhelming. Then I'm surprised when I do it in less time than I thought it would take!

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