A quick visit to left field ...cause it's my page.

This is totally off topic as I am just sharing what I have found to be one of the greatest cleaning tips around. It's my page and... well that's all, but here we go. Have two drinks before you start, then a drink an hour to keep your momentum. This may be shocking to some of you, but I'll give you two reasons it works and to give it a try.

Reason One: I don't like cleaning. I'd rather be doing something else, but cleaning and organizing just have to be done. Now take some good rural folk, give em a few drinks and its suddenly a good idea to go pushing around 1800 pound cattle in their field at night. No one knows why, it just suddenly is. Same thing here, I'm just sitting in front of the TV and suddenly it's a good idea to get some of this junk out of my way, and make noise with a vacuum cleaner and such. I don't know why; it just works for me.

Reason Two: I keep less stuff. As I come across junk I'm less likely to think "hmm, this has the subtle yet distinct look of things that are suddenly super necessary at some point beyond 15 years from now. What if that fateful day arrives, and I'm unprepared?!? I must keep it!" and I'm more likely to think all in one breath, "what's this? Dunno" Kerplunk! Or when looking at clothes I don't think something silly like, "this was my favorite shirt in junior high. I used to be so cool. I'm going to start working out this year you know. I'll fit into it again soon, you'll see..." and instead think, "oh crap! I don't need this as evidence against me!" Swish!

So there they are. I should make an infomercial and sell "cleaning kits" in the middle of the night. Anyway, I've been using this system for my last couple large cleaning jobs and it has drastically improved my cleaning performance, and I haven't regretted one thing I've thrown out. I usually just regret the things I keep.

PS: I do donate everything of value to a local charity. Not everything goes into the actual trash and don't drive anywhere after you're done cleaning, just check out my infomercial on TV.

PPS: No, I didn't have anything to drink before writing this. ;)