There’s a moment in adulthood where you realize that there’s more to cleaning than just doing laundry and occasionally washing dishes.
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Thankless Chores for Grown-Ups
Tag: cleaning
It’s so much less horrifying to be in my room right now.
Q: So my bedroom is, and has been, ungodly messy my whole life. Whenever I have cleaned my room, someone (usually my mom) always has the comment, “Oh, it’s clean, now only if it’ll stay that way” or something along those lines. IDK why, but this makes me mad beyond life. To the point that […]
I think the part of my brain that lets me organize things is broken.
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We Try It: DIY Laundry Detergent
I made my own powdered laundry detergent and it was not a disaster! I recommend it if you are bored — or maybe cheap. Sometimes, the Internet gets into my brain and compels me to attempt A Project. I’m particularly susceptible to “efficient” or charming domestic capers like making my own Irish Soda Bread (such […]
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We Try It: Deo-Go Stain Remover
You know what’s a great look? A crisp, white blouse tucked into jeans. It’s very 1960s casual chic. Do you know what doesn’t look good? The yellowing of the pits on a crisp, white blouse. You may not know this, but the main reason for yellow pits on your lovely white blouses is not sweat. […]
Spring cleaning is for the birds.
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Ask UfYH: You Can’t Make Someone Care
Q: How do you get someone to care about cleaning? My SO helps me clean because I ask them to, but they literally do not get the point of cleaning. What are the magic words to illustrate what will happen if I don’t clean up? A: You can’t, and there aren’t any.
My apartment is super clean. Woot.
My place is kind of a disaster.
I work in a college-based office that hasn’t really been cleaned in a while. It’s packed with books and teaching prep materials, a product of a decade of hoarding.
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The One Hour Work Day
Please don’t take the title literally. It’s more about making boring tasks more interesting.
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UfYH Cleaning Basics Checklists
A number of people have asked for bare bones schedules for what should be cleaned and when. Please keep in mind that these lists are in no way meant to be comprehensive, and that your needs will vary as far as tasks and frequency. This is meant as a starting point to forming good routines […]
Q. Boyfriend and I are in our mid-20s and have been dating for two years. We’ve begun to move forward on the physical side of our relationship, but this is first-time territory for both of us. Being of the nerd persuasion, both of us have done a great deal of reading on the internet about […]
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Lunchtime Poll: Perfect Order
I just got done doing the dishes, and I realized that I have a very specific way of doing them, right down to the utensils. Plates, bowls, cups/mugs, pots and pans, large utensils, knives, spoons, forks.