Cleaning your apartment can be a real deal to have because it can be boring and exhausting at the same time. The fact that your apartment needs to be maintained requires you to do cleaning as a regular activity. You can be creative and think of some out of the box ideas to implement to make cleaning chores a fun task to do. In the following post, you can do these ideas to make cleaning fun.
- Turn on some energetic music
Put on some of your favorite tunes to light up your mood while cleaning. Music usually can brighten up any kind of situation including cleaning and laundry. You will feel energized doing the chores while listening to your favorite songs. The fun ambience and elevated mood can help you to finish the task faster than you expected. - Invite some friends to help
It is true that cleaning and laundry can be a tedious task to finish. To make it more fun and less of a burden, you can invite some friends over to help you finish it. Call some friends that are easy and helpful, ask whether they have free time or not, then ask them to give you a hand in doing house chores. After finishing, treat your friends with some good food or deliveries to thank them. Cleaning up an apartment with the help of some friends will make it easier and faster. - Playing a game
Cleaning can be done in a fun way too. So, make some ideas to make cleaning feels like playing a game. You can set up the timer when you start cleaning to find out how fast you can finish the chores. You can compare the length of time you need to do the cleaning previously with the time you spend now and see if there is an improvement. Usually, you will do the cleaning faster compared to before because you are already used to it. You can play this game with your siblings or other relatives to compete between each other and find who finishes first. Another game possibility is you can number the list of your activities you must do, then roll a dice, each number on the dice represents the type of activity you must do until it is completed. Besides those two games, you can play color games by choosing things and tidying them based on the same color. At the end of this game you can please your eyes with some things that are neatly arranged and grouped and have the same color. It is fun, isn’t it? - Reward yourself after finishing
After putting all energy into cleaning to make the room sparkly clean, you deserve a reward for yourself. You can have many options for it, for example having your favorite drink or snack or food, watching your favorite serial or movie, going out shopping, or even enjoying a decent sleep. You can relax while enjoying a well-managed, clean, and fresh apartment, this can give you the feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment. - Take Before and After Photo
Interested to snap a picture of before and after? We think that you should do it. Take a picture of your apartment before cleaning, then after you finish, snap another photo of the clean apartment. When you compare the photos, you will be amazed by the result of your cleaning task. The fresh and manageable apartment photo unconsciously can elevate your mood to realize the benefits of cleaning, therefore, you will be excited to do it again next time.
Even though sometimes you can feel lazy doing the cleaning chores, with some innovative ideas, you can make it into an engaging activity to do regularly. So, let’s grab your cleaning tools, remove all the dirt, and make your apartment shine.