HOW TO CLEAN YOUR ROOM FAST! (& Keep It That Way!!!)/Cleaning Motivation

hi welcome back I'm Andrea Jean and this channel is dedicated to cleaning and organizing for busy women so if that as you hit that subscribe button enjoyed the community also if you enjoy this video be sure to give it a thumbs up today I'm gonna be talking about how to clean your room fast and actually keep it that way I'm going to be showing with you my five-step easy method for cleaning your room and my top three tips to keep it that way as a busy mom I totally get how your bedroom can essentially become a dumping ground for all things and oftentimes our bedroom is an afterthought we take care of the rest of the house before we take care of our bedrooms in my bedroom - at one point used to be a complete disaster but because of the strategies and systems I have in place my bedroom generally stays pretty tidy and many of you can attest to it that watch my cleaning videos but that wasn't always the case so I want to share those with you so that you have more time to do all the other fun things that you have going on in your life so let's get into my five-step cleaning method and remember stay to the end so you don't miss my three best tips for actually maintaining this peace so my first step in this five-step easy method is to make your bed I think when you have a made bed it sets the rest of the tone for your bedroom your room could be a complete pit in a complete disaster but if your bed is made it looks just a little bit better guaranteed I like to assimilate it to the debt snowball with Dave Ramsey right you pay off one small debt first and you get momentum you're ready to go you feel excited well I think the same principle applies to cleaning your bedroom so make that bed get yourself moving and get yourself motivated and before you know it your room will be in tip-top shape if it is time to change your sheets make sure you grab a fresh pair so that you are ready to go when you start making that bed and once you take all your sheets off your bed I want you to go ahead and put them in your dirty laundry basket or in your washing machine so that they are ready to be washed now I'm going to talk more about this step at the end but trust me on this one this is going to save you a ton of time now on to step two I want you to grab three baskets yes the magic number is three one basket is going to be a garbage can the second basket is going to be your dirty clothes basket the third basket is going to be any sort of basket that you can put miscellaneous junk in in your bedroom basically anything that doesn't belong in your room grab those three baskets and put them together in one central location in your bedroom so now that you've got your bed all made you got your three baskets in place we are gonna move on to step 3 and that is pick a starting point in your bedroom and what I mean by that is every time you clean your bedroom I want you to start in one specific spot in your bedroom so for me I like to start up near my nightstand and then I make my way around my bedroom in a clockwise fashion and I implement the same strategy when I'm cleaning my kitchen or pretty much any other room in my house but less we have to think about what to do and where to start the batter this will not only increase your efficiency but this is also going to reduce overwhelm and in fact time and feeling overwhelmed are often the two variables that really get in the way of us decluttering and starting that cleaning process to begin with thumbs up if you agree so now this is where those three baskets come into play I want you to take them and I want you to move around your bedroom at that starting point and moving the exact same direction so for me it's clockwise and I want you to put any garbage in the garbage can I want you to put any dirty laundry and your dirty laundry basket and then any item that should not be in your bedroom maybe it's your kids shoes maybe it's bowls plates and random accessories like that I want you to put it in that laundry basket now stay focused with me there are gonna be a bunch of other random items around your bedroom that you're gonna want to maybe tinker with think about where to put but stay focused on those three categories garbage laundry and stuff that don't belong in your bedroom make your way around that room right it's like picking picking where does this go what basket is sitting garbage laundry miscellaneous garbage laundry miscellaneous and throw it in those baskets oh and if I forgot to mention make sure you're putting on some good tunes or an audio book or a podcast that you really appreciate so that you can make this experience a little bit more enjoyable now for me I'm a little bit crazy I absolutely love cleaning and organizing it is a really big hi for me to be honest with you all but I know that's not the case for everybody so - anything extra that you have to do to get yourself just a little bit more pumped up and ready to attack your room and get peace back order now on to step four so now that you've put away all the garbage laundry and miscellaneous things that don't belong in your bedroom you're gonna start at your starting point again and you're gonna move in the exact same direction and you're gonna put everything else away now you're gonna feel a little bit better because one your bed has made and all those other things have been taken care of maybe you're a dresser or workstation is a little bit messy so go ahead and get those all in order exactly where they need to be so it's all tidied up if you have Julia that's sitting out go ahead put that in your jeweler box if that's something if you have a nightstand with books all those other sort of things on there go ahead and put them in their home and onto my fifth and final step go ahead and grab all the cleaning supplies that you need maybe use carpet deodorizer maybe you have a surface multi-surface cleaner that you like to use grab your vacuum if you're going to be dusting it and grab your dust make sure you have all the supplies put them in a big basket if you don't have a tote or carrier that you typically use now when you start cleaning I want you to think about cleaning from the top down so in my case I like to dust first make my way down to my nightstand my dresser my jewelry box and last but not least I'll go ahead and vacuum the floor that way any scraps or leftover makeup or dust can settle down to the floor and you can vacuum it all up at the end I think for the average person following this five-step method you could probably get your bedroom in pretty good shape within about 30 to 45 minutes but stay tuned I'm going to be sharing my top three tips for actually keeping it that way and that is why it takes me such a little time to actually clean my bedroom moving forward and if I can do this you absolutely can do this too and I'm here to help and support you yes so now that our room is all clean how do we actually keep it that way well here are my best tips for helping keep this maintained this first tip is going to be very hard for many of you yes I totally get it but bear with me hear me out I think this is going to be overall beneficial for you and your bedroom it should be primarily for sleeping only yes well and that stuff you know what I mean okay and what I mean by that is we shouldn't be eating in our bedrooms we should be watching TV should be on our phones in our bedrooms we want our brains to be queued in on the bedroom is for sleeping now me personally I do do laundry on my bed during the daytime because it's ergonomically better for me everything else is done outside of my bedroom now I do change in here of course right but we're talking more like eating you know watching TV being on your phone I think those things are better saved for common living spaces in your house if you're able to and the reason being is we want to train ourselves that the bedroom is for sleeping we want to have the highest possible quality of sleep now there's a big difference between sleep and good sleep quality and the goal is to have high sleep quality that way the next day you feel overall rejuvenated and recharged and you can do all the things that you want to do especially if it comes to things above and beyond being a businesswoman or being a mom and maintaining your household not only are we gonna have better sleep quality when we save our bedroom for sleeping but overall your bedroom is gonna be less messy and less cluttered now I know this is a really hard and very challenging thing for people because we have habits and we have rituals and we're very comfortable things but if you're someone that would like to improve your sleep quality and have less overall clutter and chaos in your bedroom then I strongly encourage you to try this tip and my second tip for helping you keep this maintain is my one touch rule what do you mean by that Andrea Jean is often as you can try to touch items only one time oftentimes let's say you had a box in your bedroom right you got some new clothes that came in your shipment and you you know took them out of the box that sort of thing and then you would go ahead and set the box maybe in another part of your bedroom even though you know it's not something that belongs in there my strategy that I want you to implement with the one touch rule is once you've opened the items of clothes out of that box take them out and then take that box and put it in your garage if you're going to recycle it or if you save your boxes put it where it needs to go that way the box is no longer there and you've only touched it one time this is not only going to help you keep your space more maintained but save you a ton of time this same strategy can apply with your dirty clothes oftentimes when we're getting out of our dirty clothes our first instinct is to just go ahead and throw them on the floor and we'll pick them up and deal with them later but no no no I want to help save you all the energy and resources that you have so when you take those dirty clothes off go ahead and put them in the laundry hamper and if you don't have a laundry hamper that's easily accessible make sure that you get one and my third and final tip to help you keep your bedroom somewhat clean somewhat tidy and a little more in order is to keep your counters and surfaces as clear as you possibly can this is gonna help you in a variety of ways one if you're naturally used to having clear dressers clear counters you're gonna want to keep it that way it's much easier to notice when things are out of control or things are cluttered when there's a bunch of stuff on it and there normally isn't it also looks just a little bit more tidy and you can really appreciate the things on your surfaces that you really want to accentuate and want people to see now if you are someone that generally likes to fill up all the flat surfaces in your house with things especially as it pertains to your bedroom just take small baby steps I know it can seem really overwhelming and if you're not used to having clean and decluttered spaces it can almost feel like you're naked but I'm telling you if you implement my five step process in my three tips you are gonna have overall less overwhelming your life in a ton more time I absolutely love cleaning but I have not spend my whole day doing that I absolutely can't I have a business I have a full-time career and I have three kids that I love and adore and not to forget my husband but these strategies and systems have really helped me in my life and I believe that they can help you too so now that we've talked about how to clean your room fast and keep it that way how do you keep the rest of your house clean well I have got you covered check out my video right here I share my top 10 tips for keeping a clean house so now I want to hear from you which of these tips and strategy stands out most to you or which one of these things are you going to try to start implementing in your own life let me know in the comments below let's get a dialogue going again subscribe if you have it and we'll see you all the next one thanks for watching take care