Tip #2 – Get your sink clean

It has now been two full weeks since I started my plan to get a cleaner house and heart and it has been working out (most days, at least!).

It is not always easy to do! Especially to clean after a day at work and when you are sleep deprived because your baby decided this was a good week to wake up every hour! Oh well, you better do it anyway, otherwise things will be even worse the following day!

My tip number two is to get your sink clean! Always go to bed with a clean sink! This way, when you get up in the morning to prepare your breakfast and/or the lunch boxes for the day you don’t get that busy feeling a messy kitchen gives you! And I don’t mean having your dishes done. I mean, having your dishes done and away in their proper places! All you get at the end of the day and the beginning of a new day is a shiny sink! Then just before leaving the house try to get the breakfast dished done as well – even if you don’t put them away, when you return home and go into the kitchen to prepare yet another meal it will all be ready for you!

I’ve managed to do it for two weeks now and I must say it is a great tip! This is not a tip that will save you time, though! You will always have to do the dishes and put them away – but if you do it in the order I suggest you will always have a tidy kitchen!

I used to have another method! After dinner I wanted to spend time with the husband, so I would leave the dishes and take care of them the following day after work. And that was ok before, but now with a baby it does not work, because when I get home I want to spend time with my baby girl not do the dishes! And now that I’ve changed the order, when I do the dishes after dinner, there is not much to clean anymore! And I get to spend time with my baby and my husband! And still have an organized kitchen!

The same thing happens with our hearts and minds– we should always go to bed with them shining! No leftovers or dirty dished lying around! We need to take care of things before going to bed – a word we said, something we did or that we should have done…Especially when it comes to our husband and kids – we should never go to bed upset! Never leave things undone! How good it feels to get and give a hug, a smile and a kiss just before falling asleep! And to get those in the morning as well! That can only happen if our relationships are clean and shining, like the kitchen sink should!