Knowing the basics of time management (time management) will allow you to balance your life - to plan your day so as not to create rush jobs at work, return home on time, save time and energy for active rest.

How to organize a working day

If you do not have a tactical plan for every day and a strategic plan for a month - get ready for blockages at work. When endless fatigue and nervousness have become constant partners, try to change the approach to the distribution of working hours.

10 main principles of planning

1. Take 10 minutes to plan daily. Successful people do this every night, so their day goes by without fuss and psychosis.
2. Plan based on your real capabilities. Do not overload the day or week, the point is to evenly distribute tasks and work without stress.
3. Find suitable work and rest cycles. For example:
   • 55 minutes for business - 5 minutes. to rest;
   • 90 minutes work and 15 min. break.

Scientists have found that short breaks in work allow the brain to restore its ability to concentrate. By the way, we already wrote an article about. A prerequisite for a “reboot” is physical activity and a change in activity.

IMPORTANT! Move away from the computer, do not sit on social networks in your smartphone, it is better to walk around the office, stretch your muscles.

These tips will help if you are not doing anything at work. Try to plan things so that you finish earlier than the deadline. This will lead you to career advancement.

Learning to plan a week, a month in advance

It's time to talk about how to organize your work in order to keep up with everything. Planning is at the forefront.

You have to decide which planning medium you will use.

1. Electronic The good news is that you can repeatedly edit, swap, delete and supplement tasks, see on the screen the whole week or month, use data from any gadget.
   

   ADVICE! Using a fill of different colors, you will immediately see urgent tasks, project deadlines, saturation of each day of the week. The choice of electronic planners is huge, there are also free ones.

2. Paper Diaries are good because they are available in any environment - during flights, in the absence of the Internet, laptop, etc.

It is optimal to have both. Synchronize your data whenever possible so you don't miss out on anything.

Too general and too detailed points of the plan are ineffective: the former do not provide all the information, the latter confuse. Follow a few rules for long-term planning:

• when planning a business call to a partner, write down the full name, position, phone number, so that later you do not waste time looking for information;
• immediately enter appointments, conferences, meetings into the planner; at the same time, in a separate column, indicate which documents are necessary or advisable to take with you, rewrite contact details, addresses and other necessary information;
• during the week, distribute tasks so that by Thursday the most important thing is done - as you know, fatigue accumulates, so at the end of the week it is better to leave simple tasks; clearly formulate tasks and subtasks;
• Think over long-term projects in detail and distribute working time so that everything is in time, and the project was completed a couple of days before the deadline; if this is not possible, again leave the simplest for last.

BY THE WAY! If you develop a habit of immediately adding tasks to the calendar, allocating time for their completion, you will never have problems with deadlines.

What to do when you have a blockage in your service?

For starters, don't panic. Instead of repeating, "I can't do my job," take action.

Step-by-step guide to clearing blockages:

1. Sort tasks. Separate lists - documents, invoices, negotiations, meetings.
2. Highlight in green those tasks that are entirely up to you to complete.
3. Highlight the tasks you are doing as a team in yellow.
4. Highlight urgent tasks in red.
5. Bring the ones marked in yellow and red to the meeting, determine the methods and deadlines with colleagues. Immediately add to your plan for the week, check how realistic the tasks are on time. Correct and reconcile with others as needed.
6. Start completing tasks from the green-red list; distribute tasks from the green list evenly over the days of the week and carry out strictly according to the plan, without waiting for them to turn red.
7. When the tasks are sorted, it is no longer difficult to draw up an effective plan that is realistic in terms of completion.
8. Check with your management if coworkers continually delay your work. If you are a leader, take action.

IMPORTANT! Often blockages form because you spend your work time chatting on social media and instant messengers. Get your phone out of your sight, block social networks on your work computer and get started!

When a lot of work accumulates, you don't have time to get it done. And only effective planning will save you from rush jobs and missed deadlines.

If problems arise due to incorrect organization of the workflow in principle, refer to the manual. When management is struggling with the organization, try looking for another job. Living in constant stress leads to health problems, darkens the whole life.

How to find time to do household chores?

Do household chores terrify you? Let's talk about how to deal with things without stress.

Cooking food

If you don't have time to cook after work, heed our recommendations.

1. Make sure to fill the refrigerator for the whole week. It is irrational to spend time in queues after work.
2. Choose one day a week to go to the supermarket. Make a rough menu for the week and buy all the necessary products from the list. If you don't have a car, buy a bag on wheels.
3. If you prefer not to eat semi-finished products, make homemade preparations - meat and vegetable patties, dumplings - in case you feel unwell or come home late. Otherwise, you will not have time to do anything around the house after work.
4. Save elaborate meals for the weekend if you love to cook. Daily food preparation should not take more than 40-60 minutes.
5. Buy all the time-saving appliances you need - multicooker, large pots and pans. Cook for a few days.

Cleaning

If you don't have time to clean up after work, then the best way is to keep it clean and tidy every day.

1. Put your clothes in the closet or laundry basket immediately, put everything back in place after use, and do not accumulate dirty dishes.
2. Rational owners immediately wipe the stove, wash the plumbing casually, sweep the floor after cooking.
3. Think about purchasing a dishwasher and a robotic vacuum cleaner, with such helpers your life will become easier and more enjoyable.

Try to follow these rules. Then it will no longer be necessary to clean the apartment for hours on weekends and to carry out a general cleaning every six months.

ADVICE! Teach your children to help you around the house. Arrange a competition - who will quickly wipe off the dust, polish the mirrors to a shine, wash your shoes. A small prize will be a great incentive.

When you do household chores together, you not only cope with work faster, but also unite the family, teach children to take care of others.

Psychologists tell you how to learn to keep up with everything at work and at home. Here are the basic guidelines.

1. Get enough sleep. This is one of your main tasks. 7-8 hours of sleep is essential for well-being and health.
   

   IMPORTANT! The ability to focus and spend less time on complex tasks directly depends on the length and quality of sleep.

2. Don't skip breakfast. A cup of coffee will cheer you up, but it won't fill you up. Brain activity is stimulated by nutrients, don't make the brain starve.
3. Ensure yourself a good mood in the morning. Don't read the news, don't watch TV before work. Nice music, light gymnastics, delicious breakfast will set you up for a productive day. You can even go in for sports in the morning without compromising your service.
4. Social media is consuming your energy in huge amounts. As a result, the ability to focus on what is important and to think creatively decreases. Give up social media for a few days and you will be surprised how much productivity has increased. Read also the article about.
5. Remember, you do not need to plan your day in order to work all the time, but in order to have balance, to live a fulfilling life. Don't forget to plan your vacation, fitness classes, walks. Finally, remember your personal life.

Useful video

I suggest watching an interesting video on how to keep up with everything, not only at work, but also in life:

You probably found the answer to the question why you are not doing well at work. Learn to be productive and focused, and use your time efficiently. Then you will get more freedom, you will be able to solve problems many times faster. You will have time for family, communication, hobbies, walks and rest.

Neglecting planning means voluntarily agreeing to a deterioration in the quality of life. Organize your time, forget about stress and enjoy life.

How to do household chores if the child constantly requires to play? For many, these will be simple truths, but I see that not everyone is well aware of these simple truths. Yes, and I myself made many mistakes with my first child, did not see the obvious.

It will be about children 2-3 years old. It happens that kids of this age categorically do not want to let their mother go, they demand to play and play all day.

Some mothers complain that they are not doing anything with their children. And the only problem is that it is not possible to organize cooking or cleaning with the child. It is very important to do all the tasks while the child is awake! At this age, there is only one daytime sleep, in which you only need to rest and do your hobbies.

I believe that at any age of children this golden rule should be observed: no household chores while the baby is sleeping! But if in the first year of life this is not so important (when a child has 3 daytime naps, for example), then the importance of this rule is obvious.

And if it is sensible to assess how to do everything with one child ... then there is nothing incredible. Calculate how much time per day you need to clean? And for cooking? You don't have to do this all day, right?

Yes, during the day we can wipe up the puddles behind our crumbs, and after each meal we can spend a few minutes sweeping the floor, washing the table, etc. But if we soberly assess this time, it takes literally a few minutes. And I do not include this time in cleaning.

Everyone has different circumstances. A large two-story house will take longer than a small apartment. Feeding a family of 4 versus 10 is completely different.

It usually takes me about an hour a day to prepare food. During this time, several simple dishes are obtained. On the husband's weekend, you can cook more complex dishes, then it takes an hour and a half. But there is a bonus - the husband is next to the children.

It takes me 30-60 minutes to clean up a day. We have a small apartment. Plus in the evening it takes about 10 minutes to remove the toys (I left not many toys in the public domain to make it easier to clean up), scattered pencils, etc. If you don't get distracted, it all fits perfectly in 10 minutes.

That is, household chores (if there is no strong perfectionism and special conditions) require up to two hours a day. It is not necessary to do everything in a row, but somehow we must arrange for ourselves the opportunity to spend two hours a day on these responsibilities.

The first thing to understand is that it is normal that the child does not want to let us go. It's normal that he would only like to play with us all day. But we shouldn't be turning into a 24/7 animator. Our task is to teach children that mom has other things to do.

This issue is especially acute for those who are accustomed to doing everyday life in the daytime sleep of a child.

Why does the baby throw tantrums and resist desperately when we try to end the game and go to the kitchen? There can be two main points here:

• he basically can't play alone. Then you need to smoothly teach this.
• he can play alone. But right now, he doesn't want to. Right now he wants your attention, for one reason or another.

If you see that the child is not ready for independent play, you can simply transfer the game to the kitchen. Yes, the kid may not approve of this idea. But you can show that there is simply no other option. We do not deny attention to children. We do not reject them. We are just changing the format of the game, changing the format of communication.

Sometimes it is enough for children to say: “Now let's go to the kitchen to draw / sculpt / help me cook” - and they easily agree to such a change of activity. Sometimes it is enough to quietly take the children to the kitchen during the game: "And now the cars have gone on new adventures." But it happens that nothing works. The kid understands our tricks. And he wants his mother to be 100% his.

There are several nuances for these cases:

1. We will figure out in advance what we will do in the kitchen. For example, building a house from a construction set. You need to come up with something that requires less active participation from you. All you need to do is admire the house, throw up new ideas and keep the play on words.
2. We warn the child in advance that after some time we will go to build a house in the kitchen. We warn you at least 3 times! Better if it is like this: “Now you and I will play with cars, then we will read a fairy tale about a mouse, and then we will go to build a house in the kitchen ... So you and I have played, now we will read a fairy tale and go to build a house in the kitchen ... " etc. But here everything is individual, look for a path that will be as comfortable as possible for your baby.
3. You can also set a timer. For example, three times for two minutes. After the third call of the timer - we go to the kitchen.
4. When it's time to go to the kitchen (which you warned about in advance), you go to the kitchen. There is no need to get angry, offended and prove something at the child's protest. If he understands all the tricks (I had such a Lisa), it is better to say bluntly that you need to go to prepare food now, you are forced to go to the kitchen. But you are ready to help build a house there from a construction set or the like.
5. The child can protest. You better not give in, but continue to calmly insist that you need to cook food. Yes, you understand him, and you would gladly sit with him all day, but you have to prepare food.
6. When a child cries, we sympathize, understand, hug, but remain adamant.
7. Sometimes it is helpful to offer children a choice of what to do in the kitchen.
8. In all situations, do not forget to use the mind. If it is very difficult for a child to switch to a new game right now, and you see that this is not manipulation, you can still postpone things for a few more minutes. But it doesn't have to be something regular.
9. If it turns out to switch the kid to the desired activity in a playful way - great! But this does not always work and not with all children. Sometimes you have to go through the screams and tears of the baby, remaining a sympathetic mother. The child faces limitations - and that's okay. He needs to learn to accept limitations. You remain soft and loving, you sympathize with the disappointment of the baby, but restrictions are needed, you cannot get away from this.

Usually Lesha plays well himself. But yesterday he categorically did not want to end the game with me. In such cases, I propose to go to the kitchen with toys, put one of the toys on a chair and speak on her behalf, supporting the game.

This game format is suitable for children who understand speech well. It is not necessary to be able to speak well yourself, it is enough to understand the speech.

The toy you speak on behalf of can issue many indications, it may want to eat / sleep, it can get acquainted with other toys and ask questions. You can actively play without using your hands in the game. It is enough to actively support the dialogue.

It was even easier with Lisa at this age. I just told her stories while preparing food, just discussed some serious topics (without games), sang songs, etc. Lesha still does not perceive speech at the level to understand the story, but he supports the everyday dialogue of toys well.

Some children are good at doing household chores. They can be trusted to transfer pieces of vegetables from a cutting board to a bowl, they can be offered to wash something, knead the dough, stir salad, throw out the trash ... Some children enjoy drawing or sculpting from salt dough while their mother cooks nearby and comments on the baby's actions. Some children start playing with water in the sink, pouring water from different containers.

You need to look for what is closer to your child. And remember that even if the kid does not agree to any option, the last word is yours. You can just put the child in front of the fact - now we play this way. When I'm done with my business, let's go play in the room. In the meantime - just like that.

Gradually, children get used to this and calmly perceive the new type of games. The main thing is for us to understand ourselves that we really need to get busy, not leaving them for a nap.

Wish you a wonderful day!

There is an unpleasant stereotype that girls who sit at home do absolutely nothing. Do not forget that this is, as a rule, a conscious and independent choice of every woman, and no one has the right to condemn such a lifestyle. There can be a great variety of options due to which she sits at home. But let's find out about what housewives do.

Not only household chores

So, let's say you are about to become a housewife soon. The first question that probably worries you is what housewives do. Of course, a woman has a great many things to do. You need to wash the floor, dishes, cook dinner, wash, tidy up your clothes. The work of a housewife is very monotonous, so it is worth diversifying the list of activities, giving free rein to your imagination. For example, make redevelopment, start decorating the interior. It all depends on how rich the woman has a fantasy and a large supply of creativity.

How to fill your day?

The modern housewife's to-do list goes beyond ironing, washing, and cleaning. You can organize your time in a much more interesting way. You can get creative, decorate your house, do something with your own hands - master classes, including free ones, have already been created a lot on these topics.

A housewife in the modern world is no longer the woman who washes the dishes from morning till night, cleans up after ten children and tries to please her husband in everything. This is the same modern woman who does household chores. If most women manage to work for 8 hours, and then still stand at the stove, then here a woman simply considers it her job to provide comfort and coziness in the house.

Sports housewives are reality

What do housewives do? Girls who spend a lot of time in four walls also want to look beautiful and well-groomed. To do this, they go in for sports. Classes can be held both within the walls of the house and in the gym. Often, girls choose yoga. It allows you to work not only on the body, but also on the inner state.

Also, some more active ladies prefer zumba. This is a dance fitness program based on popular Latin American rhythms. Very active and interesting training.

Other girls just go to the gym doing exercises under the guidance of a trainer. A considerable number of householders combine the above activities with swimming.

Income generating ideas. What can you do to make money?

It is difficult to argue with the fact that a woman can get tired from constant pastime within four walls. It's hard enough to live without communication, creative self-realization. There are a lot of stories and examples when a woman, despite the fact that her husband works and receives a lot of money, develops her business from scratch and has been successfully doing it for a long time.

What can a housewife do to earn money? In the modern world, such a question is no longer relevant, because there are a lot of remote work and other ideas for realizing your abilities. You can earn money as a typesetter, take up tutoring, remote photo editing or video editing. Anyone with PC skills will be able to find a job to their liking if they want to. You can start writing your book, administer groups on social networks, lead your own project, for example, a culinary one. You can buy clothes on foreign sites and sell them online or at home. Naturally for a higher price. Of course, there will be unclaimed goods too. You will be taking risks by buying a product that may not be liked by anyone.

Baking cakes at home

If you love to cook, you can try baking custom cakes. This is not only a profitable business, but also an interesting one. But it is worth taking on it only if you have the talent of a pastry chef or have been trained in this specialty. By the way, you can also study remotely. This is very often practiced now.

Own blog

Also, any person has the opportunity to create and maintain their own blog. In fact, it is not as difficult as many people think. You need more than 500 people to subscribe to you. After a while, you will receive offers to advertise this or that product.

Private kindergarten at home

Recently, private kindergartens have become very popular in Russia. In order to bring such an idea to life, you need to allocate one room. In it, having typed a group of children, you will engage in educational games with them. If you recruit small groups, then problems with babies should not arise at all. Mothers like these gardens more, as they pay more attention to each child.

Scrapbooking

This idea of ​​earning money at home is suitable for creative people who like to come up with new original things. Scrapbooking is a kind of handicraft art. Its essence lies in the production and design of family or personal photo albums.

Mastering this skill is quite simple. It doesn't take much time to create products. At the same time, payment for the created albums will delight you. The only drawback of this business is a lot of competition. Therefore, you need to pay special attention to the quality of work and, of course, advertising.

Soap making

Many hobbies can also make money. An example of such an activity is soap making. You can create soap with your own hands. Every girl can master this technique. Original and fragrant soaps are quickly sold out.

Tutoring

Many girls who are housewives do tutoring. You can offer your services in an area in which you understand. Certainly, having a higher education increases the chances of success. A housewife can:

• to engage with children of elementary grades in various subjects;
• teach children foreign languages;
• conduct courses for preparing children for school;
• prepare high school students for exams.

Business based on creativity and knowledge

What can a housewife do at home if she does not have access to a computer or, for some reason, does not understand technology? For example, due to age or other reasons. She can be engaged in embroidery, making jewelry from plastic, beads and other materials. These products can be sold to your friends. If you have experience writing diplomas and term papers, this is a good skill. You can help students or schoolchildren for money in writing works. Such services are quite in demand in today's market.

Beauty services

What do housewives who do not have all of the above skills do? Any woman knows how to do a manicure, pluck eyebrows, and do hair removal. Why not make money on it? As a rule, it is enough to take courses, and you can start your direct duties. Of course, in this case, you need to be able to correctly present your services so that people have a desire to use them.

Distribution of cosmetics is another option for making money

What are housewives doing who do not like the above ways and opportunities to earn money? Many people choose network marketing, such as the distribution of cosmetics. They start by offering their girlfriends catalogs and samples of this and that product. This business can be quite profitable and profitable if you have suitable qualities and have a large number of acquaintances who are ready to cooperate with you.

Raising a baby is a responsible mission

What should a housewife do at home if she has a child? In this case, women's shoulders are primarily responsible for their child. Many mothers are fully engaged in this work: they study parenting literature, take online courses, listen to lectures and seminars, attend development clubs and sports sections with their child, and organize home lessons. With this approach, as a rule, there is practically no time left for your own hobbies.

Self-organization difficulties

One of the biggest challenges women staying at home face is constantly pushing themselves to do something. It is quite difficult for a person to live without external control. We are used to being supervised by our boss at work, we have a structured eight-hour working day. In the case of housewives, self-organization skills come first, which, fortunately, can be developed. You need to learn to plan your day, prioritize. Therefore, it is worth constantly training and working on yourself.

Finally, it's worth writing some helpful tips for housewives to help you avoid a boring and unproductive life.

1. Never sit still. Develop, be creative.
2. Communicate constantly. With former colleagues, comrades, friends. You cannot be isolated from the outside world. You need to be among people.
3. Travel, read books. Don't let yourself get stuck in development. Expand your horizons, sign up for English courses or classes at an art school.
4. If you need funds to make your dreams come true, go to work at home - start selling things from websites, rewriting, copywriting, distributing cosmetics. Nowadays there are a lot of opportunities for remote work or freelancing.
5. Don't forget about your parents. Always make time for them, no matter how busy you are. Always help them, communicate.
6. If you are staying at home, put all your energy into raising children. Perhaps many years later, your child will thank you. Take your time for this, children are the future, and it must be worthy.

A little conclusion

So, in this article we have touched upon a rather relevant and interesting question - what do housewives do at home. A lot of options for a pleasant and interesting pastime were offered, taking into account individual characteristics, the presence of a child, skills and abilities. As it turned out, a woman can do whatever she wants. She can do the cleaning or cook incredibly delicious dinners for her beloved husband, she can teach her child to read, or she can be creative.

Almost any girl can be a housewife, even one who wants not to be financially dependent on her husband. There are a lot of means and earning opportunities today. If there is a desire, then there will be opportunities and ways to earn the required amount without leaving home.

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It is difficult to find someone who is truly indifferent to the mess. We like it when the house is clean, comfortable and easy to find. Only, as a rule, such an idyll happens only after a general cleaning. Hands drop, and sometimes it seems that he is in a real vicious circle of disorder. But we have little secrets, thanks to which things will always be in place. It’s quite real.

We are in website We value coziness and cleanliness very much and are always in search of solutions that can make life even more comfortable and easier. We are sure that these 13 tips will not leave you with questions about how to put the perfect order in your home.

1. Return all things to their place

Identify each item in a specific place in the house. This saves you the hassle of searching and wasting precious time, and also helps you maintain order easily. After all, it largely depends on how much the space in the apartment is littered with all sorts of things scattered in different corners.

2. Cover the top surface of kitchen cabinets with plastic

In the kitchen, grease constantly accumulates on all surfaces. Cabinets, shelves and kitchen aprons are particularly affected. If you cover the upper surface of shelves and cabinets with cling film, then during cleaning it will be enough to wipe them on top with a damp cloth - and there will be no accumulation of grease and dirt on the surface of the furniture. Just change the film from time to time.

3. Take your cleaning supplies with you

A small plastic box or bowl is a great help during cleaning. It will save you from having to go from room to room to get the detergents left there. Put them in a drawer and carry it with you.

4. Clean up during short breaks

Many household chores can be done during short breaks that occur between other things you are doing. For example, if you went into the kitchen to boil a kettle, during these 3-5 minutes of waiting it is quite possible to have time to wash several plates or mop the floor in one room.

5. Use an antistatic agent against dust

If you sprinkle an antistatic agent on the screens and back surfaces of household appliances, televisions and computers and then wipe them with a paper towel, then the dust will settle on them 2 times less.

6. After applying the detergent to the surface, wait 15 minutes

This rule applies when cleaning surfaces such as tiles, ceramics and even plastic. Do not apply a cleaning agent and immediately start cleaning, for example, the toilet or the tiles in the bathroom. It is better to wait 10-15 minutes and only then start laundering: this way you will spend much less time and effort. And in between, you can again do other small things.

7. Distribute all large tasks by day of the week

All major household chores can be divided by day of the week. For example, on Monday - wash the clothes, on Tuesday - clean the bathrooms, on Wednesday - buy groceries, on Thursday - wash the floors, on Friday - dust and vacuum. This will help to avoid an emergency and free Saturday and Sunday for rest.

8. Find your "point of confusion"

The Point of Clutter determines the amount of things that a person or family is able to keep in order. This limit is different for everyone. For example, you can control only a small amount of things, and if you slightly exceed this amount, the house is inevitably cluttered. If you have a low point of clutter, then first reduce the number of things in the house, and then define a place for each item.

9. Get rid of at least 20-30 things monthly

10. Give each family member their own container for things.

Give each family member a convenient container where he can put those things that he regularly uses, such as keys, phone, cards, etc. This will make it easier for him to maintain order and not waste time looking for things lost in the house.

11. Deal with "decluttering" things separately according to their categories

Do you agree that often the "Family boat crashes on life"? What to do to prevent this from happening?

Yes, in my opinion, this is a fairly common reason for divorce in married couples. And this applies to both women and men. We are used to hearing stories about how wives after the wedding wear curlers, dressing gowns, do not monitor their weight ... However, we should not forget that our beloved male half also often relaxes and allows himself to spend evenings lying on the couch in "sweatpants" and with a bottle of beer. Of course, such mutual behavior will not lead to anything good. Therefore, my recipe for maintaining family relationships is not to be lazy and arrange holidays for each other. If possible, take care of yourself and your appearance in order to be interesting to your partner, so to speak, “maintain a presentation”. (Smiles).

Do you like doing homework?

Yes, I love doing housework, household chores: cleaning shelves, cabinets, throwing out unnecessary trash. Thus, the energy of the house is cleared, and it becomes easier to breathe. After the steam generator appeared in our house, ironing is my favorite thing.

What business do you always do yourself and never entrust the housekeeper?

Washing, ironing, drying clothes, husband's shirts, sweaters ... In general, everything related to personal belongings.

Does it happen that everyday life "jams", turns into a routine? How do you save yourself from this?

So far, such a situation has not arisen in our family, perhaps due to the fact that we often attend certain events, periodically travel - we try to live an active, eventful life. It seems to me that it is thanks to this that we manage to avoid the routine of everyday problems.

Which of the household chores is your least favorite?

In fact, I am tolerant of all household chores, but if you take what I like less, most likely it will be cleaning the floors.

Is there some kind of household business that your husband is happy to do?

Beautifully lays out the pillows on the couch! (Laughs) Well, if we consider his excessive cleanliness as help with the housekeeping, then in this he is a great helper for me! We never have dirty linen, socks or unwashed mugs lying around the house.

Do you connect your household to cleaning the house, cooking? If so, what exactly can they be entrusted with?

In fact, this does not happen often: only when a large group of friends comes to visit us. I can ask my daughter to help me in the kitchen (for example, to peel vegetables for a salad), and my husband to set the table while I finish the cake. For the rest, everything is easier and faster to do on your own than to give valuable instructions and monitor their implementation.

How do you deal with dust in your home? And with pet hair?

In this sense, we are lucky, we have practically no dust in the house. Therefore, it is sufficient to pass the surfaces with a damp cloth once a week. As for the hair of pets, here we have responsibly approached the choice of pets. We have a small dog - a Russian Toy Terrier (for those who do not know, this is a short-haired breed), so there is almost no hair from it, and besides that, we wash it about once every 2-3 weeks. As for the cat, usually the main source of wool in the house, we chose the Bengal breed. These cats have rather short hair without undercoat, very smooth to the touch, reminiscent of warm silk! And as you yourself understand, we are not very familiar with this problem either. But even if, for one reason or another, pile, wool or something like that appears on the clothes, the sticky roller for clothes does a great job (for furniture, I think it will also work great)!

Do you set aside a specific day of the week for cleaning the house?

No, in our situation (taking into account the busy schedule and rhythm of life) this is impossible. But when I was a child, in our family, Saturday morning began with a general cleaning of the apartment. So whether or not to choose a specific day for cleaning depends on the daily routine of each particular family.

To quickly clean windows and mirrors, or remove a small puddle behind your pet, paper towels and glass cleaner spray can help. Fast, clean, and no unpleasant odors!