Who Actually Enjoys Cleaning???

Obviously no one, right? Well, maybe not. Some people actually do like to clean. Actually, many cleaning company owners really love cleaning, and would do that job instead of doing something behind a desk!

I can remember my mother starting me on my cleaning journey when I was a young girl about 6 or 7 years old. She would wake me up early on Saturday morning, turn on our radio to her favorite gospel station, open the windows and start to clean our entire home from top to bottom. She would use Windex and newspapers to clean the windows, our old yellow broom to remove cobwebs and dirt from the narrowest corners of our home, but the highlight of the cleaning experience for me was when she dusted with lemon pledge. My mother would spray down every end table, dresser, drawer, and/or wooden piece of furniture in the house. I would be allowed to carefully remove all of the items off the tables in order to clean the entire area. When my mother was sure that I could use the pledge without depleting the entire bottle in one cleaning, I began completing the dusting all by myself.

My mother always instructed me to dust the entire circumference of the item, not just the top. I would wipe down the legs of the object, under the table, I would even use a pin or straight edge to clean deep inside the indentures and crevices of the object until every inch was thoroughly dusted and clean. I took great pride in my mother being able to apply the white glove test to the areas I cleaned. (Although she did not do it very often).

​I then carried this attention to detail to grade school. In class, it absolutely disturbed me to see books thrown about on shelves, or toys scattered around the play area. It just bothered me to no end to see items sitting anywhere but neatly in the corner. I would then ask the teachers if I could straighten up. “Sure”, was always their response. Awesome! I would take my time to remove all the items, clean the shelf with whatever cleaner they had laying around (or just a paper towel to remove the visible dust), and then reorganize the items in a neat fashion. I took great pride in seeing how beautiful I could make an area. I also felt a sense of calm and peace while cleaning. Cleaning allowed me to focus on one task and complete it to the best of my ability. I also had quiet time to de-stress and momentarily remove myself from the activities of the other students. 

Furthermore, I still feel the same way today. I love being able to beautify and sweeten ones homes. I also love the solitude and tranquility that cleaning provides to the cleaner.  People think of cleaning as a task to be dreaded and completed as quickly as possible to get on to more important tasks. However, to me cleaning is my starting point to creating an atmosphere of productivity. I feel that when your home is organized and neat it follows your life. Therefore, my goal is to create an atmosphere of peace and productivity for my clients. And yes, I actually enjoy it. Nothing makes me happier than coming into a disorganized space and making it neat and tidy. So to me, yes, I LOVE to clean!