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Housework Help For a Peaceful Home

Housework Help For a Peaceful Home

Routines and Rituals For Housework Help

 

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Have 4 walls and a roof? If so, you probably have housework. And if you are fortunate to have a family? You’re likely burdened by household chores every single day.

Today I’m speaking with author and cleaning guru Becky Rapinchuk, better known as Clean Mama. Becky is on the show to outline both her uber-popular daily housework routine and her weekly one that have have transformed countless messy homes into peaceful ones. She also offers up tangible ways for those of us who despise housework to spin pain points into effortless rituals.

 

Here’s a preview of this week’s episode:

[6:00] Why (and how) to pair pain points with happy tasks

[10:30] Examples of reactive versus proactive cleaning

[12:15] The 5 essential household chores to perform every single day

[19:30] 6 weekly tasks (and when you should do them)

[27:00] Listener Pain Point #1: How to deal with paperwork, mail, and school papers

[34:00] Listener Pain Point #2: How to manage the kids’ spaces

 

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Have 4 walls and a roof? If so, you probably also have housework. And if you are fortunate to have a family, you likely have household chores on your To-Do list every single day. On this episode of The Sustainable Minimalists podcast: author Becky Rapinchuk shows us how to simplify household chores and create peaceful homes by enacting 5 specific daily rituals (and 6 weekly systems!) without adding extra work. 

Have 4 walls and a roof? If so, you probably also have housework. And if you are fortunate to have a family, you likely have household chores on your To-Do list every single day. On this episode of The Sustainable Minimalists podcast: author Becky Rapinchuk shows us how to simplify household chores and create peaceful homes by enacting 5 specific daily rituals (and 6 weekly systems!) without adding extra work. 

Have 4 walls and a roof? If so, you probably also have housework. And if you are fortunate to have a family, you likely have household chores on your To-Do list every single day. On this episode of The Sustainable Minimalists podcast: author Becky Rapinchuk shows us how to simplify household chores and create peaceful homes by enacting 5 specific daily rituals (and 6 weekly systems!) without adding extra work. 

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