A long, long time ago, my husband and I worked at the same restaurant. Back then, he was my boss. My, how times have changed!
Actually, I loved working with him and for him. He always had a great way of telling you to work hard without making you feel like you were being ordered to do something. He liked walking past a group of us and dishing out one of his two favorite lines:
"If you've got time to lean, you've got time to clean."
and
"Clean as you go."
I have a feeling he still uses those on his employees today. Thankfully, he never rarely needs to say them to me anymore, but they still pop into my head. Since I don't usually have time to lean, that one doesn't come to mind much, but I think of "clean as you go" nearly every day.
That man of mine is pretty smart. He knows that it's always easier to clean up a little at a time. I try to remember this when I'm cooking. Washing the dishes, wiping up the counters, and putting ingredients away throughout the process works much better than trying to tackle a huge mess in the end.
I also remember that saying throughout the day. I don't always have time to clean a whole room from top to bottom, but it only takes a second to pick up the dirty socks off the living room floor as I pass through (those pesky socks breed like rabbits around our house). And even if I can't spend an hour cleaning, leaving each room one item cleaner than when I entered it adds up over the course of the day and helps me create the kind of ordinary I crave. Try it!
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