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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 03 September 2013 06:53:20PM *  12 points [-]

Here's something that my friend suggested, and which I've been finding useful:

One thing that helped me, when I was learning to keep the place clean, was the following suggestion: learn to take stuff to its place whenever you are moving around the apartment. For example, if you get off the couch to go to the toilet and kitchen is on the way, pick up a few dishes and drop then in the kitchen sink/washing machine.

Or if the bookshelf is on your path, pick up a book you are not actively reading and put it on the shelf.

It takes a few weeks to learn this, but once it starts flowing, it really reduces the amount of work you need to do to keep the place tidy.

Comment author: jooyous 06 September 2013 03:30:16AM 2 points [-]

Also, if you're going to put something somewhere that's not in its place, put it in a place that you'll HAVE to clean soon. I had a lot of success putting all my school-related stuff on my bed throughout the day in high school because I was guaranteed to pack it all up into my backpack because I had to use the bed to sleep.

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