WFMW: Secret Productivity Weapons

Wow, it's been a while. Mostly because I have been trying to get to bed earlier these days, but I do miss my WFMW posts so we sacrifice a little sleep. (Truthfully? I was up attempting to organize my life anyway.) Not to undermine the sacredness of WFMW in any way of course.

So here's the thing. You know Flylady? Of course you do. And you know how she is all obsessed with wearing shoes? I'm totally with her on that. Totally. That chick knows what she is talking about. If I am walking around my house barefoot I feel totally unempowered. It's true. Once I have on my running shoes, I am queen of the manor. I can do hard things.

My WFMW today is the hand equivalent of shoes. I speak of course of rubber gloves. It may seem obvious to many of you but many people do not use rubber gloves to wash dishes or clean. Apart from being tough on your hands and nails, this slows you down. If I want to get stuff done. I put on my gloves. Not only does this protect my hands from hot water and chemicals but it also protects them from getting scratched and scuffed up and I can really get into whatever I am doing. It also makes goopy gross stuff no hindrance at all. Next time you try to clean your kitchen without gloves, notice how gingerly you handle everything and how much more quickly and capably you could get everything done wearing rubber gloves. Not to mention, the grip you have on wet or even dry glasses and plates is greatly enhanced. I really can't stress how much time and energy I save with just a pair of rubber gloves. (If you want them to be all purty and fabulous like the ones above, you can find them here. For big jobs though I recommend, utilitarian and thick ones. But those are fun for dishes or light cleaning.

And since we are talking about hands here's a bonus for you good people. When I was first married my mom gave me a housecleaning book by Don Aslett, a professional cleaner/author dude. I remember him saying that you should never use one hand when you could be using two. Today I scrubbed the acres and acres of white linoleum flooring in my kitchen. I usually use my beloved Shark steam mop but there comes a time in the life of every white floor, especially white floor with some insane dirt grabbing texture, when it needs a good old fashioned hands and knees scrubbing. I started off scrubbing with a rough sided sponge. This was slow. Then I went to the store and grabbed a real scrubbing brush. This one to be exact. But I did not get just one, I got two! Instead of leaning on one hand while scrubbing with the other I now get to scrub with both simultaneously. It's a strain on my coordination but with determination concentration and practice I have managed to get the hang of it. Amazingly enough, two scrubbing brushes work twice as fast as one. Whoduthunkit??!

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