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Do you take breaks between cleaning projects, or just keep at it?

Asked by WillWorkForChocolate (23163points) January 26th, 2012
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When you’re on a cleaning spree, do you take breaks between rooms/projects or do you just keep cleaning until you’re done?

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gailcalled's avatar

My sprees last, at most, four minutes, so I forbid myself to take a break.

It’s a workable system.

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SpatzieLover's avatar

I do take breaks for long household projects. For regular cleaning, and tidying, like @gailcalled, I work in small spurts.

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Adirondackwannabe's avatar

I go at it full speed until it’s done. Last weekend I vacuumed every cobweb and vacuumed the rugs in one long orgy of sucking.

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EverRose11's avatar

I am a work horse I throw myself into the task at hand 100 percent, relentlessly working myself straight through so I can be done with it,

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bkcunningham's avatar

If I take a break, I’m done. I have to start early and stay on task until I’m finished. I am getting slower in my old age and can’t concentrate like I use to either. Hormones.

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JLeslie's avatar

Not only do I take breaks, but sometimes I clean over days. Master bedroom closet today, office tomorrow, baseboards the next day, bathrooms the next, etc.

A full day of cleaning, just cleaning, no real organizing, I usually do one area, then rest a little, eat or watch TV, and then start up again. I would say I split it up into thirds typically: bathrooms, break, tidy top of counter and make beds, break, kitchen and floors.

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Hain_roo's avatar

I start one project splits off into several side projects that I go back and forth between until finished, with hydration breaks every so often. It used to drive my husband nuts :D

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Blackberry's avatar

If I don’t do it all at once, I take a break, until the next week.

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JilltheTooth's avatar

“Cleaning spree”? Not a concept I am familiar with…..

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MilkyWay's avatar

Non stop cleaning, when and if I do.

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Ron_C's avatar

I turn on my IPOD, put in the ear plugs and dance away the dirt. If I take too long a break, the day’s over and I’ll have to start again tomorrow. I hate two in a row cleaning days.

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Sunny2's avatar

I break more than I clean. There’s always another day.

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DaphneT's avatar

Spree? Break? I’m still cleaning…

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Bellatrix's avatar

I take breaks whenever possible. I hate cleaning. I do a bit, take a break, do a bit more. I set myself goals (just like in my paid work) so I get things done. For instance, this weekend I am sorting out my wardrobe.

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lonelydragon's avatar

Yes! I like things to be clean, but don’t actually like to clean, so taking a short break re-energizes me for the task.

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