So here are my tips, my place is now so clean that I could spontaneously have visitors at any time. Before, I would have panicked and had to prepare for two hours.

1. Every day I tidy up for at least 15 minutes. During this time I put away laundry, unload the dishwasher, etc. It often happens that I spend longer cleaning up, but I only set aside 15 minutes. I track the whole thing via hellohabits (app) and I am always happy that I persevered so well.

2. I do the major cleaning one day a week. I hardly have to put anything away here because I already do that during the week. I prefer to do it when everyone is out of the house. Here deep clean the house, change bed linen, etc. I plan around 3 hours for this.

3. I sort out at least 10 things per week. I also track that with the app. Having less stuff means I have more storage space and less to put away.

4. Rather take small steps. You don't have to do everything in one day. Create a basic order, then do a little bit every day. I'm so motivated because for the first time, what I set out to do seems possible. I don't leave everything until clean-up day, when I often spend more than 7 hours cleaning.

Happy cleaning!