How to have an Easy Fall Clean-up

There is a natural instinct that kicks into gear in the fall, the one that gets the ‘ole “cave” ready for cozy winter nights. Can you feel it? It is the urge to purge! Now is the time (before the snow hits) to pull all the clutter out of your closets and get deep, deep into those corners.

Here are 4 tips that will help make your fall cleanup a breeze:

1. Don’t Do it Alone! Recruit family members and housemates to pitch in and clear out the spaces. Look into hiring a professional organiser to help get you sorted. They can spare you a lot of time, headache (and heartache) for a painless decluttering process.
2. Do One Room at a Time and Finish Each to Completion. Don’t move on to the next space before the other is done Having too many closets and rooms half started will be more chaotic and you risk being left with a bigger mess than you started with.
3. Be Prepared to Get Rid Of Stuff. It has been shown again and again that having more stuff does not increase happiness. In fact, the opposite may be true! So be ruthless with the things you find in the back of those closets. Get a friend or sibling to watch over the process and help keep you rational in your purge. Be kind to yourself and put things back in your closets tidy and clean - why hold onto a tuxedo that won’t be wearable next time you need one? Suits should be dry cleaned at least annually for a longer life.
4. Make Your Life Easier Where You Can. Life is busy and there are only so many leisure hours in a week. Maybe this means you hire that home organiser, or add housekeeping services into your budget, or have your dry cleaning delivered to your door. Indulge in some help and keep your space clear and inviting.

With a tidy space, you will likely increase in motivation and productivity to get things done. Get your home in tip top shape, just in time also for the holiday party season!!

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Hire strangers to do your dry cleaning, deliver dinner and even babysit your kid. It’s all possible from your phone

There isn’t much you can’t do on a smartphone these days. Shopping, banking, dating and job hunting – there are apps for all of that. If you’d like help finding the nearest public washroom, a bottle of wine to go with dinner tonight, or even people in your area to cuddle with, there are apps for all of those things too.

Then, there are apps that enable you to hire strangers to do certain jobs for you. Uber’s a good example. The ride-hail app, which has been available in Toronto since 2014, connects riders with local drivers – not unlike taxis. (You can read more about that here.)

While the city is still trying to find a way to regulate the tech-transportation company, a bunch of businesses have followed in Uber’s footsteps, allowing users to get food delivered and dry-cleaning done with the click of a button. We’ve rounded up a few of these Uber-like apps, all available to Toronto residents, below.

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Back are the days when someone else did your laundry.

Exclusive Dry Cleaners offers a similar service, except that app users don’t need to find a drop-off bin. Customers can designate the pick-up and drop-off locations and drivers come to your door. Price quotes can be requested before a job begins and pricing starts at just over $3 for a laundered shirt.

See full article here.