The Clean Home Word Crawl

The ancient phrase “two birds with one stone” definitely applies to you today! Get out those rubber gloves and rags, pull up your novel, and prepare to balance both  writing and cleaning at the same time! By the end of this crawl, you can expect to, not only have written thousands of words, but also have a clean home! Break it up into several days, or utilized that day off to get it done all at once. 

Get Started: Before jumping into your chores, write for 5 minutes to warm-up (even if you spend those minutes just preparing to write!)

Laundry Time: If you have laundry to do, put it in first thing. Every time you deal with the laundry, write for 5 minutes: Washing, Drying, Folding and Putting Away.

The Big Tidy: Straighten up by returning things to their proper places. Once you finish, write 300 words. 

Tackle the Dishes: Load up your dishwasher and write for 10 minutes. Once the dishwasher finishes, put all dishes away and then write 200 words. As for those  hand-wash dishes in the sink, for each item you wash and put away, write an addition 100 words. 

How Clean is Your Kitchen? Follow the instructions for each item that needs to be cleaned: 

∙ Calendar: Update for the week, then do a 5-minute sprint. 

∙ Sink: Scrub, then do a 10-minute sprint. 

∙ Stovetop: Scrub, then do a 15-minute sprint. 

∙ Countertops: Scrub, then do a 10-minute sprint. 

∙ Refrigerator: Clean out spoiled food, and wipe down the inside and outside. Do a 5-minute sprint. 

How Clean is Your Bathroom? Follow the instructions for each item that needs to be  cleaned: 

∙ Mirror: Wipe away all of those smudges and splatters! Then write 150 words.

∙ Sink: Wipe down the sink and the countertop around it. In the process, put away  anything that doesn’t belong and don’t forget to move around the things that do. Then write 250 words. 

∙ Toilet: Clean the top, bottom, inside, outside, and make it sparkly. Then write  350 words.

∙ Tub/Shower: Scrub-a-dub-dub and clean the space where you clean up you. Then write for 5oo words.

How Clean is Your Bedroom? Follow the instructions for each item that needs to be  cleaned: 

∙ Bed: Change to clean sheets if it has been a while, and make the bed. Sprint for 5 minutes. 

∙ Clothes: Put away any clothes on the floor. Sprint 1 minute for each item on the  floor. 

∙ Surfaces: Tidy up and wipe done surfaces. Sprint for 10 minutes.

∙ Vanity: Organize your make-up and hair things and make the space were you get pretty pretty again.

Spint for 5 minutes.ome!

Grab a Mop: Clean all of the hardwood floors in your home. Then write to the nearest thousand. 

If you haven’t swept in a while, do so first. Once you finish, do a 5-minute sprint, and then mop up! 

Carpet Cleaning: Grab the vacuum and start a timer. Vacuum all the carpets in your home. However long it takes you to vacuum is how long your next sprint is.

Odds and ends: Follow the instructions for each item that needs to be cleaned: 

∙ Office: Put away any projects. Write 150 words. 

∙ Mail: Walk the puppy to the mailbox. Go through the mail accordingly. Sprint for 5  minutes. 

∙ Trash: Take out all of the trash in the house. Write 250 words. 

∙ Closets: Unorganized? Put things up, and make it tidy. Sprint for 10 minutes.

∙ Surfaces: Wipe down tables and desks. Dust anything that is dusty. Write 430  words. 

You did it! Pat yourself on the back and take a much-deserved break in your freshly cleaned home!