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I’m Cleaning My House For the First Time in 5 Years

This is bullshit

Iva Ursano
4 min readApr 5, 2020

To be perfectly honest, there once was a time when I used to love cleaning my house/apartment. Cleaning zens me out and makes me feel kinda happy.

Well, it used to. 5 years ago.

Then I moved to Guatemala, hired a cleaning lady and I haven’t cleaned my apartment since. Having someone come in and clean just made my life easier not to mention it employs a local woman who needs work!

Not only that, but it’s also super affordable to have a cleaning lady.

It’s clearly a win-win.

But let’s be honest now. I’d just rather pay someone else to clean now then do it myself. Ok. I’ve become lazy. There. I said it.

5 years…I haven’t done shit

Wait, I think I swept the kitchen floor once or twice. My cleaning lady comes in once a week. There’s nothing for me to clean in between her visits. I do my dishes. I take out the trash if I need to.

That’s about it.

But as far as washing the floors and the bathroom/shower/sinks/kitchen and all the other stuff? Oy 🤦‍♀️It’s been a really long time.

Do I even remember how to clean? I’m about to find out.

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