It’s so good to hear someone else doing the same! I usually pretend I have guests coming over to get my butt in gear but I haven’t tried cleaning or decluttering for a model home shoot (in my case condo that I rent). You’re awesome, thank you for your continued transparency. So often we say it’s lazy but it’s not…there’s better things to do and it’s having it clean enough vs being unsanitary or health hazard. Even then at that point, it’s ok to ask for help on how to manage it from people who won’t shame or embarrass you. Keep up the great work Cass, we love you ❤❤❤
You are awesome! I love playing and I have a lot of decluttering to do. I have been pretending that I am an archeologist on a dig to understand the ancient civilization of Heather. The stuff I don’t keep I pretend is being donated to the Museum of Civilization to be put in a special exhibit. 😉
I'm a professional residential cleaner and I totally clean my own home as a customer's home. I wear my work uniform... and yes! that includes an apron. ❤
Relatively recent podcast follower here (been following your main channel for years). Am I the only one who keeps expecting to hear, "thank you to those of you who stayed to the end" at the end of the podcasts, too?
I don’t pretend like I’m a cleaning lady, but whenever I’m going to do anything around this house, I throw on an apron. Something about it just motivates me. I think that because I worked in the food industry for 15 years, an apron tells my brain that it’s time to go to work lol
I love cleanercise! I actually do dishumba which is Zumba while washing dishes. It's fun but I usually get water all over myself 😂😂😂 I love the way your brain works!
When I want to get into a cleaning mode I listen to music from my teen and early 20’s at full blast and shake my booty while I work. My take on whistle while you work. 😂 I’m usually alone sans kids and husband. I get to connect to the me before I was a wife & mom while doing something I don’t like to do but makes me feel so accomplished once I’m done. 😊
Glad I'm not the only one. I put on the long version of the Downton Abbey theme on a loop and start scrubbing every nook and cranny like it's my only way to make a meager living. Actually kind of gives me a sense of purpose.
I’m now hugely regretting decluttering my old Oompa Loompa fancy dress costume lol… that would have made a fabulous cleaning uniform! 😂😂 imagine answering the door half way through… complete with face paint of course…🤣🤣🤣xx
People who need this same distraction to get stuff done totally get what you are saying🤗 For the rest of the population God Bless! They are more fortunate than they will ever know.
Cass, I really love this podcast! I was thinking about this a few days ago. I have an imagination process that I fall back in when I'm having difficulty falling asleep. I "write" a story in my mind. Works every time. I was thinking about trying to apply this to decluttering and cleaning by verbally writing while I work. Also, for years I have cleaned my kitchen and/or fixed meals by pretending to film a commercial or host a show! Thanks for being vulnerable. You're not the only weirdo out there!! 😂
Yes! I have a story I start over many nights of the week when I'm falling asleep. It's been the same story for many years. I never get very far along. 😆 I never even thought about having a storyline in other areas of my life.
I used to pretend i was head housekeeping in an exclusive high end hotel. Having worked as housekeeping in a hotel when younger it was fun, and my hubby laughed when i put a chocolate on the pillows (the dog even got a biscuit on his pillow) xxxxxxx
I used to do that when I was a kid putting fresh sheets on the bed! Perfect sheet flipped over the blanket. Everything even. And then I didn't make the bed at all until the next fresh sheet day.
Loved this! I created games for myself when I was little based on Bewitched. I even wrote about them "Bewitchingly Fun Cleaning Games." I need constant motivation. You help me lots!
I watch or listen to you when decluttering and cleaning! It really does help. I also walk outside and come back in with the eye of a guest. I consider, if I was a guest visiting this home what would stand out to me/ what's out of place. (Taking off the blind clutter glasses)
Highly recommend Remi Clogg’s videos. She’s a regular young mum who’s voice over commentary to her speeded up cleaning is incredible. She’s very lovely. Xxx
Thank you! I’m making a list of 5 goals with 5 how parts for each and a reward / why part for each by rejigging a calendar page that I covered the days of the week with washi tape. One of the goals is interpersonal peace. The first how section was reducing home’s visible clutter. I added a lot of your play pretend ideas to the section. The hard step for me is to get started on a thing, no matter how much I want to do it. I love playing games and pretending things. Imagination is fun. This will add many planks to my “motivation gap bridge” (How to ADHD’s Jessica McCabe has a fun video on that). Thanks again for sharing this with us all and me specifically.
Yes, I have to play the same music or song on a loop to get into my familiar cleaning zone, or I make up weird games or talk to myself. It helps to have another person there sometimes to motivate me.
I love this! Thanks to this video I've already done a video of my kitchen. Also, I'm laughing my a** off at your Cleanersize concept. Years ago I invented Driversize. My kids would criticize me when in the car if I was moving with any music. I told them it was very important for me to do as I was choreographing my late-night infomercial for Driversize, a new program I invented for benefiting from driving. If your head, face, neck, shoulders, one arm and a hand needed a workout, just call 1-800-Driversize! As embarrassing them was a way to entertain myself, I Driversized often. 😊. Gosh i miss those days, haha! I'm off to play hired help, not a stretch as years ago I did housecleaning for money. Thank you for this video.
These are all fantastic ideas! Don't be embarrassed for being creative and productive at the same time, its genius!! Love your videos especially this one. Thanks for the ideas!!
Cas, I saved this podcast for the Monday morning after we hosted our children and grandchildren over the weekend just so I could clean the kitchen with you! Thank you for joining me and helping me get it done! 😊 🎉
I love these ideas! Cleaning is soooo boring! And you are right, we do the same thing over and over again! I’m going to try these! Thank you for being so brave and sharing this with us!
Oh my gosh! I thought I was the only one who did this 😭😭 I pretend I work at a restaurant when I’m cooking dinner, pretend I’m a pleasant Uber driver when doing pick-ups & drop offs, pretend I’m a secretary for appts & phone calls, & pretend I’m a maid when I’m cleaning the house 🥲 & yessss, when I posted a lot of my cleaning before & after photos or videos on my Snapchat story, so many of my friends & girl cousins were saying that it motivated them to get up & clean too. They also started posting their before & afters. It was so cool! It wasn’t my intention to make them clean, but it felt awesome that watching me clean made them feel like they could do it & how easy it is 💜 Love love love this podcast video!! 🥲💜
This is great. A great reminder. I'm a goofball too. I guess I never really stopped to think about it as play, but sometimes I speak to myself in my head, and sometimes outside my head, in a British accent, kind of like Supernanny, while I clean my house or the cottages that I rent out as a business 🙂 whatever you got to do! 😊
Reminds me of a job I had when young--a grocery store's meat department cleaner. OMG that was fun! After everyone was gone for the night I'd go in, dressed in a heavy raincoat and high rubber boots which made me feel like a fire fighter. I'd use this hose on the wall very much like a firehose but with hot water and a soap dispensing gadget and I'd spray the whole place down with the sudsy hot water. Then I'd go around scrubbing everything down well, dismantling things etc. After that I'd get the hose again but without the soap gadget and I'd hose the whole place down again rinsing everything into the drains on the floor. I was so in my imagination during that job--it was a blast--grins.
I love this sooo much. You not only helped my clean, but do my homework. I'm going back to school, but I have kids, so it's hard to get everything done. This stuff is right up my alley, and it's the BEST. What I'm imagining: So I used to have an employer that gave me $100 if I got above 95 percent on this test I had to take every six months. I'm imaging that I'm earning money and that money makes it so I can go on a trip I'm really wanting to save for anyway. I do already have a deadline, but now I'm happier about it. 😂
I do this too and i put on a playlist like 'cleaning in a hurry before your parents get home' or 'cleaning before company comes over' LOL. I do watch clean with me vids too. ADHD powers represent 😂
I love these ideas! I have a ton of aprons, I love dressing in costumes, and I love to make-believe. I never thought about doing it with cleaning/decluttering.
I listened to this last week and have still been thinking about it! I also "play" while tidying and cleaning - often some Little House on the Prairie scenario even though I live in Brooklyn. Sometimes i think of my small apartment as a sailboat and I need to get in shipshape before the voyage. Love the imaginative ideas you offered up!
First comment 🎉 yay me 🎉🎉🎉 Love love love you and your videos and your attitude and you beautiful family ❤❤ Thank you for touching my life and my family's, honestly forever grateful ❤
Thank you so much for sharing your fun and creative strategies! I am a writer and often “make believe,” but I’ve never done it where cleaning is involved. I will now, thanks to your great ideas.
There was a study done where they talked to hotel maids. They asked them how much exercise they got. For the most part, they were all too tired after work to exercise. They divided them into two groups. One group was told how important exercise is. The other group was told that their work was actually a great form of exercise. Neither group added extra exercise into their routine, but 3 months later, the group that was educated about what great exercise they were already doing experienced some amazing things... they lost weight, had more muscle tone, and even their skin elasticity improved!! Our brains can do some wonderful things. Housework really is great exercise, so we might as well experience ALL the benefits of doing it, but we have to remind our brains so our bodies can experience the benefits. I'm not sure where the video is now, but I found it a few years ago while researching happiness.
💕💕💕 so I’ve been sharing the videos with sister and sister, and I send each other videos of the corner or the whole room and we are competing with each other to declutter our houses. We are laughing giggling and having fun yes we do all kinds of pretending have we reached our goals yet no, we only started like nine months ago, but, keep plugging and keep plugging and try to do it daily and we are seeing some results
I pretend I’ve got family coming over or lately that my neighbours might be popping in unannounced when the weather isn’t great . I’m just trying to do the dishes everyday . And it has a flow on effect. Today in cleaning out our van and have done before pics while listening to this
Is it the ADD, or is it a coincidence in the universe that so much of what you are saying resonates so much with me! It is so refreshing! God bless you Cass!!! I may have to start a TH-cam channel! LOL
Before and after photos are awesome. I love playing at cleaning, all the ‘tools’ are my toys, I get to stand on the counter (cleaning tops of cabinets), homemaking is fun, pretending my home is vacation rental and keeping it as clutter free as possible…combining all the tricks makes cleaning a bit more fun.
You are always very motivating. I listen to your podcast or TH-cam videos as I'm cleaning and it gives me the motivation I need get the job done. Plus I've learned some new things. I used to listen to music as I cleaned. But you have a great sense of humor and I love listening to you now. Keep the motivation coming
When I was a child, I would tell a story to myself as I did a chore, usually that I was captured by a wicked witch who wanted me to clean her castle, and it had to be perfect or she would turn me into a frog... sometimes my sister and I would pretend and storytell together as we cleaned. I remember staging my room as a child, pretending it was a museum. I should try it again, because I had fun with it as a child.
The family farm house was built in 1861. My dad was born there in 1916. Growing up, my mom and I would pretend that we were doing it in 1861. No electricity, no running water! We had a hand pump outside and used a push sweeper. We did use a rug beater on smaller rugs on the clothes line. It was some work! But we laughed our way through it. Thank goodness we only did it once a year. But we used common products that would have been around in 1861, like vinegar, ammonia. baking soda, bleach, and lots of flannel cloths. Mom was so funny when we got to the bathrooms. " They weren't around in 1861, so we're not cleaning them!!" I did take a broom and several buckets of water to our very old outhouse that was used by above ground pool. So there's an idea--clean it how it would have been done in the year it was built, esp. if your house is over 50 years old!.
That’s so funny, I often pretend I’m being filmed or like I’m hosting a show or competing on a show when I’m doing something mundane. My wife can always tell when i’m doing it because my lips are moving because I’m talking to myself in my head. Ha, I say do whatever works! 😊
I never realized that I do this too, but it does help a lot! I like to pretend I'm a detective, trying to clear away the clutter to hunt down the weirdest item I can find! I take a picture of the item sometimes. I'm cleaning up a hoarded house, so there is no end to the weird things! Thos game of pretend also helps take me put of the emotionally intense environment that the hoard creates.
When I was a child I used to pretend I was Cinderella and had to complete all my chores by a certain time to go to the ball. No idea when or why I stopped doing that but you've inspired me to try making cleaning fun again 😊
Cass great Podcast!!! about the imagination game, I,am home after 12 years of full time work and my transition from one life to homemaker, I put the same deadlines of my late job and it has work, of curse never perfect but.... it works :)
Great tips Cass. I miss pretend play when I was a kid. I will try this and see how it goes. I have no problem helping friends or family clean their homes, but I always procrastinate when it is time to clean mine. Thanks for this fun video.
Yesterday, I pretended I was going to sell my car in order to do a deep clean that it desperately needed. I also love the "pretend you're moving" technique because it forces me to look at it from someone else's perspective, and I see dirt I normally would have looked past.
While we're being honest - when my kids were small and I was feeling totally overwhelmed it really helped to pretend they belonged to someone else and their parents were going to come and pick them up at 5pm. Got me through the day
I'm with you on feeling like all that **** is boring! I think I'll use that Suzy Homemaker trick on myself that would really help me... yeah, this is awesome, yeah I love this... going to give it a whirl this afternoon... mopping, vacuuming, hurray 🤪😅😇 apron and gloves! and a cleaning video. thanks Cas because I just couldn't get started this afternoon! Complete the fantasy!
I totally get you, @Cas :) I don't imagine anything while cleaning to make me more eager to do this, but I realised that when I take my dust-cleaning-thingy I suddenly feel like a 40's homemaker and it becomes fun to do the dusting. I feel more firm in my calves and I start whistling or do a little dance. It helps cause it's fun! I am no longer just boring me doing the dusting. Almost feel like in a Disney story. And I LOVE your 40's outfit! or is it 50's?
It’s so good to hear someone else doing the same! I usually pretend I have guests coming over to get my butt in gear but I haven’t tried cleaning or decluttering for a model home shoot (in my case condo that I rent). You’re awesome, thank you for your continued transparency. So often we say it’s lazy but it’s not…there’s better things to do and it’s having it clean enough vs being unsanitary or health hazard. Even then at that point, it’s ok to ask for help on how to manage it from people who won’t shame or embarrass you. Keep up the great work Cass, we love you ❤❤❤
You are awesome! I love playing and I have a lot of decluttering to do. I have been pretending that I am an archeologist on a dig to understand the ancient civilization of Heather. The stuff I don’t keep I pretend is being donated to the Museum of Civilization to be put in a special exhibit. 😉
wow I love your creativity! that's so cool!
I love this idea!
I'm a professional residential cleaner and I totally clean my own home as a customer's home.
I wear my work uniform... and yes! that includes an apron.
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I do not allow myself to get distracted by my personal stuff... just cleaning.
Relatively recent podcast follower here (been following your main channel for years). Am I the only one who keeps expecting to hear, "thank you to those of you who stayed to the end" at the end of the podcasts, too?
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I don’t pretend like I’m a cleaning lady, but whenever I’m going to do anything around this house, I throw on an apron. Something about it just motivates me. I think that because I worked in the food industry for 15 years, an apron tells my brain that it’s time to go to work lol
That's an interesting brain trick. 😊
Congrats on selling the house! 🎉. I know that was a super-stressor for you all.
I love cleanercise! I actually do dishumba which is Zumba while washing dishes. It's fun but I usually get water all over myself 😂😂😂 I love the way your brain works!
‘“I’m not talking about naughty time.” Cracked me up ! ❤
Cas, you are my kind of weird, thank you so much. Xxxx
When I want to get into a cleaning mode I listen to music from my teen and early 20’s at full blast and shake my booty while I work. My take on whistle while you work. 😂 I’m usually alone sans kids and husband. I get to connect to the me before I was a wife & mom while doing something I don’t like to do but makes me feel so accomplished once I’m done. 😊
Yes! I 100% do this, Rage Against the Machine will never know how clean they have made my house 😂
Glad I'm not the only one. I put on the long version of the Downton Abbey theme on a loop and start scrubbing every nook and cranny like it's my only way to make a meager living. Actually kind of gives me a sense of purpose.
You forgot to LEAD with the house sold!!! Last we knew no one was looking at it. CONGRATS! 🎊
I used to love turning on the stereo and dancing around and singing while I was cleaning. Many things make great microphones!!😂
I’m now hugely regretting decluttering my old Oompa Loompa fancy dress costume lol… that would have made a fabulous cleaning uniform! 😂😂 imagine answering the door half way through… complete with face paint of course…🤣🤣🤣xx
My aunt used to tell me to keep my home as if the Queen was coming. Which was weird because I live in the U.S. 😆
People who need this same distraction to get stuff done totally get what you are saying🤗 For the rest of the population God Bless! They are more fortunate than they will ever know.
Once we played "Among Us" with the kids and grandkids. We all did "tasks" while we were trying to figure out who was the "imposter." Fun for all!
Cass, I really love this podcast! I was thinking about this a few days ago. I have an imagination process that I fall back in when I'm having difficulty falling asleep. I "write" a story in my mind. Works every time. I was thinking about trying to apply this to decluttering and cleaning by verbally writing while I work. Also, for years I have cleaned my kitchen and/or fixed meals by pretending to film a commercial or host a show! Thanks for being vulnerable. You're not the only weirdo out there!! 😂
I work on my stories when I clean. My mind wanders and I'll start saying dialogie out loud. Zoning out is when I get my best ideas.
Yes! I have a story I start over many nights of the week when I'm falling asleep. It's been the same story for many years. I never get very far along. 😆 I never even thought about having a storyline in other areas of my life.
Great idea ❤
I used to pretend i was head housekeeping in an exclusive high end hotel. Having worked as housekeeping in a hotel when younger it was fun, and my hubby laughed when i put a chocolate on the pillows (the dog even got a biscuit on his pillow) xxxxxxx
I pretend I'm one of the staff of Downton Abbey. Just scrubbing my little heart out.
I used to do that when I was a kid putting fresh sheets on the bed! Perfect sheet flipped over the blanket. Everything even.
And then I didn't make the bed at all until the next fresh sheet day.
ok chocolate on my pillow when i change linens from now on! how cool is that
Loved this! I created games for myself when I was little based on Bewitched. I even wrote about them "Bewitchingly Fun Cleaning Games." I need constant motivation. You help me lots!
P.s. we are all weird, in one way or another, greetings from Poland
I watch or listen to you when decluttering and cleaning! It really does help. I also walk outside and come back in with the eye of a guest. I consider, if I was a guest visiting this home what would stand out to me/ what's out of place. (Taking off the blind clutter glasses)
love that idea, go out and come in as a visitor... I come in and just ignore it all i guess many of us do that.
Highly recommend Remi Clogg’s videos. She’s a regular young mum who’s voice over commentary to her speeded up cleaning is incredible. She’s very lovely. Xxx
Oh yes! I love her too. What is similar between her and Cas is that they are both willing to be vulnerable when it comes to house cleaning ❤
Thank you! I’m making a list of 5 goals with 5 how parts for each and a reward / why part for each by rejigging a calendar page that I covered the days of the week with washi tape. One of the goals is interpersonal peace. The first how section was reducing home’s visible clutter. I added a lot of your play pretend ideas to the section. The hard step for me is to get started on a thing, no matter how much I want to do it. I love playing games and pretending things. Imagination is fun. This will add many planks to my “motivation gap bridge” (How to ADHD’s Jessica McCabe has a fun video on that). Thanks again for sharing this with us all and me specifically.
I'm a cleaning lady (25 years) and I love all your cute ideas that get you motivated! ❤
Congrats on the house sale! Found someone who liked the black and white? YAY!!! We knew they were out there.
I think playing while cleaning is perfect for those with ADHD. Cleaning is boring, so why not make it fun. Good info, Cas!
Yes, I have to play the same music or song on a loop to get into my familiar cleaning zone, or I make up weird games or talk to myself. It helps to have another person there sometimes to motivate me.
I love this! Thanks to this video I've already done a video of my kitchen.
Also, I'm laughing my a** off at your Cleanersize concept. Years ago I invented Driversize. My kids would criticize me when in the car if I was moving with any music. I told them it was very important for me to do as I was choreographing my late-night infomercial for Driversize, a new program I invented for benefiting from driving. If your head, face, neck, shoulders, one arm and a hand needed a workout, just call 1-800-Driversize! As embarrassing them was a way to entertain myself, I Driversized often. 😊. Gosh i miss those days, haha!
I'm off to play hired help, not a stretch as years ago I did housecleaning for money. Thank you for this video.
😂😂😂😂 awesome! ❤❤❤❤
I bebop in my seat to stay awake when I am tired and driving.
You have the voice of an angel that speaks truths... thank you so much for what you do! You inspire me every time
Cleaner-size sounds awesome! Like a combo of a Jane Fonda video and a karate kid training session!!! Love it!
These are all fantastic ideas! Don't be embarrassed for being creative and productive at the same time, its genius!! Love your videos especially this one. Thanks for the ideas!!
So happy you guys sold the house❤
Gosh Cs, you are such a good coach, you are changing sooo many lives. We love you
You crack me up Cass! Thanks for opening up and being honest, it’s fun and motivating 😊
Thank you, Cas! I like your ideas. Our imagination is a great way to get through things. I think what ever works, use it!
Cas, I saved this podcast for the Monday morning after we hosted our children and grandchildren over the weekend just so I could clean the kitchen with you! Thank you for joining me and helping me get it done! 😊 🎉
I totally get what you're saying & I love it! I'm going to don an apron and clean all the bathrooms. Thank you.
I love these ideas! Cleaning is soooo boring! And you are right, we do the same thing over and over again! I’m going to try these! Thank you for being so brave and sharing this with us!
Im cleaning tonight because the cleaner comes tomorrow 😂 xxxxxxxxxx
I am so glad to hear in not the only one that has to distract myself to get stuff done!!
Oh my gosh! I thought I was the only one who did this 😭😭 I pretend I work at a restaurant when I’m cooking dinner, pretend I’m a pleasant Uber driver when doing pick-ups & drop offs, pretend I’m a secretary for appts & phone calls, & pretend I’m a maid when I’m cleaning the house 🥲
& yessss, when I posted a lot of my cleaning before & after photos or videos on my Snapchat story, so many of my friends & girl cousins were saying that it motivated them to get up & clean too. They also started posting their before & afters. It was so cool! It wasn’t my intention to make them clean, but it felt awesome that watching me clean made them feel like they could do it & how easy it is 💜
Love love love this podcast video!! 🥲💜
This is great. A great reminder. I'm a goofball too. I guess I never really stopped to think about it as play, but sometimes I speak to myself in my head, and sometimes outside my head, in a British accent, kind of like Supernanny, while I clean my house or the cottages that I rent out as a business 🙂 whatever you got to do! 😊
Cass, your imagination is very motivating. Love your suggestions!
You are soooo fun!!! I love the idea of making banana bread and cleaning while it's cooking❤
Reminds me of a job I had when young--a grocery store's meat department cleaner. OMG that was fun! After everyone was gone for the night I'd go in, dressed in a heavy raincoat and high rubber boots which made me feel like a fire fighter. I'd use this hose on the wall very much like a firehose but with hot water and a soap dispensing gadget and I'd spray the whole place down with the sudsy hot water. Then I'd go around scrubbing everything down well, dismantling things etc. After that I'd get the hose again but without the soap gadget and I'd hose the whole place down again rinsing everything into the drains on the floor. I was so in my imagination during that job--it was a blast--grins.
You're wonderful Cas!
Love clean-ersize!!! The next big hit! 😊
Okay Cass, you are officially hilarious!
The before and after pics used to rly motivate me. I gotta start doing that again
I love this sooo much. You not only helped my clean, but do my homework. I'm going back to school, but I have kids, so it's hard to get everything done. This stuff is right up my alley, and it's the BEST.
What I'm imagining: So I used to have an employer that gave me $100 if I got above 95 percent on this test I had to take every six months. I'm imaging that I'm earning money and that money makes it so I can go on a trip I'm really wanting to save for anyway. I do already have a deadline, but now I'm happier about it. 😂
I do this too and i put on a playlist like 'cleaning in a hurry before your parents get home' or 'cleaning before company comes over' LOL. I do watch clean with me vids too. ADHD powers represent 😂
Sometimes I pretend I'm a TH-camr lol 😆!!! Making a cleaning video
How I get prepared to clean too is I put on makeup and idk it feels like I'm going to work and thus need to do good 👍
I love these ideas! I have a ton of aprons, I love dressing in costumes, and I love to make-believe. I never thought about doing it with cleaning/decluttering.
Whoop whoop, well done on getting the house sold. Exciting new beginnings and cant wait for a new house tour 😘
I listened to this last week and have still been thinking about it! I also "play" while tidying and cleaning - often some Little House on the Prairie scenario even though I live in Brooklyn. Sometimes i think of my small apartment as a sailboat and I need to get in shipshape before the voyage. Love the imaginative ideas you offered up!
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Love love love you and your videos and your attitude and you beautiful family ❤❤
Thank you for touching my life and my family's, honestly forever grateful ❤
I do some similar ganes, it does help me a lot❤ thank you for bringing more fun to our lives!
Thank you so much for sharing your fun and creative strategies! I am a writer and often “make believe,” but I’ve never done it where cleaning is involved. I will now, thanks to your great ideas.
I do have real showing in 2 hours and cleaning and having fun listening to you
Food for thought. 🤔 Thanks for being so open!
There was a study done where they talked to hotel maids. They asked them how much exercise they got. For the most part, they were all too tired after work to exercise. They divided them into two groups. One group was told how important exercise is. The other group was told that their work was actually a great form of exercise. Neither group added extra exercise into their routine, but 3 months later, the group that was educated about what great exercise they were already doing experienced some amazing things... they lost weight, had more muscle tone, and even their skin elasticity improved!! Our brains can do some wonderful things. Housework really is great exercise, so we might as well experience ALL the benefits of doing it, but we have to remind our brains so our bodies can experience the benefits.
I'm not sure where the video is now, but I found it a few years ago while researching happiness.
💕💕💕 so I’ve been sharing the videos with sister and sister, and I send each other videos of the corner or the whole room and we are competing with each other to declutter our houses. We are laughing giggling and having fun yes we do all kinds of pretending have we reached our goals yet no, we only started like nine months ago, but, keep plugging and keep plugging and try to do it daily and we are seeing some results
I pretend I’ve got family coming over or lately that my neighbours might be popping in unannounced when the weather isn’t great . I’m just trying to do the dishes everyday . And it has a flow on effect. Today in cleaning out our van and have done before pics while listening to this
Is it the ADD, or is it a coincidence in the universe that so much of what you are saying resonates so much with me! It is so refreshing! God bless you Cass!!! I may have to start a TH-cam channel! LOL
So pleased the house sold. Omg this opens up a whole world of new videos as you set up your new home!!! Can’t wait!!!!! Xxx
I listen to audiobooks when cleaning, this helped me a lot. also I make before&after pictures.
Cleanercise? I'd totally buy those products and follow that channel. Two birds with one stone. Perfect!
Before and after photos are awesome. I love playing at cleaning, all the ‘tools’ are my toys, I get to stand on the counter (cleaning tops of cabinets), homemaking is fun, pretending my home is vacation rental and keeping it as clutter free as possible…combining all the tricks makes cleaning a bit more fun.
I did Cleanercize today while listening to you. I worked up quite a sweat, and my home looks so much better.
You are always very motivating. I listen to your podcast or TH-cam videos as I'm cleaning and it gives me the motivation I need get the job done. Plus I've learned some new things. I used to listen to music as I cleaned. But you have a great sense of humor and I love listening to you now. Keep the motivation coming
I really like this idea of play!
Loved everything about this! Thank youuuuu!
When I was a child, I would tell a story to myself as I did a chore, usually that I was captured by a wicked witch who wanted me to clean her castle, and it had to be perfect or she would turn me into a frog... sometimes my sister and I would pretend and storytell together as we cleaned. I remember staging my room as a child, pretending it was a museum. I should try it again, because I had fun with it as a child.
SOLD?!?!? CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Wow! I love this idea! Thank you for everything that you share!
The family farm house was built in 1861. My dad was born there in 1916. Growing up, my mom and I would pretend that we were doing it in 1861. No electricity, no running water! We had a hand pump outside and used a push sweeper. We did use a rug beater on smaller rugs on the clothes line. It was some work! But we laughed our way through it. Thank goodness we only did it once a year. But we used common products that would have been around in 1861, like vinegar, ammonia. baking soda, bleach, and lots of flannel cloths. Mom was so funny when we got to the bathrooms. " They weren't around in 1861, so we're not cleaning them!!" I did take a broom and several buckets of water to our very old outhouse that was used by above ground pool. So there's an idea--clean it how it would have been done in the year it was built, esp. if your house is over 50 years old!.
thank you for your honesty and making it fun
CAS!!! WE *NEED* CLEANERSIZE!!! PLEASE!!! Get that CLEANERSIZE TH-cam CHANNEL up & going!!!
Love this podcast!! Thanks for the ideas. ❤
I love this Cas! What fantastic ideas!
You are gold Cas!
That’s so funny, I often pretend I’m being filmed or like I’m hosting a show or competing on a show when I’m doing something mundane. My wife can always tell when i’m doing it because my lips are moving because I’m talking to myself in my head. Ha, I say do whatever works! 😊
I feel so seen 💜
I never realized that I do this too, but it does help a lot! I like to pretend I'm a detective, trying to clear away the clutter to hunt down the weirdest item I can find! I take a picture of the item sometimes. I'm cleaning up a hoarded house, so there is no end to the weird things! Thos game of pretend also helps take me put of the emotionally intense environment that the hoard creates.
Nice job on this. Words of wisdom.
When I was a child I used to pretend I was Cinderella and had to complete all my chores by a certain time to go to the ball. No idea when or why I stopped doing that but you've inspired me to try making cleaning fun again 😊
Cass great Podcast!!! about the imagination game, I,am home after 12 years of full time work and my transition from one life to homemaker, I put the same deadlines of my late job and it has work, of curse never perfect but.... it works :)
This was helpful and hit home. TY!!
I think your ideas are great!Thanks for sharing. I am now a hotel cleaner and gardener 👍
Great tips Cass. I miss pretend play when I was a kid. I will try this and see how it goes. I have no problem helping friends or family clean their homes, but I always procrastinate when it is time to clean mine. Thanks for this fun video.
Yesterday, I pretended I was going to sell my car in order to do a deep clean that it desperately needed. I also love the "pretend you're moving" technique because it forces me to look at it from someone else's perspective, and I see dirt I normally would have looked past.
Cleanercise!!! Million dollar idea!!!
This podcast made me feel so validated 😂 We would definitely be friends in the real world.
While we're being honest - when my kids were small and I was feeling totally overwhelmed it really helped to pretend they belonged to someone else and their parents were going to come and pick them up at 5pm. Got me through the day
I'm with you on feeling like all that **** is boring! I think I'll use that Suzy Homemaker trick on myself that would really help me... yeah, this is awesome, yeah I love this... going to give it a whirl this afternoon... mopping, vacuuming, hurray 🤪😅😇 apron and gloves! and a cleaning video. thanks Cas because I just couldn't get started this afternoon! Complete the fantasy!
I really love these ideas..very helpful!!
I totally get you, @Cas :) I don't imagine anything while cleaning to make me more eager to do this, but I realised that when I take my dust-cleaning-thingy I suddenly feel like a 40's homemaker and it becomes fun to do the dusting. I feel more firm in my calves and I start whistling or do a little dance. It helps cause it's fun! I am no longer just boring me doing the dusting. Almost feel like in a Disney story. And I LOVE your 40's outfit! or is it 50's?
This is genius! Maybe (a bit) weird but crazy helpful !
You are amazing ❤ Great ideas,👏 Thank You for sharing 🎉💞💞💞
Love you! ❤
Great fun unique ideas😊
Wonderful idea! I'm pretending that the Queen and King are dropping by for tea.