Friday Five: July 22, 2022
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1) What's the most cluttered spot in your home?
The basement. It's somehow Dad's favoured hangout: I don't know how he stands it down there all the time. At least we added an air purifier for him, although the air quality still isn't great.
2) What's your method for decluttering?
I enjoy wandering around the house until I come across something that bothers me and then fixing it.
3) What are your favorite cleaning products?
Fast-food work has given me a (non-literal) taste for quaternary ammonium. I also like a good alcohol wipe.
For detergent, I've found that while the store brand *appears* at first glance to be cheaper, it's so much more diluted that if anything it's *more* expensive than the name brands. (Especially because you can often get 30 - 40% off of the name-brand stuff if you time it right.) I like Dawn for dishes and Purex petrichor-scented for laundry. The Gain stuff smells terrible, though by the time the clothes come out of the dryer it's at least faded enough to reach "okay"; likewise with Palmolive and dishes.
4) What helps get you motivated to clean up?
Uh...immune bullshit, I guess?
(My first reaction to this question was "what are you talking about, obviously cleanliness is inherently good/pleasant/valuable", followed by "well, yes, but *why* is it inherently good".)
5) What's the most organized spot in your home?
The bottom two shelves of the non-board-game dining-room bookshelf. They contain non-perishable food, neatly stacked, each with its place. When it comes time for a batch of groceries to leave quarantine and move into storage, I ensure that everything on those shelves remains organised by expiration date for proper cycling.
1) What's the most cluttered spot in your home?
The basement. It's somehow Dad's favoured hangout: I don't know how he stands it down there all the time. At least we added an air purifier for him, although the air quality still isn't great.
2) What's your method for decluttering?
I enjoy wandering around the house until I come across something that bothers me and then fixing it.
3) What are your favorite cleaning products?
Fast-food work has given me a (non-literal) taste for quaternary ammonium. I also like a good alcohol wipe.
For detergent, I've found that while the store brand *appears* at first glance to be cheaper, it's so much more diluted that if anything it's *more* expensive than the name brands. (Especially because you can often get 30 - 40% off of the name-brand stuff if you time it right.) I like Dawn for dishes and Purex petrichor-scented for laundry. The Gain stuff smells terrible, though by the time the clothes come out of the dryer it's at least faded enough to reach "okay"; likewise with Palmolive and dishes.
4) What helps get you motivated to clean up?
Uh...immune bullshit, I guess?
(My first reaction to this question was "what are you talking about, obviously cleanliness is inherently good/pleasant/valuable", followed by "well, yes, but *why* is it inherently good".)
5) What's the most organized spot in your home?
The bottom two shelves of the non-board-game dining-room bookshelf. They contain non-perishable food, neatly stacked, each with its place. When it comes time for a batch of groceries to leave quarantine and move into storage, I ensure that everything on those shelves remains organised by expiration date for proper cycling.
