Contratar al ama de llaves adecuada puede cambiar la vida de una familia ocupada. Ahora bien, esto puede parecer un poco exagerado, pero lo digo en serio. Piensa en tu vida -ya sea soltero, en pareja o en familia- no tienes tiempo. No hay tiempo para mantener su hogar tan organizado o limpio como le gustaría. No hay tiempo para hacer los trabajos de limpieza más pequeños que marcarían una gran diferencia.
«I am still learning about my home. If you can’t do it yourself, find good service people and treat them well.» — Terry (mom to our Human Resources Coordinator, Louisa)
Raise your hand if you grew up with a mom (or another parental figure) constantly reminding you to clean your room. Often, our earliest memories of figuring out how to tidy up and take care of our homes are with our moms—they taught us how to do laundry, how to do the dishes, and how to make our beds. So it should come as no surprise that when we asked our moms for their best homekeeping advice, they came back with some great tips.
Most agreed on a few major themes: it’s important to make sure everything has a home, that you put things back when you take them out, and that your home is an inviting, relaxing place to come home to—and invite others to.
¿Alguna vez pasas tu día casualmente, apareciendo en la cocina por una tostada de mantequilla de maní y luego lo siguiente que sabes es que estás encendiendo el horno tostador porque ha pasado tanto tiempo y ya no puedes con las migajas?
At the risk of sounding like a cloyingly optimistic Peppy Patty (which I can assure you, I am not), I never really understood all the pervasive hate for Mondays. I get that easing yourself from the freedom of the weekend into the structure of the workweek is a bit of a shock to the system…
