It gets better ladies, kids grow up, the house empties out and the time for cleaning returns. It's a sad place really, with the kids gone, but a much longer season of life than this one.Just do as she says, let go of perfect and enjoy this kids along the way. The only thing I would add is stop buying stuff, so much harder to organize daily than to tidy.
Erma Bombeck once wrote a story Why don't you grow up". About all the challenges of kids and cleaning. and then one day she says the house is clean. It's quiet. Nothing's out of place. She can find things and she says into the silence."Why don't you grow up?"And the silence answers back"We did"... Enjoy the time with the children
We have to be ready to listen and DO. So, today I danced with you. Kids long gone. Hubby died suddenly some months ago. My years of clutter are in my own way. Time to make a happier home for me…and to invite people in.
Yes Maggie, I am doing the same, creating a new and fun life. It's tough but there are others like us out there! I have started gardening and love Linda Vater's channel on RUclips. Inspiring. Ariel is such a sweetheart, I wonder if she realizes this is a ministry? ❤
Yes! I'm trying to recounted mine because that's what takes up most of the time. Tidying and cleaning are separate tasks, but you can't clean before things are picked up and put away, which takes soooooo long when you have far too much JUNK, because we all know that's what most of us have. A bunch of unnecessary junk making our homes and minds a mess!
💯% yes! Mom of 4 littles here. 1500 Sq ft hpuse. Minimizing the stuff helps a bunch. Decreasing what I choose to buy and letting go of what no longer either has a very helpful purpose in my home or has a very important sentimental purpose.
@@jenniferneff1244Watch videos from The Minimal Mom. She's so effective in explaining the "why" of how clutter ends up and stays in our homes. That Awkward Mom and The Minimal Mom have made a video or two together, I believe.
“Good enough” I told my husband my motto is “absolutely adequate” and he frowned and was disappointed. I work full time, have volunteer leadership position in a community org, keep a home and 4 children, close friendships and commitment to wellness. Yes, “absolutely adequate” is enough! Good enough, ladies.
Thank you for this!! I did this with my family today (husband and 13-year-old son). My son was in charge of the music playlist. We did 1)kitchen, 2)tidy, 3)bathroom (mom)/laundry (dad + son), 4)floors, 5)one bedroom each. We had so much fun and got so much done. 10 minutes goes by fast when you are working together and we didn’t want to stop, so we did 2 rounds of kitchen and tidy. We hit 60 minutes before we got to bedrooms, but I agreed we could stop there for today. My son had the idea to start with bedrooms next time. We’re going to do this every day until our house is clean!! My guys are even excited.💙💙💙🌟🌟🌟
You are doing God’s work, not just by cleaning your home, but encouraging and giving full on instructions to moms who have lost hope. Thank you for what you do. You don’t even realize the extent of what you do for humanity. God bless you. 💖
My children are now grown living successful lives. A very happy time....im proud of them. They are my best friends. Sad time too because they've flown the nest. Enjoy each stage of life. Toddlers can clean.. yes i had twins then a single 16 months latter. I was constantly picking up toys. Then i realised if they were big enough to get toys out they were big enough to put them back. I made it a game. They would run around grabbing toys putting them away. When they were 3 i took pictures of the room clean. They would run around cleaning making the room match the pictures. While they were playing the cleanup game i could start dinner.
That’s smart. Not only make it engaging but at the same time it gives them an idea what mommy wants and it makes it easier for them to know what to do. Know what to aspire to.
Om Mama. I'm old like Gen X old . I have special needs kids , I been managing kids for 30 years and we never got past parenting like you do with Littles. I had to come to terms which I have this will be my life perpetually. I gave up on a clean home and time for me years ago. I fell into a deep depression. I been really trying to pull myself out recently, cause wallowing won't change a thing . I was stewing today in clutter and defeat . Watching searching for a way to find the tiniest bit of motivation. Like I don't want to find company in misery. I want to cope better. I stumbled across this gem. I didn't follow room by room cause honestly my kitchen alone was a war zone. A breeding ground for who knows what. I did drink a bottle of water , pop in some Meatloaf for music cause, as I said I'm old lol and cleaned in my kitchen for one hour. OK I have more rooms and it didn't solve all my problems but I feel so much accomplishment. I might be oversharing but , I wanted to say thanks. I'll use this tidy tango method again . Not sure you will see this as the video is older. But thanks for the motivation. You don't know how you made my day .
I opened this video not really knowing what it was, just wanting company while I did dishes (and needed a long video, or so I thought!) Here i am, 52 minutes later, and the whole house is a bit cleaner as well as almost all the dishes being done (there's a small number of beeswax sandwich wraps I didn't get to, but I'll do them later). What a motivating thing to discover. I've been getting unwell regularly recently and my doctor said I probably have burnout (unsurprising with a full time job and two school aged kids!) so I've been trying to take it easy, but I don't want to house to become a disaster in the process. Your mindset, Ariel, is just what I needed - let go of perfectionism, Time Box everything, get something done and then let the rest go. Time for a stint on the couch with my cat, who didn't interrupt at all because he is Lazy and just slept the whole time.
This was very motivating 😊 I'm pregnant (10 weeks) and I'm in the morning sickness & complete exhaustion era 🤢 So my house has really went to crap 😭 I was just beginning to cook breakfast when I clicked on your video. I wasn't expecting a boost of motivation like that! I emptied the dishwasher, loaded it with dirty dishes and tidied the kitchen table in the 20 minutes it took my biscuits to bake! I also found myself trying to beat you 😂 Then I sat down to eat with my hubby & our toddler. I sat & watched the rest of your video & I'm feeling guilty now 😂 I think I'm gonna watch it again & work along side you for the rest of the video now that my breakfast has settled 😂 Thank you for the honesty & humor in your videos ❤ You're definitely my favorite cleaning mom channel here on RUclips!
I love it! Don't feel guilty. When you're pregnant doing anything should be celebrated lol It's so hard during that nausea stage too! I'm proud of you ❤️
@@ThatAwkwardMom Awww, thank you! That means so much coming from an amazing mama like yourself! 😊❤️ We're all in this battle we call house cleaning together! 😂🙌
I love your video I may not have kids to clean up after anymore but have 13 cow dogs working on this ranch is exhausting. You motivated me. Yes I went from kids to dogs they all work cows. Thank you for giving me a little pep in my step. Oh here a handy tip put your dish soap in a empty pump hand soap bottle not the foam one it makes a world of difference
An hour long video on my big clean the house day AND the hubby took my kids to the park?! This is the best day ever 😭 EDIT: I posted this comment before realizing that this was a tidy tango, AND I had guests coming in the afternoon. When I started I was feeling like I would need at least two hours to get everything presentable, and that I wouldn't get to relax while I had the house to myself. Not only following the timed video was a great tool to move quickly, but your encouragment throughout the video to allow things to be good enough was also such a great boost! Your final comment about friends being okay with messy houses had me grateful all day for my friend who i knew wasn't going to judge the places I couldnt get to today. I had the house presentable in an hour and enjoyed eating lunch and watching TV alone. It really was such a great day! Thank you for helping me start it off right!
I have done the tidy tango daily! I mop the bathroom every other day! I was able to start a 15 min declutter with that tidy tango attitude!! I stop when the timer goes off! Grandma M
I got to 50 mins and all I managed was half the dishes and tidy kitchen surfaces. I don’t have a dishwasher and I’m cleaning following a depression flare up. But I have LOVED having you here talking to me and doing it together. It was like having a bestie on FaceTime ❤️ thank you for this
LOVE IT, I've never done this before, why haven't I done this before this would normally take my whole day! Time for lunch then moving onto this afternoon ❤
I’ve been watching both Tidy Tango videos for ages. I don’t have kids and I live with my parents so the work that needs to be done looks different for me. I usually give myself 5 tasks to work on (usually laundry makes the list!!) and I often don’t stick strictly to the 10 minutes. But I find your voiceovers in these videos to be so motivational! And it helps so much to be reminded regularly of how much time I’ve spent on a given task. Keep posting more! I need more trivia in rotation. I don’t care what the clips are of!
sweetie, i'm watching you wash dishes and just want to share that you are doing it the long, drawn out way. put some dish detergent in a mug with some water, swirl it around, and dip into that when the soap runs out... saves you the time of picking up and putting down the bottle over and again... try it! it's quicker!
@@elaineboyd9575 I wash one at a time because if I put water and dish soap in in the dish pan or sink and wash them all in there, I feel like I’m washing dishes in dirty water. Which, after you wash one dish the water will be dirty. 🤷🏼♂😄
Woo! I'm totally going to do that. Thank you for the great tip! Btw, please consider that some people are struggling just to get the dishes done at all before leaving judgemental comments.
Perfect timing! We've had 3 viruses and strep run through our house in the last 5 weeks, this video really helped me today. I didn't think I'd be up for the whole thing, but I did it! I feel so much better, proud of myself and not overwhelmed. You were right about mopping at the end. And the dancing at the beginning. And the whole middle part too. You're the best, thank you!! ❤🤗
Hey! Laura from Argentina here (so I guess I should be tidying to actual tangos... right? But no: I just follow along) This has really been a game changer for me. I cannot tell you how many times I've followed your steps and cleaned along with you. I think at this point I know both your videos by heart! Pleeease, pretty please, por favor! Make a new one! I don't care about the footage, I'm not even looking. Just your magic words making me laugh and helping me complete all the tasks. No, wait... make a new one each week 😂 Yeah... I know that's too much to ask. But a new tidy tango once in a while would be great. Gracias gracias, please do keep it up. Best housekeeping channel ever. ❤❤❤🎉
I love that story at the end about the two Mum's. I had a similar experience recently.... My best friend called unexpectedly to to say she was in town. My house was in a bad way. Dishes piled high, mess&clutter everywhere, I'd not vacuumed or mopped in ages.... But I realised - she is one of my best friends. I took a deep breath, and invited her round anyway. And we had the best evening together. Just before she left, she thanked me for letting her into my space just as it is. ☺️ She knows I find it hard to have people round when I've not tidied, and told me it meant a lot to her that I trusted her enough to let her in regardless. ☺️ She says when her house is messy, she no longer apologises about it. Instead she asks her guests to "please excuse the choas". I love that 💃💕 When I can, I like to have a extra special clean/tidy before I have people round - I think it helps to makes it special. But I don't always have the time or energy. I'm trying to stop embarrassment from preventing me from spending time with the people I love. 🤗🥰
Thanks, had to skip the couch because my baby woke up , but my house looks so much nicer. Thank you for including the dishes!! Why do more systems not?
Thank you, Ariel. It took me 2 months to get to this video, but depression was kicking my butt today and this got me up and moving. You're so right about moving on with life and being real about your messy house. When my kids were younger, I never wanted to have people over because I was so embarassed about my house. I would have the kids' friends over, but always reluctant to bring the parents in because I wanted to go crazy cleaning first and didn't have the time or energy for that. I really regret that now. My mom always had an open door policy, no matter what our house looked like. She had 7 kids, so if she focused on cleaning, she'd never have time for the kids or all the wonderful creative pursuits that made her who she was. I should have learned from her, but I went the opposite way. Anyway, thanks again,. I definitely need to let go of my perfectionism and just do it!!!
Thanks for this video….especially that last part about moms just enjoying one another’s company instead of waiting till the house is spotless and you can prepare a “nice” meal. We need to support one another more, build friendships, and stop worrying about the illusion of perfection.❤️ You are wise to realize this while your children are still young:) Thank you for another great video!!
I think this is very great for people with ADHD and also need quick results. What also helps motivate me is taking a before and after picture. Very satisfying lol. Also if you're someone with a very dirty house, just keep doing the tidy tango daily and it'll get easier, become a habit and less to do as time goes on.
I love me some tidy Tango! I wish you would make a new one each month! ❤️ I can tell you at 58 I would trade a clean house for having my son back making a mess and worrying about family dropping by. Enjoy this busy season ladies!❤
Good Morning. I watched some of the video (this one is a little long !!) ..... I have always put on a timer to do housework. 40 minutes of house /// and 40 minutes of me. You can get a lot done in 40 minutes (or however much time you choose). I would never get to do what I want to do without my timer. My girls are adults now but when they were toddlers I would cringe if someone knocked at the door. Then I heard a sermon at church and the message was .... if you have young children at home then hour house should look like it !!!! Seeing your magnetic letters on your refrigerator made me have a flashback !!! I left the letters on the fridge and the girls would play with them (but you still have a toddler so right now is not a good time to do that !!!) Also .... I never got rid of the playpen ... that is where all of the toys went at the end of the day. And ... yes .... you are going to really, really miss your children when they are all grown up. When the time comes the best way to keep a teen's room clean is to shut the door !!!!!
Thank you for getting me off my sofa! I realized in the middle that I needed to tweak it a bit and paused your video, as I needed to clwan the cat litter box before I vacuumed and you know, if you already take out the litter you can take the other trash with you as well.... and I wanted to quickly dust off the surfaces in the main living areas as well as those were quite dusty. But hey, now it's 1:22h instead of 52 minutes later and my apartment looks so good! ❤ gonna reward myself with starting a new crochet project!
I've been feeling like i was getting nowhere and it was getting me down, i did this on a whim and it had helped me so much! I feel so much better and its given me a headstart for tomorrow. Thank you so much!
I have a timer on my watch that I set up for times between 5-20 minutes. It has a repeat feature so when it goes off, I hit the button and it resets. I found going for 5 or 10 minutes cleaning, next 5-10 minutes on my tablet or watching TV, next timer vacuum the living room, next timer relax and then so on and so on, allows me to trick myself into getting a decent amount done. After several cycles, I see a difference and that motivates me to clean longer using back to back timers to clean and less and less relaxing.
After 3 kids I have finally let go of the idea of having a perfectly tidy/clean house, clean/tidy enough is good enough! Kids will be kids, they make messes, but that just means they are having fun! I’m done trying to have the picture perfect house, I much prefer having it “ok” and having happy playful kids. We definitely will miss the mess one day as silly as it sounds.
I was so excited when i saw it was a longer video ❤ I do your tidy tango video multiple times a week somtimes and sing along to your songs they're soo fun!
Dang it Ariel you’re totally right about the mopping being the frosting on the cake of cleaning. Until your tidy tango for years i had often just skipped mopping thinking that a good sweep is good enough. Nope, you’re right ya gotta do the mopping too. My home feels so much more clean. 🤪
I was a perfectionist and I've learned over the past couple years to say... it's good enough! I absolutely love it. It's funny you addressed my perfectionist to its good enough and guess what my house is still clean!
Great chatty video! Your videos are entertaining, provide laugher and fun, and are also relatable and motivational! Nice addition with adding trivia. Love that the the Tidy Tango starts with dance! Gina B from the channel Up to the Beat Fit has dance walk workouts which are fun! For the question about favorite weekend activities: walking/exercise, nature, baking, dancing, and family time are nice! I agree with you, I need to spend more time in nature. Diane in Denmark mentioned last Friday as one of her four self-care assignments she gives in her Friday videos to eat a meal outdoors. Your cats are cute!
I love how real you are!! Being 30wk pregnant and caring for my toddler I try to have my house clean everyday but I end up exhausted too! I stoped to care about having a Pinterest home after my son started walking lol I just need my home to be clean, that’s it, this will help a lot!! 10min sounds perfect for each task. Thank you for the content 😊
Thanks, Ariel! I clicked on this on this rainy Saturday in Minnesota and an hour later, my house feels (and smells!) so much better! Just in time for the sun to come out ☀️
Thank you so much for doing another one of these videos. I sooo wish I could invite people over, the state of my house used to be my main concern, but since I made the decision to have dogs, the tidyness if my house doesn't really matter bc the dogs bark continuously when anyone comes near the house. I was told dogs would make my life so much better, but the truth is, we haven't been so locked down until the dogs came along. We can't have company, we can't go anywhere for more than a few hours. We haven't been on any kind of vacation for 10 years. We had to go on a 3 day work thing for my husband's job, left the dogs with my sister in law and came back to both dogs having diarrhea and throwing up. Almost 500 dollars later, their both well again. Anyway, for anyone reading this, thanks for listening to my rant about having zero freedom and never really being able to visit with people even though through declutterring and consistency, I've finally been able to get my house under some control.
What would happen if you rehomed the dogs? Sounds like your mental health would be improved! They aren't children & could adapt to a new environment! It would be hard but might be worth it!
@@wendibollinger7647 I'm sure you're right about my mental health, my husband has suggested this, but we've had Teddy for 10 years and Poppy for 5 years, they've gotten used to each other they both have major issues. Just moving from Missouri and all that that involved, now Teddy has attachment disorder and Poppy will eat anything and everything and marks every time he gets the chance, so he lives mostly in his crate. In other words, they would be really hard to rehome. I don't know if I could live with the guilt either. It feels like a no win situation to me.
I know everyone thinks it's horrible, but it's the only option for now. His owner was going to have him put to sleep when we came along, so there's that. This dog marks everything everywhere and consumes towels,blankets, wood, paper, tape, he even ate my nail buffer. He ate the zipper on a dog bed. He feels safe in his crate. It's where he wants to be, he'll sit in our lap for a while, then get up and go in ,what I call his room, and be perfectly happy. So don't feel bad for him. His first owners kept him in a dark basement and threw food down to him.
I have a two month old baby and I have a newer friend coming over tomorrow morning. I just did this and my house feels so much better! I’m much less stressed now. Thank you for the body double. 10 minutes on each task is achievable! You can do this! Very motivating
I didn’t have a problem, stopping vacuuming, because I didn’t. I knew I wanted to mop all of my hard floors, so I vacuumed the whole house. But only with my stick vacuum, which made it go a lot faster than pulling out the larger one. But I got it all done. Thanks to you. And I think I may save this one and repeat it in five or six days. Love your spark and attitude! Thanks for the encouragement! And inspiration!
I need some thing like this every week. Thanks for not having the video filled with annoying music. I could only get one room vacuumed and mopped before I was just exhausted.
There was a show on TV several months ago about living in the 1850s. The gist of the show was the cabin walls were not airtight so there was a cold draft most nights. The roof was imperfect. It sometimes let the rain in. The food supply was unpredictable and inconsistent. Therefore, you had a good chance of waking up cold, wet, and hungry. The family cherished the evenings when they were able to relax after the evening meal feeling warm, well fed and dry.
I love the tidy tango please make this in a spezial Playlist also I wish that there is a mini break bevor vakuuming and moping for a little coffee or glass of water... Thank you you are my game changer🎉😂
I’m loving your tidy tango!! ?? Could you do a clean with me series for other days like clean with me “Monday” or clean with me “daily tasks” where we all do our load of laundry together or fold or something. Maybe it’s just me but I’d love to see what your daily tasks are like outside the tidy tango.
Hubby and I are early 50's, ive been watching you for a while, kids are grown and out....my husband saw your video when i was watching and now he does the dance to get ready to help its really done wonders
I don't care about the house but still gotta do what we gotta do right? My 3rd child has a lots of sensory issues so I want to get over the house real quick so that I can free more time to take care of him. This video is like God sent .. thanks sis you are like a friend
So this is my first time actually cleaning along with someone I do like to watch cleaning videos, cleaning, motivation, videos, and this really motivated me well I was already washing dishes when I found your video. Just put something on to watch and then you like clean with me that was awesome. Thank you, I got it all done. I mean my house isn’t perfect I got four kiddos but much appreciated feels better than it did before. That’s for sure.
I can't tell you how much I LOVE THIS, Ariel! I would love some add ons to this.. for special chores (maybe a special chores one, like cleaning out your frig... curtains and blinds... windows... retouching paint... carpet cleaning.. idk)
This came up on my feed, and I always love to hear what you are up to! So I totally turned it on scrolled through to see that you were doing a whole cleaning routine and I got myself ready. And when you started dancing, I almost busted a gut! That was the funniest thing I have seen on RUclips in many a day and it totally changed my whole perspective.😊😂🤣😅. (For the better, I mean)
The way I enjoy your videos and guess what I clean more than half of my house while listening to you. And I clean kitchen and 2 bedroom and 60 minutes so I guess next day it's a less work. But we get in routine like this thanks dear you are amazing.
Excellent info. I’ve been at this for a long time. Always learning. Always tweaking. I do a version of “clean Mama” but also an hour of cleaning every Monday. So much info available now. Many years ago all we had was Don Aslett and Confessions of an Organized Honemaker. It really is about 1.Having less to manage 2. Declutter daily, just 5 minutes 3. Put things away, daily, just 5-10 minutes. If you find you cannot keep up then you may have more items than you can manage and you may need to reconsider what you own. Keep tweaking your systems until you find what works best for you
Thank you! I love your videos! I started doing all my daily chores, but add 1-2 things every day. Now, I'm on top of things. This seemed to have simplified it for me! 😊
You are AMAZING!! Such enjoyable, humorous videos with brilliant cleaning hacks and astoundingly effective methodologies. I can't imaging the amount of thought and work that goes on behind the scenes but we are all so grateful. Thank you for sharing all of your talent, hard work and just plain "genius" with us. 💖
I love your Tidy Tangos, please don't take down your old one! I am watching you and working with A Slob Comes Clean, Dana K White, "How to Manage Your House Without Losing Your Mind". I would love to see you do a video with her, between you and Dana I am feeling some hope!!
Thanks for this comment, somehow I never knew about her and watched several of her videos thanks to you! We have to help each other.. and I need all the help I can get!! 😂
GIRL! You brightened my day! Thank you for motivating me to clean! I feel so much better now! Could you do another one with hymns? I know not everyone loves them, but they always lift my spirit.😊
This is one of the best videos on RUclips! No joke! It got me off the couch and I keep coming back. Thank you 🙂You're fantastic to hang out with 🙂 with.
Currently relaxing after following your whole video - I did cheat and go a bit longer pausing after some segments but plan to follow this again- you made cleaning fun (or as fun as it can be) 😂
This is amazing. I cleaned the kitchen and tidyed the lounge and vacuumed. It took an hour but I'll follow video again tomorrow and it will get better every day. Xx
This is the first cleaning routine that has worked for me! I work full time and keeping the house together has been an uphill battle. I felt like every couple weeks I would spend an entire weekend cleaning just for it to fall apart again. I have been doing this for 3 weeks every Sunday and it has been wonderful!!!!!
Thanks to you, I ordered the Bona Mop! I have been using a spray bottle to spritz my floors! I wipe down my shower walls and bathtub everyday. I wash/clean once a week. When I do, it takes about 5 mins. I love you and your videos, you are so real! You are bringing back memories of how my siblings and I would help my mom w daily chores. I declutter every day, this helps w dusting or with a quick floor sweep with my rubber broom if I am not vaccuming. Hope you are enjoying a nice holiday weekend! PS, I love how your felines were working with you the whole time! Great quality control!
I had the tidy tango on my to do list today. I went to find your last video about it and found the new one! Thanks! Super excited to body double and clean together again!
I love watching your videos. It’s so wonderful to see a young mother really enjoying the responsibility for your home. No, it isn’t perfect but you’re a mother with two young kids, but might I make a suggestion? When my daughter was little we put on music and I made a game out of her, picking up her things and helping me put away her toys at the age of two😊 At what age does someone teach their children to up after themselves? Over time my daughter understood that if she didn’t help pick up her toys, that the toys disappear into mom‘s closet and that’s where they stayed until she realized if she would sign a long to help mom pick up toys I never had a problem from then on….just a suggestion from a grandmother who learned a very long time ago that kids need to feel included in the everyday activities of life. Like you said Mom is not the only one living in the household, so why shouldn’t everyone help do their part To keep things picked up it makes it so much easier on everybody😊 Today’s mother has to work outside the home, as well as trying to keep house and get everything done. You are so right! The fact of that life goes faster than you think…. let them be little enjoy them while you can because one day you’ll turn around and they were all be grown and moving on with their own lives so don’t stress too much about the household Mess that mess will be there long after your children are grown and gone enjoy your life with your children, because it really does go faster than you think don’t blink!❤
A couple of months ago you did a video on how you plan to get control of your life this year. I would really love to see content that’s related to that, and that you reference as another step in getting control of your life . I’d love for us to be able to do it with you and get our lives under control, as well . And tomorrow I’ll do this video! Thank you!🤍
Thus video has been so helpful to me that i shared it with my mom! Im currently 6.5 mo pregnant and have a 2yo who tends to run amok, so it is hard for me to keep up with everything. Today is the first day i fully completed this video and my floors are finally mopped for the first time in what feels like forever! Now my brother and sister in law can come stay tonight and i feel like a normal person with a normal house again😊😊
I didnt know this wasa clean with me at start. I was just sitting on counch and thought oh a new video. Then saw was nearly an hour. Thought will see what it's about, not intending to do any of it. Just more of a nosey. Then found myself dancing and thought why not... maybe as you told us all to stand and I couldn't help it.... then found myself tidying. Then found I did whole video. I've still got a lot to do (as motivation went out the window for awhile) But it has given me a kick start needed. Its certainly better than it was an hour ago Im kinda hoping one day you'll do your own little full program of stuff. Your kwn webpage or app etc. Like what do you do on a daily. Do you do different rooms per day etc the best of all the cleaning things you've tried. ❤😊
Chronic fatigue... if I dance for 2 minutes, I need a few hours to recover! My son and I slept in on Tuesday morning when my cleaner came round, so she left, and we have a rental inspection this week! I'll skip the tango, but I have 3 days to tick my to-do list off, and it's not much, but if I don't listen to my body, my body will force me to lay down for days!
I was commenting to my husband how I wish I could keep up with this pace but my EDS would flair up or the nerve in my arm would be on fire for 2 days if I did all of this. I'm so thankful my kids handle the dishes and floors leaving me with the ability to tackle the other stuff they aren't ready for the responsibility of doing yet. Slow and steady in our case! We can do it!
@windyloweryking1826 Oh, I wish I could, too! I have a cleaner to help with dusting, mopping, and detailed vacuuming. I've been told I'm lazy, and I wish I was just lazy, too, because I can choose not to be!
I have chronic pain and fatigue, too. Yesterday I tried this but skipping the dancing and instead listening to a song that makes me feel good. Then I did three minutes in each of the areas instead of the 10 minutes. That was a lot more manageable but I still made a lot of progress. I was able to recover with just a nap instead of a couple days of pain like I would with a lot of people's cleaning plans.
I ended up cleaning out my ovens, shining my stove top, doing 3 loads of washing, and changing the beds! Then, I did absolutely nothing at all on Monday, I could barely get out of bed. Worth. Every. Minute! Thank you, Ariel!
Dear Awkward Mom, I love this video. Can you please make a video of you tidying, decluttering, cleaning, vacuuming and mopping in one room? I struggle with losing myself for hours doing those things, and crashing, leaving a destroyed house and not wanting to do anything about it for weeks. I get motivated by you so I hope you can help me with this problem. Thank you 🤗
A real mom on the internet is soo rare, you’re amazing and your channel is such a breath of fresh air! It’s so realistic I love it! Thanks
It gets better ladies, kids grow up, the house empties out and the time for cleaning returns. It's a sad place really, with the kids gone, but a much longer season of life than this one.Just do as she says, let go of perfect and enjoy this kids along the way. The only thing I would add is stop buying stuff, so much harder to organize daily than to tidy.
Thank you for this. I really needed to read this reminder
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Erma Bombeck once wrote a story Why don't you grow up". About all the challenges of kids and cleaning. and then one day she says the house is clean. It's quiet. Nothing's out of place. She can find things and she says into the silence."Why don't you grow up?"And the silence answers back"We did"... Enjoy the time with the children
Sooooo true! I spent 3 hours spring cleaning and empty nest. Ughhh
Thank you for this reminder from a mom of an almost 8 year old and a 14 month old! 🥰
We have to be ready to listen and DO. So, today I danced with you. Kids long gone. Hubby died suddenly some months ago. My years of clutter are in my own way. Time to make a happier home for me…and to invite people in.
Same
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my sympathies to you
Yes Maggie, I am doing the same, creating a new and fun life. It's tough but there are others like us out there! I have started gardening and love Linda Vater's channel on RUclips. Inspiring. Ariel is such a sweetheart, I wonder if she realizes this is a ministry? ❤
I'm sorry for your loss❤
I appreciate you and all that you do for our community. I miss you and cannot wait till you come back.
I have found getting rid of clutter makes it so so much easier to keep a clean house.
It does
Yes! I'm trying to recounted mine because that's what takes up most of the time. Tidying and cleaning are separate tasks, but you can't clean before things are picked up and put away, which takes soooooo long when you have far too much JUNK, because we all know that's what most of us have. A bunch of unnecessary junk making our homes and minds a mess!
I need help decluttering
💯% yes! Mom of 4 littles here. 1500 Sq ft hpuse. Minimizing the stuff helps a bunch. Decreasing what I choose to buy and letting go of what no longer either has a very helpful purpose in my home or has a very important sentimental purpose.
@@jenniferneff1244Watch videos from The Minimal Mom. She's so effective in explaining the "why" of how clutter ends up and stays in our homes.
That Awkward Mom and The Minimal Mom have made a video or two together, I believe.
“Good enough”
I told my husband my motto is “absolutely adequate” and he frowned and was disappointed. I work full time, have volunteer leadership position in a community org, keep a home and 4 children, close friendships and commitment to wellness. Yes, “absolutely adequate” is enough! Good enough, ladies.
He could hire you a maid and be very happy.
@@pkb1647Or, HE could do those tasks for a month and then hazard an opinion.
If he’s not already, he could go halves with you on the cleaning tasks.
Thank you for this!! I did this with my family today (husband and 13-year-old son). My son was in charge of the music playlist. We did 1)kitchen, 2)tidy, 3)bathroom (mom)/laundry (dad + son), 4)floors, 5)one bedroom each. We had so much fun and got so much done. 10 minutes goes by fast when you are working together and we didn’t want to stop, so we did 2 rounds of kitchen and tidy. We hit 60 minutes before we got to bedrooms, but I agreed we could stop there for today. My son had the idea to start with bedrooms next time. We’re going to do this every day until our house is clean!! My guys are even excited.💙💙💙🌟🌟🌟
Sounds like a dream!👏🏼
Making it a team effort was a very smart idea.
You are doing God’s work, not just by cleaning your home, but encouraging and giving full on instructions to moms who have lost hope. Thank you for what you do. You don’t even realize the extent of what you do for humanity. God bless you. 💖
Thank you 🥰
My children are now grown living successful lives. A very happy time....im proud of them. They are my best friends. Sad time too because they've flown the nest. Enjoy each stage of life. Toddlers can clean.. yes i had twins then a single 16 months latter. I was constantly picking up toys. Then i realised if they were big enough to get toys out they were big enough to put them back. I made it a game. They would run around grabbing toys putting them away. When they were 3 i took pictures of the room clean. They would run around cleaning making the room match the pictures. While they were playing the cleanup game i could start dinner.
"if they were big enough to get toys out they were big enough to put them back. " Exactly! And make it EASY for them to tidy their things.
I love the idea of taking pictures and telling them to match it. 👌🏼
That’s smart. Not only make it engaging but at the same time it gives them an idea what mommy wants and it makes it easier for them to know what to do. Know what to aspire to.
Om Mama. I'm old like Gen X old . I have special needs kids , I been managing kids for 30 years and we never got past parenting like you do with Littles. I had to come to terms which I have this will be my life perpetually. I gave up on a clean home and time for me years ago. I fell into a deep depression. I been really trying to pull myself out recently, cause wallowing won't change a thing . I was stewing today in clutter and defeat . Watching searching for a way to find the tiniest bit of motivation. Like I don't want to find company in misery. I want to cope better. I stumbled across this gem. I didn't follow room by room cause honestly my kitchen alone was a war zone. A breeding ground for who knows what. I did drink a bottle of water , pop in some Meatloaf for music cause, as I said I'm old lol and cleaned in my kitchen for one hour. OK I have more rooms and it didn't solve all my problems but I feel so much accomplishment. I might be oversharing but , I wanted to say thanks. I'll use this tidy tango method again . Not sure you will see this as the video is older. But thanks for the motivation. You don't know how you made my day .
I opened this video not really knowing what it was, just wanting company while I did dishes (and needed a long video, or so I thought!)
Here i am, 52 minutes later, and the whole house is a bit cleaner as well as almost all the dishes being done (there's a small number of beeswax sandwich wraps I didn't get to, but I'll do them later). What a motivating thing to discover. I've been getting unwell regularly recently and my doctor said I probably have burnout (unsurprising with a full time job and two school aged kids!) so I've been trying to take it easy, but I don't want to house to become a disaster in the process. Your mindset, Ariel, is just what I needed - let go of perfectionism, Time Box everything, get something done and then let the rest go.
Time for a stint on the couch with my cat, who didn't interrupt at all because he is Lazy and just slept the whole time.
This was very motivating 😊 I'm pregnant (10 weeks) and I'm in the morning sickness & complete exhaustion era 🤢 So my house has really went to crap 😭 I was just beginning to cook breakfast when I clicked on your video. I wasn't expecting a boost of motivation like that! I emptied the dishwasher, loaded it with dirty dishes and tidied the kitchen table in the 20 minutes it took my biscuits to bake! I also found myself trying to beat you 😂 Then I sat down to eat with my hubby & our toddler. I sat & watched the rest of your video & I'm feeling guilty now 😂 I think I'm gonna watch it again & work along side you for the rest of the video now that my breakfast has settled 😂 Thank you for the honesty & humor in your videos ❤ You're definitely my favorite cleaning mom channel here on RUclips!
I love it! Don't feel guilty. When you're pregnant doing anything should be celebrated lol It's so hard during that nausea stage too! I'm proud of you ❤️
@@ThatAwkwardMom Awww, thank you! That means so much coming from an amazing mama like yourself! 😊❤️ We're all in this battle we call house cleaning together! 😂🙌
I love your video I may not have kids to clean up after anymore but have 13 cow dogs working on this ranch is exhausting. You motivated me. Yes I went from kids to dogs they all work cows. Thank you for giving me a little pep in my step.
Oh here a handy tip put your dish soap in a empty pump hand soap bottle not the foam one it makes a world of difference
I’m pregnant too, 14 weeks, and this whole trimester my house has gone to shite 😂
Honey,by the time you get your home back you will have grandchildren
Just one thing: THANK YOU!
So refreshing to see a REAL lady managing REAL life!
An hour long video on my big clean the house day AND the hubby took my kids to the park?! This is the best day ever 😭
EDIT: I posted this comment before realizing that this was a tidy tango, AND I had guests coming in the afternoon. When I started I was feeling like I would need at least two hours to get everything presentable, and that I wouldn't get to relax while I had the house to myself. Not only following the timed video was a great tool to move quickly, but your encouragment throughout the video to allow things to be good enough was also such a great boost! Your final comment about friends being okay with messy houses had me grateful all day for my friend who i knew wasn't going to judge the places I couldnt get to today. I had the house presentable in an hour and enjoyed eating lunch and watching TV alone. It really was such a great day! Thank you for helping me start it off right!
Your comment made me smile! Thank you for sharing your experience, I love this so much!
I have done the tidy tango daily! I mop the bathroom every other day! I was able to start a 15 min declutter with that tidy tango attitude!! I stop when the timer goes off! Grandma M
She got the idea from FlyLady's weekly home blessing. But this Awkward Mom is way more interesting and fun to watch! So funny!😂
I love your tidy tangos. This is exactly what I want out of a clean with me video. I feel like I'm listening to a friend while we are both cleaning.
I got to 50 mins and all I managed was half the dishes and tidy kitchen surfaces. I don’t have a dishwasher and I’m cleaning following a depression flare up. But I have LOVED having you here talking to me and doing it together. It was like having a bestie on FaceTime ❤️ thank you for this
LOVE IT, I've never done this before, why haven't I done this before this would normally take my whole day! Time for lunch then moving onto this afternoon ❤
I’ve been watching both Tidy Tango videos for ages. I don’t have kids and I live with my parents so the work that needs to be done looks different for me. I usually give myself 5 tasks to work on (usually laundry makes the list!!) and I often don’t stick strictly to the 10 minutes. But I find your voiceovers in these videos to be so motivational! And it helps so much to be reminded regularly of how much time I’ve spent on a given task. Keep posting more! I need more trivia in rotation. I don’t care what the clips are of!
I'm doing this video every few days until my house is clean. Thank you
sweetie, i'm watching you wash dishes and just want to share that you are doing it the long, drawn out way. put some dish detergent in a mug with some water, swirl it around, and dip into that when the soap runs out... saves you the time of picking up and putting down the bottle over and again... try it! it's quicker!
Great tip!
Why not put water and detergent in the sink and wash there? Much easier than washing one at a time!
@@elaineboyd9575 I wash one at a time because if I put water and dish soap in in the dish pan or sink and wash them all in there, I feel like I’m washing dishes in dirty water. Which, after you wash one dish the water will be dirty. 🤷🏼♂😄
And stop the running water tap when not having anything under it.... every drop is precious
Woo! I'm totally going to do that. Thank you for the great tip!
Btw, please consider that some people are struggling just to get the dishes done at all before leaving judgemental comments.
I think I fell in love with you during the dance break 😂❤
Can I substitute the dancing for making an espresso? 😂 Thank you for posting!!!
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i mean your up off the couch just dont sit back down and stay there
I drank coffee and moved side to side. It's the coffee dance 😊
You can do whatever you want
i always put a load of washing on in the first few minutes. done not long after the tidy tango
i feel like instead of the couch the last task should be a shower 😂😂 I'm all sweaty now
THANK YOU so much for this video. I needed it ❤
I always do the shower last too so I can simultaneously clean myself lol
Is it too much to ask for another one of these? I just love these!!!
I love both your Tidy Tango videos and use them every week. Thank you. ❤
One of my favorite dog trainers has a saying that goes
“Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good enough”
I do your tango on a weekly Basis and it helpes me out so much. It helps me to stay focused ob my task
Thank you my American friend, I’m from Russia, this is the best system I've ever seen🌸🌸🌸thanks a lot
I’m happy
Perfect timing! We've had 3 viruses and strep run through our house in the last 5 weeks, this video really helped me today. I didn't think I'd be up for the whole thing, but I did it! I feel so much better, proud of myself and not overwhelmed. You were right about mopping at the end. And the dancing at the beginning. And the whole middle part too. You're the best, thank you!! ❤🤗
Hey! Laura from Argentina here (so I guess I should be tidying to actual tangos... right? But no: I just follow along) This has really been a game changer for me. I cannot tell you how many times I've followed your steps and cleaned along with you. I think at this point I know both your videos by heart! Pleeease, pretty please, por favor! Make a new one! I don't care about the footage, I'm not even looking. Just your magic words making me laugh and helping me complete all the tasks. No, wait... make a new one each week 😂 Yeah... I know that's too much to ask. But a new tidy tango once in a while would be great. Gracias gracias, please do keep it up. Best housekeeping channel ever. ❤❤❤🎉
I love that story at the end about the two Mum's. I had a similar experience recently....
My best friend called unexpectedly to to say she was in town. My house was in a bad way. Dishes piled high, mess&clutter everywhere, I'd not vacuumed or mopped in ages....
But I realised - she is one of my best friends. I took a deep breath, and invited her round anyway. And we had the best evening together. Just before she left, she thanked me for letting her into my space just as it is. ☺️ She knows I find it hard to have people round when I've not tidied, and told me it meant a lot to her that I trusted her enough to let her in regardless. ☺️
She says when her house is messy, she no longer apologises about it. Instead she asks her guests to "please excuse the choas". I love that 💃💕
When I can, I like to have a extra special clean/tidy before I have people round - I think it helps to makes it special. But I don't always have the time or energy. I'm trying to stop embarrassment from preventing me from spending time with the people I love. 🤗🥰
Thanks, had to skip the couch because my baby woke up , but my house looks so much nicer. Thank you for including the dishes!! Why do more systems not?
Girl i finally found someone that i can relate to
Thank you, Ariel. It took me 2 months to get to this video, but depression was kicking my butt today and this got me up and moving. You're so right about moving on with life and being real about your messy house. When my kids were younger, I never wanted to have people over because I was so embarassed about my house. I would have the kids' friends over, but always reluctant to bring the parents in because I wanted to go crazy cleaning first and didn't have the time or energy for that. I really regret that now. My mom always had an open door policy, no matter what our house looked like. She had 7 kids, so if she focused on cleaning, she'd never have time for the kids or all the wonderful creative pursuits that made her who she was. I should have learned from her, but I went the opposite way. Anyway, thanks again,. I definitely need to let go of my perfectionism and just do it!!!
Thank you for this video making my own watch later list dedicated to the tidy tango. You rock!! 🎉❤
Not only is this a good routine for people with kids, it helps with exhaustion and us older slower people :) Thank you for the new video- I love it :)
Thanks for this video….especially that last part about moms just enjoying one another’s company instead of waiting till the house is spotless and you can prepare a “nice” meal. We need to support one another more, build friendships, and stop worrying about the illusion of perfection.❤️ You are wise to realize this while your children are still young:) Thank you for another great video!!
Thank you for this video! I love to clean with you. Please make more of these videos ❤
I think this is very great for people with ADHD and also need quick results. What also helps motivate me is taking a before and after picture. Very satisfying lol. Also if you're someone with a very dirty house, just keep doing the tidy tango daily and it'll get easier, become a habit and less to do as time goes on.
I love me some tidy Tango! I wish you would make a new one each month! ❤️
I can tell you at 58 I would trade a clean house for having my son back making a mess and worrying about family dropping by. Enjoy this busy season ladies!❤
I agree 🥹😭
Good Morning. I watched some of the video (this one is a little long !!) ..... I have always put on a timer to do housework. 40 minutes of house /// and 40 minutes of me. You can get a lot done in 40 minutes (or however much time you choose). I would never get to do what I want to do without my timer. My girls are adults now but when they were toddlers I would cringe if someone knocked at the door. Then I heard a sermon at church and the message was .... if you have young children at home then hour house should look like it !!!! Seeing your magnetic letters on your refrigerator made me have a flashback !!! I left the letters on the fridge and the girls would play with them (but you still have a toddler so right now is not a good time to do that !!!) Also .... I never got rid of the playpen ... that is where all of the toys went at the end of the day. And ... yes .... you are going to really, really miss your children when they are all grown up. When the time comes the best way to keep a teen's room clean is to shut the door !!!!!
Thank you for getting me off my sofa! I realized in the middle that I needed to tweak it a bit and paused your video, as I needed to clwan the cat litter box before I vacuumed and you know, if you already take out the litter you can take the other trash with you as well.... and I wanted to quickly dust off the surfaces in the main living areas as well as those were quite dusty. But hey, now it's 1:22h instead of 52 minutes later and my apartment looks so good! ❤ gonna reward myself with starting a new crochet project!
I've been feeling like i was getting nowhere and it was getting me down, i did this on a whim and it had helped me so much! I feel so much better and its given me a headstart for tomorrow. Thank you so much!
I have a timer on my watch that I set up for times between 5-20 minutes. It has a repeat feature so when it goes off, I hit the button and it resets. I found going for 5 or 10 minutes cleaning, next 5-10 minutes on my tablet or watching TV, next timer vacuum the living room, next timer relax and then so on and so on, allows me to trick myself into getting a decent amount done. After several cycles, I see a difference and that motivates me to clean longer using back to back timers to clean and less and less relaxing.
After 3 kids I have finally let go of the idea of having a perfectly tidy/clean house, clean/tidy enough is good enough! Kids will be kids, they make messes, but that just means they are having fun! I’m done trying to have the picture perfect house, I much prefer having it “ok” and having happy playful kids. We definitely will miss the mess one day as silly as it sounds.
I was so excited when i saw it was a longer video ❤ I do your tidy tango video multiple times a week somtimes and sing along to your songs they're soo fun!
Dang it Ariel you’re totally right about the mopping being the frosting on the cake of cleaning. Until your tidy tango for years i had often just skipped mopping thinking that a good sweep is good enough. Nope, you’re right ya gotta do the mopping too. My home feels so much more clean. 🤪
I need a whole video of you hyping me up! I would listen to that on repeat!
I was a perfectionist and I've learned over the past couple years to say... it's good enough! I absolutely love it. It's funny you addressed my perfectionist to its good enough and guess what my house is still clean!
Love this - thank you for being such fun and real - take care x
You're the best! I bet you make so many ladies feel like you are their best friend. Thanks for sharing!🎉😊
Great chatty video! Your videos are entertaining, provide laugher and fun, and are also relatable and motivational! Nice addition with adding trivia. Love that the the Tidy Tango starts with dance! Gina B from the channel Up to the Beat Fit has dance walk workouts which are fun! For the question about favorite weekend activities: walking/exercise, nature, baking, dancing, and family time are nice! I agree with you, I need to spend more time in nature. Diane in Denmark mentioned last Friday as one of her four self-care assignments she gives in her Friday videos to eat a meal outdoors. Your cats are cute!
I love how real you are!! Being 30wk pregnant and caring for my toddler I try to have my house clean everyday but I end up exhausted too! I stoped to care about having a Pinterest home after my son started walking lol I just need my home to be clean, that’s it, this will help a lot!!
10min sounds perfect for each task.
Thank you for the content 😊
You could definitely be a minimalist. I have been ditching things for a while and it has made the whole house so much easier.
Hi Ariel! Thanks so much for your note, it was such a wonderful surprise. Hope you don't mind if I drop you a line every now and then. 🥰
You always make me smile and chuckle. It’s nice hearing a normal woman, thank you.
Thanks, Ariel! I clicked on this on this rainy Saturday in Minnesota and an hour later, my house feels (and smells!) so much better! Just in time for the sun to come out ☀️
I enjoyed this very much!! Best way to clean is when you feel like you're doing it with a friend!
I am 67 and truly enjoyed your video. I love the 10minute rule. You got a lot done in 10 minutes.
Thank you so much for doing another one of these videos. I sooo wish I could invite people over, the state of my house used to be my main concern, but since I made the decision to have dogs, the tidyness if my house doesn't really matter bc the dogs bark continuously when anyone comes near the house. I was told dogs would make my life so much better, but the truth is, we haven't been so locked down until the dogs came along. We can't have company, we can't go anywhere for more than a few hours. We haven't been on any kind of vacation for 10 years. We had to go on a 3 day work thing for my husband's job, left the dogs with my sister in law and came back to both dogs having diarrhea and throwing up. Almost 500 dollars later, their both well again. Anyway, for anyone reading this, thanks for listening to my rant about having zero freedom and never really being able to visit with people even though through declutterring and consistency, I've finally been able to get my house under some control.
What would happen if you rehomed the dogs? Sounds like your mental health would be improved! They aren't children & could adapt to a new environment! It would be hard but might be worth it!
@@wendibollinger7647 I'm sure you're right about my mental health, my husband has suggested this, but we've had Teddy for 10 years and Poppy for 5 years, they've gotten used to each other they both have major issues. Just moving from Missouri and all that that involved, now Teddy has attachment disorder and Poppy will eat anything and everything and marks every time he gets the chance, so he lives mostly in his crate. In other words, they would be really hard to rehome. I don't know if I could live with the guilt either. It feels like a no win situation to me.
Mostly in a crate??? What the heck? What kinda life is that???
I know everyone thinks it's horrible, but it's the only option for now. His owner was going to have him put to sleep when we came along, so there's that. This dog marks everything everywhere and consumes towels,blankets, wood, paper, tape, he even ate my nail buffer. He ate the zipper on a dog bed. He feels safe in his crate. It's where he wants to be, he'll sit in our lap for a while, then get up and go in ,what I call his room, and be perfectly happy. So don't feel bad for him. His first owners kept him in a dark basement and threw food down to him.
Just remember you're important too ❤🫂
I have a two month old baby and I have a newer friend coming over tomorrow morning. I just did this and my house feels so much better! I’m much less stressed now. Thank you for the body double. 10 minutes on each task is achievable! You can do this! Very motivating
Great job!!! ❤️
I didn’t have a problem, stopping vacuuming, because I didn’t. I knew I wanted to mop all of my hard floors, so I vacuumed the whole house. But only with my stick vacuum, which made it go a lot faster than pulling out the larger one. But I got it all done. Thanks to you. And I think I may save this one and repeat it in five or six days. Love your spark and attitude! Thanks for the encouragement! And inspiration!
Always a great morning with a new That Awkward Mom video!
I need some thing like this every week. Thanks for not having the video filled with annoying music. I could only get one room vacuumed and mopped before I was just exhausted.
Even one room is great progress 😃
There was a show on TV several months ago about living in the 1850s. The gist of the show was the cabin walls were not airtight so there was a cold draft most nights. The roof was imperfect. It sometimes let the rain in. The food supply was unpredictable and inconsistent. Therefore, you had a good chance of waking up cold, wet, and hungry.
The family cherished the evenings when they were able to relax after the evening meal feeling warm, well fed and dry.
I love the tidy tango please make this in a spezial Playlist also I wish that there is a mini break bevor vakuuming and moping for a little coffee or glass of water... Thank you you are my game changer🎉😂
I’m loving your tidy tango!!
?? Could you do a clean with me series for other days like clean with me “Monday” or clean with me “daily tasks” where we all do our load of laundry together or fold or something. Maybe it’s just me but I’d love to see what your daily tasks are like outside the tidy tango.
Hubby and I are early 50's, ive been watching you for a while, kids are grown and out....my husband saw your video when i was watching and now he does the dance to get ready to help its really done wonders
I don't care about the house but still gotta do what we gotta do right? My 3rd child has a lots of sensory issues so I want to get over the house real quick so that I can free more time to take care of him. This video is like God sent .. thanks sis you are like a friend
So this is my first time actually cleaning along with someone I do like to watch cleaning videos, cleaning, motivation, videos, and this really motivated me well I was already washing dishes when I found your video. Just put something on to watch and then you like clean with me that was awesome. Thank you, I got it all done. I mean my house isn’t perfect I got four kiddos but much appreciated feels better than it did before. That’s for sure.
I love that you created a system that works with your home!
I can't tell you how much I LOVE THIS, Ariel! I would love some add ons to this.. for special chores (maybe a special chores one, like cleaning out your frig... curtains and blinds... windows... retouching paint... carpet cleaning.. idk)
Dishes, laundry, trash. If your bathroom waits a few days, or your floors need to be vacuumed, house dusted etc., it won't be the end of the world.
This came up on my feed, and I always love to hear what you are up to! So I totally turned it on scrolled through to see that you were doing a whole cleaning routine and I got myself ready. And when you started dancing, I almost busted a gut! That was the funniest thing I have seen on RUclips in many a day and it totally changed my whole perspective.😊😂🤣😅. (For the better, I mean)
The way I enjoy your videos and guess what I clean more than half of my house while listening to you. And I clean kitchen and 2 bedroom and 60 minutes so I guess next day it's a less work. But we get in routine like this thanks dear you are amazing.
You’re helping me to get motivated! You’re entertaining and funny too! Thank you!
Excellent info. I’ve been at this for a long time. Always learning. Always tweaking. I do a version of “clean Mama” but also an hour of cleaning every Monday. So much info available now. Many years ago all we had was Don Aslett and Confessions of an Organized Honemaker. It really is about
1.Having less to manage
2. Declutter daily, just 5 minutes
3. Put things away, daily, just 5-10 minutes.
If you find you cannot keep up then you may have more items than you can manage and you may need to reconsider what you own. Keep tweaking your systems until you find what works best for you
My inner child squeeled with glee when you said we would get up and dance for two minutes! 😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉
Thank you! I love your videos! I started doing all my daily chores, but add 1-2 things every day. Now, I'm on top of things. This seemed to have simplified it for me! 😊
You are AMAZING!! Such enjoyable, humorous videos with brilliant cleaning hacks and astoundingly effective methodologies. I can't imaging the amount of thought and work that goes on behind the scenes but we are all so grateful. Thank you for sharing all of your talent, hard work and just plain "genius" with us. 💖
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
I love your Tidy Tangos, please don't take down your old one! I am watching you and working with A Slob Comes Clean, Dana K White, "How to Manage Your House Without Losing Your Mind". I would love to see you do a video with her, between you and Dana I am feeling some hope!!
Thanks for this comment, somehow I never knew about her and watched several of her videos thanks to you! We have to help each other.. and I need all the help I can get!! 😂
GIRL! You brightened my day! Thank you for motivating me to clean! I feel so much better now! Could you do another one with hymns? I know not everyone loves them, but they always lift my spirit.😊
Thanks I finally vacuumed my whole living area for the first time in about a month. That was a great music selection too.!
This is one of the best videos on RUclips! No joke! It got me off the couch and I keep coming back. Thank you 🙂You're fantastic to hang out with 🙂 with.
Currently relaxing after following your whole video - I did cheat and go a bit longer pausing after some segments but plan to follow this again- you made cleaning fun (or as fun as it can be) 😂
This is amazing. I cleaned the kitchen and tidyed the lounge and vacuumed. It took an hour but I'll follow video again tomorrow and it will get better every day. Xx
This is the first cleaning routine that has worked for me! I work full time and keeping the house together has been an uphill battle. I felt like every couple weeks I would spend an entire weekend cleaning just for it to fall apart again. I have been doing this for 3 weeks every Sunday and it has been wonderful!!!!!
Still going strong!
Thanks to you, I ordered the Bona Mop! I have been using a spray bottle to spritz my floors!
I wipe down my shower walls and bathtub everyday. I wash/clean once a week. When I do, it takes about 5 mins.
I love you and your videos, you are so real! You are bringing back memories of how my siblings and I would help my mom w daily chores. I declutter every day, this helps w dusting or with a quick floor sweep with my rubber broom if I am not vaccuming.
Hope you are enjoying a nice holiday weekend! PS, I love how your felines were working with you the whole time! Great quality control!
I had the tidy tango on my to do list today. I went to find your last video about it and found the new one! Thanks! Super excited to body double and clean together again!
I love watching your videos. It’s so wonderful to see a young mother
really enjoying the responsibility for your home.
No, it isn’t perfect but you’re a mother with two young kids, but might I make a suggestion?
When my daughter was little we put on music and I made a game out of her,
picking up her things and helping me put away her toys at the age of two😊
At what age does someone teach their children to up after themselves?
Over time my daughter understood that if she didn’t help pick up her toys, that the toys disappear into mom‘s closet and that’s where they stayed until she realized if she would sign a long to help mom pick up toys I never had a problem from then on….just a suggestion from a grandmother who learned a very long time ago that kids need to feel included in the everyday activities of life. Like you said
Mom is not the only one living in the household, so why shouldn’t everyone help do their part
To keep things picked up it makes it so much easier on everybody😊
Today’s mother has to work outside the home, as well as trying to keep house and get everything done.
You are so right!
The fact of that life goes faster than you think….
let them be little enjoy them while you can because one day
you’ll turn around and they were all be grown and moving on with their own lives
so don’t stress too much about the household
Mess that mess will be there long after your children are grown and gone enjoy
your life with your children, because it really does go faster than you think don’t blink!❤
Omigosh I love your videos! TBH I'm not even close to being a 'new' mom with fussy kids but I still need this motivation and all the tips I can get!
The cats have grown so much since the last Tidy Tango! They are so helpful too😂
Right?! Sooooo helpful...
😂
A couple of months ago you did a video on how you plan to get control of your life this year.
I would really love to see content that’s related to that, and that you reference as another step in getting control of your life .
I’d love for us to be able to do it with you and get our lives under control, as well .
And tomorrow I’ll do this video! Thank you!🤍
Thus video has been so helpful to me that i shared it with my mom!
Im currently 6.5 mo pregnant and have a 2yo who tends to run amok, so it is hard for me to keep up with everything.
Today is the first day i fully completed this video and my floors are finally mopped for the first time in what feels like forever!
Now my brother and sister in law can come stay tonight and i feel like a normal person with a normal house again😊😊
I didnt know this wasa clean with me at start. I was just sitting on counch and thought oh a new video. Then saw was nearly an hour. Thought will see what it's about, not intending to do any of it. Just more of a nosey. Then found myself dancing and thought why not... maybe as you told us all to stand and I couldn't help it.... then found myself tidying. Then found I did whole video.
I've still got a lot to do (as motivation went out the window for awhile)
But it has given me a kick start needed. Its certainly better than it was an hour ago
Im kinda hoping one day you'll do your own little full program of stuff. Your kwn webpage or app etc. Like what do you do on a daily. Do you do different rooms per day etc the best of all the cleaning things you've tried. ❤😊
Chronic fatigue... if I dance for 2 minutes, I need a few hours to recover! My son and I slept in on Tuesday morning when my cleaner came round, so she left, and we have a rental inspection this week! I'll skip the tango, but I have 3 days to tick my to-do list off, and it's not much, but if I don't listen to my body, my body will force me to lay down for days!
I was commenting to my husband how I wish I could keep up with this pace but my EDS would flair up or the nerve in my arm would be on fire for 2 days if I did all of this. I'm so thankful my kids handle the dishes and floors leaving me with the ability to tackle the other stuff they aren't ready for the responsibility of doing yet. Slow and steady in our case! We can do it!
@windyloweryking1826 Oh, I wish I could, too! I have a cleaner to help with dusting, mopping, and detailed vacuuming. I've been told I'm lazy, and I wish I was just lazy, too, because I can choose not to be!
I have chronic pain and fatigue, too. Yesterday I tried this but skipping the dancing and instead listening to a song that makes me feel good. Then I did three minutes in each of the areas instead of the 10 minutes. That was a lot more manageable but I still made a lot of progress. I was able to recover with just a nap instead of a couple days of pain like I would with a lot of people's cleaning plans.
I ended up cleaning out my ovens, shining my stove top, doing 3 loads of washing, and changing the beds!
Then, I did absolutely nothing at all on Monday, I could barely get out of bed.
Worth. Every. Minute! Thank you, Ariel!
You can skip the dance or replace it with a one minute march.
Dear Awkward Mom, I love this video. Can you please make a video of you tidying, decluttering, cleaning, vacuuming and mopping in one room? I struggle with losing myself for hours doing those things, and crashing, leaving a destroyed house and not wanting to do anything about it for weeks. I get motivated by you so I hope you can help me with this problem. Thank you 🤗