The author reflects on their upbringing in a family of housekeepers and the valuable lessons learned from their mother and aunt. They recall childhood moments spent observing the meticulous cleaning strategies utilized during deep-cleaning jobs. This experience shaped their understanding of effective cleaning. The author highlights a straightforward but powerful cleaning technique: ‘clean in columns’—moving top to bottom and left to right. This method eliminates the chaos of sporadic cleaning, ensuring that every area is covered and no dust or dirt is overlooked.
"I asked my aunt, and the answer is ridiculously simple but also extremely effective. Clean in columns, she said: top to bottom, left to right."
"How did they do it and do it well? I asked my aunt... It wasn't until I became an adult with my own home to maintain that I started mentally retracing their steps."
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