Passover Cleaning.

A new chance to clean your house (and yourself) from Chametz / leavened products.

Find that object that you were looking for for months.

Wonder about those little scraps of paper found with phone numbers without names.

Encounter things for which you have no use but decide to keep them another year “just in case”.

Seeing a daunting task, some say unconsciously “Let me Push it off.”

Here are some suggestions for Passover cleaning:

Select One Corner or One Task and take care of it.

Then go to the next.

Drawers and closets

Remove all, place on a sheet on the carpet, and sort into in piles.

Put similar things together in zip lock bags. Label the bags.

Paper Stuff

For papers : Get Folders, Classifiers (Notebook with plastic sheet covers) and Paper Trays.

Have 4 or 5 paper piles. They can include – Garbage, Recycling, To Shred, Geniza, to File.

File in appropriate places and label the places with a description of that that is there.

Office Supplies

Take 4 or 5 Coffee Cans (Elite are good ones) and Tape them Together so they don’t Fall off the desk. Put pens, markers, pencils and knick knacks in each.

One Room at a Time

When One Room is Finished Put a Sign on Door “Chametz Free. Please Do Not Bring any Food in Room”

Feel Good about Accomplishment

Make a list of things to do. Bar things done every time you finish a task. You feel relieved, “I took care of this task already.”

Prioritize

Do the easy things first. or do the things you want to do first to build up your courage.

Remember – the main thing is to clean the house for chametz and to remove it.