On the value of hiring a house cleaner

photo credit: rubenerd

(Note – this is not my house – it’s the photo I get when I insert the word ‘clean house’ in my PhotoDropper plugin). Last December, I announced to the world that 2010 was going to be a year “all about me”. This meant that I started getting rid of unwanted furniture and clothes, buying clothes that fitted me properly and made me look better, and hiring a house cleaner. Yes, for the first time in my life.

At least for the first time in my life in Canada, I hired someone to clean my apartment. Best. Decision. Ever. You’ll see… I love entertaining at my humble little abode. It’s small, it’s really tiny and doesn’t hold more than two people at a time (it’s REALLY that tiny).

But I do love cooking breakfast or dinner or lunch for my friends and having them over to visit. So, I figured that I would need to (a) be able to come home to a nice, clean apartment after a long day of teaching, research, consulting and social media events, and (b) should I ever decide to entertain guests at home, I want to be able to present a nice look.

So, today I had Isabella Mori, dear friend of mine and co-organizer of Mental Health Camp over for breakfast (I cooked scrambled eggs, hashbrowns and ham with a mimosa and orange juice), and I really enjoyed having a really clean apartment. How did I do that? Well, my house cleaner came in for a couple of hours on Wednesday. That way, all I need to do is maintaining it clean. Which isn’t that hard to do, realistically.

So, even though I don’t actually have the financial flexibility, just having someone clean my house every so often gives me an insane amount of peace of mind.