 Hi y'all, Liz here and this week we're talking about the ABCs of cleaning some of the basics. Now most of you already know all of this stuff and it's just a refresher, a quick refresher for some of the basics, the ABCs. So the one I want to talk about today is direction. What direction do you clean and like what does that even mean, right? Okay, so when we're talking about direction when it comes to cleaning, there's certain things that we all know. We know we're supposed to clean from side to side and we're supposed to clean from top to bottom. But there are some considerations in there, which side to which side, right side to left side, from the center out to the doors, from the doors into the center, what does that all mean? And top to bottom always, do we always clean top to bottom? Is there ever a time when we clean bottom to top? Because there is, right? All right, so we're going to talk direction, first things first, side to side. So we clean normally if you are right-handed, you are going to be cleaning from right to left and you should be starting a room at the entrance to the room. There's a few different reasons for this. If you start cleaning at the same point that you enter the room, if you stop for any reason and you tell somebody, listen, I had to leave the master bedroom, I got to the first night stand. Everybody knows exactly what you've cleaned up until that point. They know that you've cleaned. If you do high dusting and low dusting, they know that you've already done your high dusting and they know that you have begun your regular dusting and you've gotten to the first night stand. So the reason for it is so that everybody's on board all the time with where you're going. That's one thing. The second reason is when you're cleaning right to left, your hand automatically flows this way without ever even having to move. Going this way, you're having to hold your cloth in an awkward manner and you're rotating your wrist in a wrist and a risky manner. So this way, working right to left, if you're right-handed, is the smarter move. Also, if you're working left to right, if you're left-handed, left to right is the smart move. Many people get bad training in this area. If somebody's left-handed, they'll get trained to clean by a right-handed person. So they'll be trained right to left. It's similar to being trained as a left-handed person, being trained to right with your right hand or being trained to right in the exact same manner as a right-handed person. It won't work. If you're left-handed, you need to put your arm up so that you don't smear your writing and there are some things that you have to do that are different. Same thing if you're left-handed. So if you're left-handed and you're cleaning exactly the same way as somebody who's right-handed, it's not best for your body. It's not good for your body mechanic. So I'm going to suggest, I know you're going to hate this, but I'm going to suggest that you begin cleaning left to right and start cleaning in a way that is better for your body. All right, so left to right, we got handled, right, right. If you're right-handed, left is your left-handed. Start at the opening to the room, wherever you enter the room, and go all the way around until you exit the room. Now, if you do high-low dusting or if you do three passes, if you do one pass, it doesn't really matter. Always start at the same spot and end at the same spot. Okay, now top to bottom. Most of the time, we'll tell, we'll say that we clean top to bottom right to left, right? Everybody says that. It's a very, very common phrase. And 95, maybe 90, 95% of the time, it's true. You clean top to bottom. The reason for that is you want all of the sediment, dust, whatever the particles are that you're removing from up high to have a chance to fall down so that when you vacuum the floor, you have a chance to vacuum them up. But there are certain times when you don't clean top to bottom. A prime example is when you're dealing with liquid. So if you're in a shower, you don't clean top to bottom if you are spraying or squirting a liquid on. Now, if you're using a cloth or a sponge where we're not having any drips, then you can. But if you're going to be dealing with anything that has dripping capabilities, then you clean bottom to top. For those of you that are new, the people around you can tell you why, but I'm going to tell you here too. The reason why you clean bottom to top is if you clean from top to bottom on a wet area and you get any drips, you can get etching in those areas. It can sit on that area for too long. It can be hard to blend that, especially if you're dealing with any kind of hard water, discoloration. Let's say you have discoloration in your shower. Maybe you have an orange discoloration from a rust buildup or something like that. If you apply a chemical or any type of a solution that is going to reduce that color at the top and you get any kind of dripping, the amount of time that it's going to sit on is going to be far exceeded by just dripping than the amount of time that you're spreading here, spreading the liquid up above. By the time you get down to where the drip is all the way down to the bottom, it's been on there so much longer that it's hard to blend it without removing everything to that entire level of color removal. It depends on how much it is. Sometimes you can get to a place where you've actually etched the material that you're dripping on. So, showers, large areas where we're dealing with liquids, start at the bottom and work your way up. Okay, that's it. So we go side to side, hopefully right to left or left to right if you're left handed. Start at the opening to the room, top to bottom on dry areas, bottom to top on what areas and that's it, direction. Alright, question for today is what's the one area that you're like, dang, I always forget. What's the thing? For me, when I'm doing ceiling fans, you know what I always remember? Right after I finish dusting, I'm doing all of my cobwebbing and I finish my dusting and I'm like, oh poop, ceiling fan, worst time right after I've done all my dusting. So I have to wear a little note for myself if I'm going to do that. What's yours? Talk to you tomorrow. Bye.