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To Clean or Not to Clean

That’s constantly a weekly debate

Kris Bedenian
4 min readFeb 16, 2022
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“Cleaning your house gives you immense satisfaction. Clean house radiates beautiful energy and brings abundance in life.”

– Purvi Ranigu

Cleaning has never been my thing. Maybe it comes from sharing a bedroom with my two sisters while growing up.

Anyhow, the result feels so rewarding. I love a well-organized and sparkling clean house. There is something about how it makes me feel to sit down on a Friday night in a clean home. It brings me great satisfaction and joy.

I guess it’s not entirely about me, though. I know my family enjoys it when the house is neat and orderly too.

Then why is it always a running debate in my mind weekly? It would not be an optional task unless everyone stopped living in the house. Even then, it would still accumulate dust.

I have found a few household tricks to help refresh my soul while doing my least favorite acts of service in my home. Some might seem wacky, but humor goes a long way in cleaning.

An always tidied house isn’t a concern; it’s the deep cleaning that I fight within my mind.

Mind tricks

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Kris Bedenian
Kris Bedenian

Written by Kris Bedenian

I’m a writer who has journaled for 26 years. My battle with breast cancer has given me a new perspective on life. Writing is a way for me to give back.

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