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What do you think of people who hire maids instead of cleaning up after themselves?

That is a question that was asked me to me and somebody wants my personal opinion, and

I'm going to give it to you today.

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Okay today's question comes from somebody who wants to know what I think of people hiring

a maid instead of cleaning up after themselves.

So, the very first thing that I want to say is whoever you are, thank you very much for

considering that hiring a maid is the answer, because in many cases, that is the answer.

You either have time or you have money.

And if you have time to clean your own house, boo yah, do it yourself because it will save

you a lot of money.

But if you have more money than time, then certainly hire it out because it's not a good

use of your time to clean up after yourself.

Now I say clean up after yourself, meaning doing all of the house cleaning.

I do expect every day that you're going to pick up your own clothes, you're going to

make your own bed, you're going to do things like brush your own teeth and take your own

showers, so these are like maintenance things that are just part of everyday day living, right?

So if you eat food, don't leave it on the table, like pick it up, go put the food back

in the fridge, put the dishes in the sink or the dishwasher and do things that you normally

do to sustain life.

And then move on with the rest of your life and let a professional come in and tidy up

everything and scour out the bathtubs and the sinks and mop the floors and clean out

the corners and all those things.

You can hire somebody to do the bigger stuff, you do the daily chores.

Now, I do think it is important, so incredibly important, that everybody know how to do it.

Men, women, adults, elder folks, children, everybody should learn how to maintain a house.

It is so important because it's the space that we live in.

Our home is a place of refuge.

It is a safe place.

And when we come in from the outside world, there's chaos out there, there's dirt and

grime and germs out there.

And when you come home, it should be a safe haven where you can come in and relax and

it's clean and tidy and it's a place of organization and harmony.

And I think everybody deserves that.

And because I believe that, I think everybody has the responsibility to learn those skills

and to teach their children those skills.

Nobody is entitled to ignore the space that you live in.

This is your comfort zone.

And so I think that your vehicle should be the same way.

When you get out of your car, I think you should clean it up.

I think you should bring in garbage and if you ate fast food in there, take the fast

food garbage out of your car.

If you wore clothes and you changed clothes, somewhere between when you left and when you

came back, those clothes need to come in from outside and don't leave them in your car.

If you're a house cleaner and you have cleaning supplies, all that stuff should come in.

Your car is an extension of your home.

And so I think your car and your home should be tidy, clean places because you deserve that.

Now what do I think of a person how hires a maid?

I think that's perfectly fine.

The day will come when you decide,

"Hey, me mopping my own floor is not a good use of my time."

I would rather pay somebody $25 or $55 or whatever the price is, per hour

and have them come do that.

Depending on how much money you make, it will depend on who you hire, what kind of a service

you hire, and what kind of services they provide.

But you will probably outsource that at some point because it's just not a good use of

your time.

And if that's the case, no problem, I have no shame in that whatsoever.

There are things that even house cleaners outsource to other people because it's not

a good use of their time.

The best use of their time may be is cleaning and they will outsource something else that

is not a good use of their time.

Everybody's different, everybody has different priorities and there are people

who hate to clean. That's fine.

If you know how to do it, in a pinch, you can do it, and that's again, comes back to

you deserve a clean place to stay.

As do your children and your elder parents.

And so at some point, you may end up being the person that goes in and you grab the vacuum

and the mop and you end up cleaning up your house.

That's okay; there's no shame in that.

And so I think that everybody should know how.

I think it would be awesome if everyone were in a position that they could outsource it.

That would be cool.

It's not necessarily a possibility for everyone, but it would be cool.

So I'm not judging either way, but I do think that everybody deserves a clean place to stay

and I think that you should strive to learn the skills.

And so, then you have choices.

Now I do think that there was a time when mom cleaned the house and everybody else just

kind of followed along, and dad did the landscaping.

Way back in the 40s, that's kind of how it was.

But now moms are out there mowing their yard and dads are inside doing the dishes.

So I think everybody needs to swap chores and everybody needs to know how to do this

stuff, just to maintain the space.

Alrighty, so that's my two cents for today, and my opinion.

Until we meet again,

leave the world a cleaner place than when you found it.