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Your evening meal is over, your family is fed and happy, and each night, just like clockwork, that <\/em>time of day inevitably rolls around \u2014 the time to \u201cput your kitchen to bed,\u201d aka closing the kitchen<\/a> for the night. \u201cAt home, putting the kitchen to bed is your way of tidying things up for future you in the morning,\u201d\u00a0 explains Jean Prominski, a professional home organizer and owner of Seattle Sparkle<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a simple way to wake up with a sense of accomplishment rather than waking up to a mess to clean up.\u201d But there\u2019s one important step you might be skipping.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n While cleaning the kitchen<\/a> after a meal at the very end of the day might seem like a pile of daunting cleaning tasks<\/a> at first \u2014 you\u2019re tired, the kitchen is a mess, and bedtime is rapidly approaching \u2014 taking steps to tidy up the kitchen before bed guarantees the start of your next day runs more smoothly. \u201cPriming your day in this way will have a ripple effect throughout the rest of your day, making it easier to get things done because you\u2019ve started your day on such a positive note,\u201d says Prominski.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n