The three-minute surface sweep is a small commitment to spend three minutes a day cleaning your home, Taryn Williford, lifestyle director of Apartment Therapy, told Insider.
"You walk around and pick up anything that's out of place, then return it to its home," she said. "Three minutes is a really doable effort for even the busiest people."
Williford first heard of the cleaning hack from a former executive editor of Apartment Therapy, Janel Laban.
"It's just a quick reset to get things under control in the speediest way possible and then move right on to whatever it is you want or need to be doing at the moment," Laban wrote in a 2015 article about the hack.
Insider spoke to other cleaning experts who applauded the three-minute sweep, including Bailey Carson, head of cleaning for Handy, a household services app.
"Time can get away from us pretty quickly, especially now that many of us are working and learning from home," Carson told Insider. "Keeping a clean home starts with good habits."