Cleaning For Guests

We are (no surprise here) cleaning. What's different this time, however, is that we are cleaning in preparation for the arrival of guests. I am realizing that cleaning for guests is entirely different than cleaning for yourself. Perhaps more effective, perhaps less, but entirely, completely different...
 
When you clean for yourself, you leave some of the obstacles, because you are so used to walking around them that you hardly see them as obstacles any more. When you clean for guests, you immediately move them, horrified at the thought of your company tripping over that shopping cart (or chair or umbrella stand) in the middle of the entry way.
 
When you clean for yourself, you can't bear to put away the mementos (photos, kid artwork, old show programs) that you kind of like seeing every day. When you clean for guests, those things look like clutter, so at the very least, they get shoved into a drawer or cabinet.
 
When you clean for yourself, you work around the toys and the games and the balls for every possible sport, because you want your kids to be able to play when you're not at home to help them find things. When you clean for guests, you are sure they should think that your kids put away their toys after every use, so you try to make the living room look as though kids don't even live there.
 
When you clean for yourself, you are unphased by the fact that five people somehow have twelve toothbrushes. When you clean for guests, it's one per customer, thank you.
 
When you clean for yourself, you put away all the clean sheets and towels that have been sitting out since the last time you did laundry. When you clean for guests, you make sure to leave out those and more, so that your company won't dare look in the closets that are now overflowing with all the stuff you put into them while cleaning for the guests.
 
When you clean for yourself, you accept the fact that clean today will be dirty by tomorrow (or even later today). When you clean for guests, you truly believe that some of your efforts will last beyond the length of the guests' visit.
 
So, perhaps there is hope....