![]() This can be a good option if you work during the week and would rather clean on the weekends, or if your kids are older and everyone will pitch in to get all the chores done fast. This type of plan saves everything for one big long cleaning day each week. The time spent cleaning each day will vary based on the task set aside for that day. For instance, cleaning the bathrooms on Monday, doing laundry on Tuesday, Vacuuming on Wednesday, etc. This type of cleaning plan sets aside certain tasks to do each day. Option C: One Room or Major Task Each Day Then the next day, you set the timer again and pick up where you left off the previous day. When the timer sounds, you stop and you’re done for the day. You set aside a certain amount of time each day-ideally 45-90 minutes-to work your way down the list. This type of cleaning plan follows a master list of weekly tasks. When I am following this schedule I will spend about 60-75 minutes cleaning each day, between the daily tasks and doing 1 or 2 weekly tasks each day. I have personally found that running through my speed cleaning routine every day keeps things relatively neat and tidy all the time so that there isn’t usually a need to “deep” clean quite as often. If you are like me and have a hard time functioning when your house is messy, this may be the best option for you. Here is a rundown of the most common options: Option A: Daily Speed Cleaning If you hate it, you can always try something else! ![]() Instead, pick the ONE plan that seems like it will be the best fit and try it out for a while. While you should take the time to consider all of the following plans, please don’t think that you need to DO all of them. Ultimately you have to take the time to determine what sort of schedule will be both realistic and doable for your own needs. There is no one “right way” to keep house, and there is no universal cleaning schedule that will fit every household’s needs. Are you the kind of person who wants to do a little every day, or would you rather tackle it all at once so that you don’t have to think about it for the rest of the week? Do you work full time or are you home during the day? Do you have young children at home or are your kids old enough to help shoulder some of the responsibility? The next thing you need to do is figure out what sort of cleaning plan will work best for your life and your schedule. A cleaning schedule for a childless couple living in a 1-bedroom apartment will look very different from a cleaning schedule for a homeschooling mom of five living in a 4-bedroom house! Step 2: Pick the Best Plan for YOU (Choose ONE) Thus before you can create a cleaning schedule that works for your life and your schedule, you need to assess your own home and cleaning needs. Step 1: Create a Master Task Listīefore you can decide when to clean you must first know what to clean, and how often. Knowing that you have a workable, manageable plan to tackle those sticky sinks and dusty dressers makes the idea of cleaning house seem a lot less overwhelming in the long run. The point of a schedule is not to make you feel guilty or to make you have more to do, but to actually relieve guilt and to create a routine that gives you more freedom and less stress. In fact, as you will see below, you can do it in three easy steps! If the idea of creating any sort of cleaning schedule sounds overwhelming, try not to worry-I promise it is not as bad as it sounds. ![]() ![]() It can be as simple as one main task per day or as complex as a spreadsheet that accounts for every single housekeeping task that needs to be done over the course of a year. ![]() A cleaning schedule is basically just a daily, weekly, or monthly plan for how you will clean your house. So let’s get started! How to Create a Cleaning Schedule That Works For Youįirst, for those of you who are unsure of what a cleaning schedule is, let me break it down for you. So let’s figure out how to tackle it with a plan. It seems that we all want to have a neat and orderly home, but not all of us know exactly how to get there, and certainly not as fast as we’d like to.īecause let’s face it–life is busy, and none of us want to spend all our time cleaning. In fact, over the years I have received more reader questions about cleaning, organizing, and decluttering than I could count. It is one of those things that we all need to do, but never really want to do. Want a clean house but have no idea where to begin? Believe it or not, a cleaning schedule can actually make keeping your house clean a whole lot easier! ![]()
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