I stayed up until midnight last night mopping and doing dishes. These cleaning marathons are killing me! I want to have a clean house. All the time. Is it possible? I think it is and I am going to make it happen. To begin, I decided a cleaning routine would really help me out. I feel better already just after writing these up.
By organizing tasks into daily, weekly, and monthly routines I am less overwhelmed and feel that I can do this!
On Mondays and Tuesdays I will accomplish 2 of the tasks each day, leaving 1 for Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays. Sunday I will rest!
And if I manage to do about 2 of these a week, I will have them all done at the end of the month. I think I can handle this.
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I love these! I will be featuring this post tomorrow on Wow Me Wednesday. :)
Anna
http://www.askannamoseley.com
I have been realizing I need a cleaning schedule like this. I go in spurts, I clean everything in 1 or 2 days but I’d rather have everything cleaner ALL the time, like you said! So I appreciate these! I found you on a link from Ask Anna.
Dumb question: So how do you implement this? I am thinking printing out something similar, laminating it, and using marker to mark it off so I can reuse it?
Planning is the easy part, actually doing it is much harder, huh! I like your idea and I think it would work! I printed off the daily list and keep it in my planner. I’ve assigned the daily and monthly items to specific days and have them penned in. Since I look at my planner daily, it keeps me on track! Of course some days, I don’t get everything done so I try to make up the next day. I’m hoping it will all just become habit and someday there won’t be need for a written schedule :) I’m working on making a printable version of my lists so be on the lookout!
Beautiful! Found you through Ask Anna. Following your blog now.
Awesome. I have just featured one of these over at http://manystepssideways.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-clean-up.html
Should be useful for keeping on top of things!
Hi Kim,
These checklists are perfect :) Hope you don’t mind, I’ve featured them on Beautifully Organised this weekend with a link to you through Pinterest
xx Marissa
these are fantastic! i found it on pinterest!
I made a spreadsheet with Monday to Sunday at the top, and chores down the side…then I put in on a bulletin board and just used push pins. So each time I do a chore, I put the pushpin in that slot, and I know it’s done for the day/week. For example, I do laundry in our house on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays so it stays caught up, I make meal plans Tuesday and Grocery shop Wednesday, I change all sheets and blankets on Mondays, I vacuum area rugs and clean floors daily (I have 4 kids and a dog, so sometimes 3 times a day!), take out the trash Wednesdays and Sundays, etc… My kids see me cleaning up, so they are so good at cleaning up after themselves. I have a 3 year old and 22 month old triplets, and everyone of them already knows how to put their laundry away. I just keep everything accessible for them, and they love helping out…so I will take it while I can get it!
Can you work on a schedule for people who work full time nights? I try to spend about an hour in the morning when I get home doing a chore, such as cleaning my kitchen, doing a load of laundry, cleaning the bathroom. Of course SOME mornings I’m just too tuckered to worry about housework. Any suggestions for a realistic schedule for night shifters?