It’s something that has to be done, and I always feel great once it’s finished, but getting motivated to start is the hardest part. We’ll go through cycles of super-cleaning the house every weekend, then it just peters out until it’s been over a month and there is a nice layer of dust covering everything. So, I’ve come up with a little experiment that should help keep the house clean on a regular basis.
The way I figure, if it is part of a daily routine, like showering and brushing teeth, it should be easier to keep up with it. I wish I had the time to do a full top-to-bottom house cleaning every day, but instead, I’ve split up the chores so that each day a different room gets cleaned and each room gets cleaned once per week. Other chores are divided up throughout the week, too, to keep the project manageable. Here’s the plan:
- Sunday: Bedroom. Porch day.
- Monday: Office. Organize papers day.
- Tuesday: Living room. Water the plants day.
- Wednesday: Bathroom 1. Organize dishes and silverware day.
- Thursday: Hall, closets, laundry room. Polish shoes day.
- Friday: Kitchen. Clean out the fridge/pantry day.
- Saturday: Bathroom 2. Laundry day.
Other chores to be completed as needed: wash dishes, take out the trash, organize toys, make bed, and anything else pertinent that comes up.
On each day, the room gets cleaned top to bottom, starting with the ceiling fan, then walls and windows, everything in the room gets dusted/scrubbed/organized, and finish with the floor (vacuum carpets, scrub tile, or clean wooded floors).
I’m going to try the experiment for a month and see how it goes. Hopefully, if all goes according to schedule, the house will stay in great shape all the time!
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