It can sometimes seem like an uphill struggle to maintain a cleaning schedule, especially with modern lives being so busy and full of other things much more important or fun than cleaning! However, keeping a clean home is important, and once you create a cleaning schedule you can easily stick to, you’ll find it less of a chore, and more of a victory:
Step One
Figure out exactly what needs to be done, and how:
Go around your home and for every room, write down every single thing or surface that you would clean, if you had the time. Once you’ve done this, you can go through the list and put them in order of importance, so that any less important tasks can be carried out on a monthly basis or ad hoc.
Step Two
Group the chores by frequency:
Deciding how often each chore should be carried out is not always easy, but once you’ve done it, you’ll find getting your head around the cleaning is made so much simpler. Mark whether they need to be cleaned daily, weekly or monthly.
Step Three
Be realistic about the amount of time you can devote to cleaning each day:
Overloading yourself with cleaning tasks and then not having time to do all the other important things in your life, will simply stress you out and leave you feeling tired and miserable. Be honest about how much time you can devote to cleaning each day or week, and assign the tasks accordingly.
Step Four
What are your favored methods when it comes to cleaning?
Your personality might mean that you enjoy whizzing through your chores at speed, or might mean that on certain days and at certain times of the week, you’re more inclined to want to tackle your chores. Plan your schedule to suit your style of cleaning, and adjust it as and when the need arises.
Step Five
Personalize your schedule
Now that you have a clearer idea of what exactly needs to be done, and when you’re most likely to be able to do it, you can create a much more personalized cleaning schedule that you’re far more likely to stick to. Well, in theory anyway!
For all the cleaning that doesn’t fit into your schedule (and for some, that may well be all of it!), simply use a professional cleaning service, who will adapt their schedule to fit perfectly around yours.
A new cleaning schedule can take some time to get used to, but if it doesn’t work out and you can’t get to grips with it, or cleaning your home, you can always fall back on a professional cleaning service.
