If you often find yourself stressing over what household duties need to be taken care of and when, then a house cleaning schedule is surely what you need! Not only do cleaning schedules help us to stay on track, but they are a great tool used for effective organization. Cleaning schedules make not only our lives simpler and easier by showing us what to focus on and when, but aids the process of cleaning and moves it along faster in more effective ways.
The first step into creating an effective cleaning schedule is to first have the time to sit down and organize yourself properly. If you're trying to do this on this fly-by chances are you won't be able to cover everything, and it won't be as effective. Make sure that you have plenty of time to sit down, without any disturbances, and plot out all cleaning duties that your household requires.
Next you want to list all your cleaning tasks according to their "type". List all Bathroom duties under a bathroom header. List all kitchen duties under a kitchen header. And repeat the process for all areas of the house so you can get a bird's eye view of everything that needs cleaning. By this step we're already making a lot of progress. Instead of trying to remember what needs cleaning, you now have a guide that shows you exactly what needs cleaning.
The next step is to organize all of this information according to priority. You do this by labeling next to each task whether it's something that needs to be taken care of on a daily basis, a weekly basis, a monthly basis, a semi-annual basis, or a yearly basis. Not only will you not have to remember what needs to be cleaned, you now no longer have to remember when it needs to be cleaned!
Next we want to focus on putting the final touches to our cleaning schedule. What we want to do here is to separate our daily cleaning tasks from our weekly cleaning tasks, our weekly from our monthly, monthly from semi-annually, and semi-annually from yearly. Now that everything has been separated, create a chart that has these periods of time labeled clearly. Place all cleaning tasks that need to be handled on a daily basis under the "Daily" category, and repeat this process for weekly, monthly, and so on.
The only down turn that we may face is that we either forget to use our schedule, stay with it on a consistent basis, or are just to pressed for time to even use it. If the main problems we face are time restraints, then the best solution is to go over your schedule and make any and all necessary adjustments to fit your personal situation. You want to be able to use your schedule easily and comfortably, and doing so when pressed for time does not make things easier.
Now that our cleaning schedule has officially been completed it's ready for use. To remember your schedule, take it and place it in areas of the house where you are going to see it and remember it. If we can remember our cleaning schedule and use it, drastic changes have the potential to take place in our lives. As long as we stay consistent with ourselves and our cleaning duties, using a cleaning schedule will not only make cleaning house easier but our lives easier as well.
