Housekeeping Schedules

Whether you work away from home or you are a stay at home parent, keeping a tidy household on a daily basis is very overwhelming. One of things that makes housekeeping overwhelming is not having a system. Everyone that has a tidy home, that I know, has a system and the majority of the time there are schedules. I used to have a schedule and lists that I used to help maintain a clean household but I have gotten away from using them.



I am a true believer that if you write something down 99% of the time it gets done. So I'm encouraging you to start keeping lists. Everyone has their own style of remembering things. Making checklists work best for me. So, over the next few weeks I will provide .PDFs of housekeeping schedules to help inspire or for you to use.



Here are some tips on putting your list together:

1. Consider the amount of time you have to spend on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly task.

2. Try and remember that keeping house is a daily effort not one that should be crammed into one day of cleaning. (If you get sick, if you go out of town and if life gets too busy you could get behind)

3. Don't try and do it all yourself, include your spouse and children in your plans.

4. Give yourself time to relax and rest in your house. No matter what condition your house is in, you need downtime.



A couple of resources I recommend are listed below:



1. Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House http://www.amazon.com/Home-Comforts-Science-Keeping-House/dp/0743272862/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259532682&sr=8-1 This book is great with simple instructions on how to keep house, I suggest everyone should have one in their home! ( I am not paid to say that!)



2. Handipoints.com http://www.handipoints.com/ is a wonderful website to track your kids chores and rewards.

Check back next week for our first list. We are starting with the daily list.

Have a great week!