Keeping a clean and organized home can be tough and overwhelming! Many of us face fairly busy lives and maintaining a consistent cleaning schedule can often end up at the bottom of our never-ending to-do lists.
Having a cleaner home can help you be more productive throughout your day. It can make your days go by easier with everything being ready to go in its place. But keeping it clean can be challenging, especially when many of us are facing more family members being home.
Having a consistent cleaning schedule that breaks up the load into multiple makes daily cleaning a faster process! Keeping everything in a good rotation to be sure to keep up on every space. Plus always keep track of the last time you did that task that you don’t do every day.
Hang a copy of your cleaning schedule on your fridge or another area you see everyday to make sure you’re more likely to stay on top of things, most of the time.
Cause, let’s be honest this still won’t make us perfect. But it will make it less overwhelming and easier to jump back on track if something comes up!
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Step 1: Create a list of daily tasks
The first step of your schedule is to know what needs to be done daily. Doing the dishes, a load of laundry, taking out the trash, etc. Write down everything that gets done in your household daily. It is important to practice daily habits that helps in keeping your home clutter-free.
If you have older children or you designate chores with your spouse you can find fun ways to personalize your cleaning schedule. Get highlighters or coloured pens and write everyone’s tasks in a different colour!
These tasks can include dishes, doing a load of laundry, wiping down countertops, taking out trash, and sweeping the floors.
Step 2: Note chores that need to be done every couple of days
Now you’re going to do the same thing, but this time with all of your chores that can be done every few days.
This will vary depending on everyone. Some examples are mopping or vacuuming, wiping down bathroom surfaces, or dusting.
Think about your home room by room and think of tasks you would like to get done every few days and write them down on different days as you go! Make sure you write down to repeat these tasks in a few days.
Also read: How to keep your home organized.
Weekly Chores
Now come the weekly chores. Again depending on the size and activity level of all households, these things are different for everyone.
Some chores you may do weekly could be washing windows, dusting trim and photos, cleaning under beds and other furniture, weekly organization, and more.
Follow along with your worksheet and pick a day that you know would fit into your schedule to do each of these chores!
Monthly Chores
Certain things around your home may only need to be done once per month. These items can be harder to remember when it was done last if you don’t keep track!
These chores can include deep cleaning appliances, scrubbing walls and cabinets, scrubbing tile grout, and more depending on your home and family!
More about creating your perfect cleaning schedule
Everyone’s schedule will look different, which is why I left it for you to fill in! We all have families of different sizes and home sizes.
Also keep in mind some chores you may do seasonally such as cleaning out pantries, cleaning your fireplace, or sorting through certain areas of your home that fill with clutter.
Use the Notes section for any appointments, birthdays and holidays, or any other special tasks that need to be done for the week!
Download your free weekly cleaning schedule printable and monthly cleaning schedule templates below,
Hope that helps! If it does please leave me a comment down below!
Best,
Abbey
Very helpful!
I definitely needed this haha I always let my house go without a good clean.
I could probably use a cleaning schedule. Lol. I tend to tidy up a lot as I go!
ugh, I’m so bad at finding time to clean properly.
it’s not easy to take time I don’t have to do something I don’t like.
but your post was very helpful and so well written, so thanks for sharing.
This is so relatable. Haha. Thanks for sharing,great article!
As we all know many of us are working from home and due to this we are more focusing on cleaning our home on regular basis. We clean our house 3-4 day in a week. This article is so relatable. Thanks for sharing
This is NEEDED. Definitely pinning this post so I can come back to it!
I can relate to a lot of points in this article, we must definitely know that cleanliness is important, thanks for sharing!
This article is indeed very very helpful for all of us!
Cleanliness they said, ‘is next to Godliness. The tips you have provided would help in making sure we have everywhere cleaned as much as possible without getting overwhelmed.
oh gosh i love a good cleaning schedule to keep things tidy and not feel so overwhelmed
In my home, we clean everyday but then again, I live in a small place so I guess it’s easier. Also, it’s dusty so we need to constantly clean or we’d be buried in dust.
I need to incorporate this into my daily life! Badly!
I have been so bad about cleaning lately! I have been trying to keep things picked up, but cleaning falls by the wayside while I am trying to keep up with other things. I’m always so over my head, lol.
I have certain days that we do weekly cleaning routines. And what really helps is doing small things every day, without waiting for the grand cleaning day.
This is a must! Especially for working moms like me, or else cleaning will surely be left behind.
Sticking to a cleaning schedule can be tough but I’ve found it brings a sense of peace keeping my house picked up. Thanks for your recommended schedule.
I hope cleaning schedule will help me complete my cleaning work on time and I don’t end up compiling my cleaning work at the end of every week.
omg i definitely need a cleaning schedule! thanks for this post!
kileen
cute & little