5 Easy Steps that make housework more manageable
Sometimes the task of keeping
a clean, tidy house just seems overwhelming. Why
is that? Because it never ends! You never get done!
In order to make the task more manageable and give you the feeling
that you have accomplished something. I've broken it
done into 5 easy steps.
- The first step is to survey every room in
your house making a list of everything that needs to be done.
- After you have done this you can break it
down further by deciding how often things need to be done
and who should do it. Scheduling housework is important
because it gives you the feeling that you actually completed
your tasks for the day making housework more satisfying.
- After you have decided what needs done and
how often and who should do it. Now take 7 sheets of paper
and write one day of the week on each. Now start placing the
jobs into the days of the week. Chores that need done everyday
will be on every sheet, the ones that only need done once
a month will go on a monthly chore sheet. Don't worry if you
don't put everything from one room into one day, you'll be
doing daily cleaning and getting done what needs to be done
that day. You'll be surprised how wonderful this can
be, when your list is done you are done. Period.
This way when my daughter ask me when I'll be done cleaning
I have an answer, When I get the things on my list done. Do
you want to help?
- Next type up your list in a wordprocessing
program and save them in a folder titled " weekly
housecleaning" print off several of each day and
put them on the fridge or somewhere out of the way that you
can remember.
- Each day grab the list for that day and start
going down the list. You'll be surprised how quickly
it goes, and it's sort of a game to see if you can finish
your list. Actually you can go really quickly because
you will be doing these chores on a regular basis now and
things won't get overlooked, so you don't have to spend very
much time on any one thing.
There you go,
5 easy steps to keep your house in tip top shape and you will
never have to worry about unexpected guests again. Check back
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with the door shut, this will soften the food so that you
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