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A Smart Strategy to Keep Your Home Clean


I’ve always been an organized person.  Sometimes too organized…just ask someone who knows me!  Since I’m an organized person, I never really thought of using a schedule to keep my home clean.  Especially since it’s just my husband and me and it’s pretty easy for me to keep my house in order. But since quitting my job and working from home, I’ve been spending time making some changes around my home.  Even though I have lot of home decorating projects going on, I still have more time on my hands than I used to.  Why? I’ll share with you my secret.

Using a smart strategy to keep your home clean means working smarter, not harder. Check out these tips on creating a weekly cleaning schedule for your home.

Work smarter, not harder to keep your home clean.

When I was working full time, it was hard to keep certain areas of my home clean.  I just didn’t have the time to wipe down baseboards, clean windows and dust ceiling fans like I should.  I would usually wait until the filth was visible before cleaning, which really isn’t the best way to go.  It’s actually harder to clean and takes more work when it’s not done regularly!  That’s why I decided to create my own cleaning schedule.  No more scrubbing until my hands ache for me…I’ve got a new schedule to keep me on task and make cleaning my home easier.  I’m working smarter, not harder, and it totally works! Luckily for you, I’m more than happy to share my schedule with you.  Plus I’ll even give you tips on how to create your own weekly cleaning schedule tailored to your house cleaning needs.

Step One

The first step to creating your cleaning schedule, is to make a list of the rooms you have in your home that need cleaning on a regular basis.

Using a smart strategy to keep your home clean means working smarter, not harder. Check out these tips on creating a weekly cleaning schedule for your home.

Step Two

Next, write down the tasks associated with each room.  List all regular cleaning tasks you can think of when doing this.  I also jotted down other tasks that are done monthly and don’t require weekly attention.

Cleaning Schedule Tasks

Step Three

Now you have to decide your method of cleaning.  I chose to designate certain rooms to specific days of the week and wrote down the tasks associated with them.  I’ve included my weekly cleaning schedule below for your review. Maybe you don’t want to assign rooms to days, but instead have a day designated by tasks.  For example, dusting on Monday, vacuuming on Tuesday, windows/baseboard on Wednesday, etc.  What’s great about this is that you get to choose what works for you!  Note that I chose to have no chores on weekends, so I can spend time with my husband and have some fun!

Using a smart strategy to keep your home clean means working smarter, not harder. Check out these tips on creating a weekly cleaning schedule for your home.

As you create your own, remember the purpose of a weekly cleaning schedule is to keep cleaning to about 1 hour a day instead of devoting a whole day of slaving around the house! It’s also meant to serve as a reminder of those dreaded tasks we often forget and put off. A cleaning schedule is only a guideline meant to help you stay on task, so don’t feel overwhelmed if you don’t get something done.  If you don’t have time to complete tasks on their designated day, just catch up on another day. Using this smart strategy to keep your home clean will assist you in keeping your home beautiful so you can spend more time enjoying it.

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  1. Kate says

    June 24, 2016 at 15:49

    Ha! I’ve had that same cleaning schedule for years! Except, Fridays are bedrooms and Saturdays are garage/yard. : )

    Reply
    • Christie Selken says

      June 25, 2016 at 08:49

      How cool is that???? I guess great minds think alike! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Jessica Jackson says

    January 24, 2017 at 18:06

    LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your blog! I am a follower of Jesus as well and I am newly married (as of Oct. 22, 2016!) and God led me to quit my job and be a stay at home wife to pursue things He has called me to. I have felt overwhelmed with all of the housework! Even though it’s only the two of us, our dishes seem to pile up and I’m washing them constantly and I do just as you recommend not doing in this post- I slave cleaning over our house all day every day! I feel like I have no time to do anything else. Keeping our home clean is a must to me. I can’t focus or enjoy our home if its cluttered or dirty. So I clean constantly. I have been wanting to get organized but just needed some advice from someone who already had it down. I have been wanting a planner but they are too expensive for our budget. I found your blog by googling “Free Planner Printable”! You have been an encouragement to me. I feel so relieved, happy, and excited now that I know how to organize my days so that I can enjoy life outside of cleaning and have time to do things. So thankful the Lord led you to do this blog! Mwah!

    Much love, peace, and blessings from our Father,

    Jessica Jackson

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    • Christie Selken says

      January 27, 2017 at 08:30

      Jessica,

      What sweet words to cheer my heart today. Thank you so much for letting me know you found this post useful. It’s comments like these that keep me working on the hard days. My goal is to spread sunshine in the life of others, so you have truly made my day! I am so glad God led you to my blog, too!

      I am praying you are able to get organized so you don’t spend too much time cleaning. I’ve been working on scheduling my life better this year and I’ve been getting so much more done. Having a schedule keeps me accountable, I’m more productive then have more time to do the things that really matter in life.

      Blessings!
      Christie

      Reply

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