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A Stay at Home Mom Cleaning Schedule You Can Keep

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Skip to contentHere’s how to create a custom stay-at-home mom cleaning schedule. There are two methods to choose from: “bite-sized daily tasks” or “theme days.” Let’s find the one that best for you and set you up for success.Ah, the stay-at-home mom life. Before it happens, you dream of spending your days lovingly polishing bathrooms until they shine, sweeping off your porch while you sing, and hanging laundry in the sun. And then…you actually arrive on the job.The reality is, so many of us are stuck in a cycle of not really doing much cleaning until we have to. Guests are coming, so we exhaust ourselves cleaning everything, enjoy it for one day, and go back to our old ways.Let’s break that cycle by doing something each day to make cleaning our home much easier.Well, there are a few.First, they feel restrictive and like they are&nbsp;too much. Just looking at them makes you feel like throwing your hands in the air and not doing any cleaning at all.Secondly, they are impersonal. Some people do need to scrub the bathtubs every week, but many people don’t.&nbsp;We don’t need to clean for the sake of cleaning.And finally, a pre-made cleaning schedule doesn’t take into account all the other things you have going on in your life!That being said, a cleaning schedule is actually beneficial, especially for stay-at-home moms. But an out-of-the-box solution will rarely work. You have to make your own. Don’t worry. Let’s find some basic methods, then tweak.A good stay-at-home mom cleaning schedule gives you the structure to feel like you accomplish something in the house every day. This helps you feel purposeful and productive.It also helps break things down. The deeper cleaning tasks in your home can become overwhelming if you don’t break them down a little. The good news is you have a whole week to get things done. Do a little bit each day, and you’ll get there.Every day, you should try to get your house back to a state where you would not be embarrassed by someone stopping in—the “good enough” clean. Messy house, begone.Your daily cleaning will involve:You get the idea. You may have way more tasks than this or fewer.If it feels helpful to you to make a house cleaning checklist that you refer to every day with all your cleaning tasks, write one down to make sure you don’t forget something.Okay. Here’s where you’ll find two different methods. Read them both. Then pick your favorite, or do a trial run of both and see which one you like best.For either of these, you’ll still have your foundational daily tasks to do, you know… daily. No getting around that one, sorry!In this method, we break down the bigger cleaning jobs and do a few tasks a day. Specifically, three medium or deep cleaning tasks a day.This is a great method because it fits into the margins of your day, and you don’t get behind. If you miss a day, jump right back in. It will never leave you feeling overwhelmed.Every day, do&nbsp;one&nbsp;deep or medium clean item from&nbsp;each of the following categories.Easy enough, right?The downsides to this cleaning schedule? It’s not super structured, so if you thrive on that, you’ll prefer #2. Also, if you dread certain tasks, you’ll find it easy to keep putting them off.Despite its flaws, this is my stay-at-home mom cleaning schedule that I use most of the time. I love it.This method gives you something to focus on each day. It requires longer blocks of time to focus, but it lets you stay in one place and work efficiently in various rooms. If you love the satisfaction of having one area of your home that’s clean all at once, you’ll enjoy having weekly cleaning tasks.Try setting a timer for 15-20 minutes for cleaning and work as fast you can to get it over with.If your time is limited, work fast and efficiently. Do what you can in the time you have, and come back to it next week.Monday is perfect for laundry day. You tend to be home most of the day after a weekend out, and the new week feels like a fresh start.Kitchen cleaning day is one of the most satisfying days of the week. There is nothing as cheerful as a shiny, clean kitchen. This is a great day to go to the grocery store (or get your groceries delivered if you’re tired from cleaning) because the fridge is cleared out.Cleaning the bathroom isn’t fun, but it sure is necessary. If you have children enough to do this job themselves, have them do it. Just because it’s&nbsp;your&nbsp;cleaning schedule doesn’t mean&nbsp;you&nbsp;have to do everything on it.These are places that are easy to neglect because you can shut the door when people come over.Many of us tend to shove other stuff we aren’t really using in rooms like this. (Ahem.)And, since we don’t cook in them, it seems easy just to put off cleaning them. It never really feels like a cleaning emergency. The result? Dusty, cluttered rooms that we don’t enjoy being in. The best way to deal with this is to give these rooms their own spot in the weekly cleaning schedule.Many of these tasks are very physical and demanding. If you can afford a house cleaning service, these are great tasks to hire someone for.Keeping your home clean is about more than writing down a schedule.&nbsp;You have to do the work, and that takes time.First, think about your daily household chores. How much time do they take? Mine takes about an hour a day and is part of my morning routine and evening routine. I also have kids who do a lot of these, which helps. These little chores can be time-consuming, but they can also be delegated. More kids mean more mess, but more help.Then, look at the bigger jobs on your schedule. They could not take anywhere from thirty minutes to two hours. But here’s a secret:&nbsp;if you have all day to do something, you’ll make it take all day.Everyone has twenty minutes a day they can spend on doing the tasks on their cleaning schedule. Start there.Cleaning schedules are only helpful if you do the work.Here’s how to really motivate yourself and keep your house looking good:Of course, busy mom life is about more than cleaning. There’s grocery shopping, cooking, driving around, and, of course, the kids.You might bounce back and forth between these methods or have one you love and stick with forever. I hope you’ve realized there is big power in a small task and that it’s important just to keep moving.A little bit every day will take you very far. Enjoy your new, tidy home.Good luck!Access the Printable Library

Skip to contentHere’s how to create a custom stay-at-home mom cleaning schedule. There are two methods to choose from: “bite-sized daily tasks” or “theme days.” Let’s find the one that best for you and set you up for success.Ah, the stay-at-home mom life. Before it happens, you dream of spending your days lovingly polishing bathrooms until they shine, sweeping off your porch while you sing, and hanging laundry in the sun. And then…you actually arrive on the job.The reality is, so many of us are stuck in a cycle of not really doing much cleaning until we have to. Guests are coming, so we...

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