Wednesday: Family, Dining, Foyer, & Officeįriday: Catch up Day, Tidy Car & Purse, Basement. Tuesday: Kitchen, Pantry, Laundry & Mudroom Monday: Weekly Home Blessing and Bedrooms You might like an app that helps in setting up a cleaning schedule for your home.
As you’re reading this, ponder (especially if you have no system of keeping your home clean) what it might look like for you in your season of life and define what clean means to you and your family. Usually, though, and especially with littles underfoot, this can be a bit of a challenge. Perhaps you like to clean your home all at once. Maybe you want to batch chores like dusting or vacuuming on one day.
I like to break areas of my home down into each day of the week. ( You can get a PDF copy of this schedule here.) Your brain may not work this way. I’m also prepared after a quick tidy for that friend to walk through the door, get dinner prepared, or start a new stack of books on my kitchen desk.īelow is a quick overview of my weekly schedule, but I want you to hear this before I do-this is my schedule. So when I clear off my kitchen counter, you can bet another pile of papers or dishes is coming, and I’m ready for it. My tidying time is just getting an area ready for that next lovely mess. We will always be picking up and tidying our homes because they are used and lived in-it’s their purpose. We will always be picking up and tidying our homes because they are used and lived in-it's their purpose. I try hard to put things back where they belong when I’m done, and it doesn’t always work out, so the quick tidy. Tidying has become a habit for me and usually only takes a few minutes. It might be mail that needs sorted or books that need put away. I might tidy the pillows and blankets in the family room if they’re messy and ensure things are somewhat in place. You can get a free download of my cleaning schedule when you subscribe to the blog.Įach weekday (I try hard not to clean on the weekends), after I get through my morning routine, I try to give things a quick tidy.Ī quick tidy means tidying areas in my home where clutter tends to build, like my kitchen desk area or the kitchen counter. It is there to keep me on task.Įach day of the week, I have broken down into rooms and areas of my home to tackle on that particular day. It doesn’t mean I get cleaning done daily in whatever rooms I have on the schedule. I have a weekly cleaning schedule that I stick to, but it doesn’t mean I get to everything in every room every week. When my home has order, I seem to get more done it might just be my personality, but I know we serve a God of order, and I know I function better when I have order in my life. Then I love to sit down to write, as I’m doing now, with a cup of coffee and a clean work area to share my thoughts with you. I don’t even sit down to write a podcast episode until I have gone through my morning routine and my home is a semblance of order. I function better with everything I need to deal with inside and outside my home when I have some basic order in my house. My home functions much better when it is organized and clean-not perfect. TH Gear – Mugs, T-shirts, Tote Bags & SweatshirtsĮP 16: Simplify Your Housekeeping with a Cleaning ScheduleĮP 97: How a Timer Saves Me Time & Keeps Me FocusedĮP 29: Where to Begin When You’re Overwhelmed in Caring for Your Home.