5 Ways to Make Housecleaning Less Stressful
There are a few different ways to make housecleaning easier and less time consuming. Finding the right plan and sticking to it is the key. Sometimes even a few simple changes can help. Try one or all of these ideas to see if one fits your schedule and way of life.
Multi-Tasking
If multi-tasking comes easy to you, try to do more than one chore at a time. For instance, you might need to do laundry today but you also have to vacuum the carpets and there’s some dusting that needs to be done.
Start that first load of laundry. While it is washing, tackle the dusting. When the dusting is completed return to the laundry. Put the washed clothes in the dryer and another load in the washing machine. Now go do that vacuuming. When you have finished vacuuming go back to the laundry. By this time the first load of clothes is ready to be folded and put away. The second load is ready for the dryer and another load can be placed in the washing machine if necessary. This can work in many areas of the home. Cooking while cleaning the refrigerator or washing all those dishes can be other ways of successfully multi-tasking.
One Chore per Room
Another idea is to tackle one chore a day in every room. Set a plan so that on Mondays you do all the dusting in the house. Then Tuesday is vacuum day. Wednesday can be the day every mirror, window, TV screen and picture frame are cleaned. Thursday can be laundry day and Friday, a day to straighten up for the week. Saturday and Sunday can always be left to chance if necessary. This is just one example of how you can implement the one chore per room every day way of cleaning without a lot of stress and time.
A Room a Day
How about assigning each day of the week a room? Make a plan to do one room on Monday, one on Tuesday and so on. Completely clean the room that is assigned to that day, from top to bottom leaving no dirt unturned. This can keep you from feeling overwhelmed and when that room is clean your housecleaning day is done.
Smaller Tasks – Break it Up
If you work outside of the home it may be difficult to clean on the weekdays. Here are just a few small things you can implement starting today. Try doing the smaller tasks during the week. While fixing supper clean out that refrigerator. Change the sheets on the bed right before you go to bed. Wipe the bathroom sink and tub out right after you take a shower each morning or night.
Doing the little things can make a big difference when the weekend rolls around. No longer are you faced with doing all the housecleaning at once. Also remember that if you put things back right after you are finished with them, the clutter isn’t quite so bad by the end of the week.
Get Your Cleaning Groove On
One thing is certain…if you put on some of your favorite music while cleaning house the job will go much smoother and even a little faster. Working to the beat of music seems to move things along and keeps you feeling upbeat and ready to face the challenge. Who knows you might even find yourself dancing and singing while you work. There you go multi-tasking again, cleaning and exercising at the same time. Pretty neat huh?
No matter what plan you choose make sure it is the right one for you. No two people are alike and no job can be accomplished the same way and get the same results. Try each idea and see which one appeals to you. Once you have that plan stick with it. When it becomes routine housecleaning will go much faster and reduce the stress in your life too.
|
