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- Have Reasonable Expectations
- Have a Weekly Cleaning Routine
- Have a Morning and Evening Routine
- Enlist Help With Home Management
- Simplify and Streamline (today’s topic)
- Clean the dishes right after dinner
- Tidy the bathroom while the kids bathe
- Carry laundry to the washer when leaving the bedrooms
- Tidy one or two things every time you leave or enter a room
- Clean the mirror after brushing your teeth
- Wipe down the shower when you’re done with it
- Hang up and put away clothes right away (I just laughed out loud at this one – but it’s still a worthy goal)
- You get the idea
- During lunch, you’re naturally in the dining room. So anchor a kitchen and dining room cleaning dash to happen right after lunch!
- Before bed, you’re in the bathroom brushing your teeth. Make a habit of cleaning the counters and mirrors too.
- Playing with the kids outside, leave the outdoor broom nearby and sweep the porch or deck before joining in.
- After putting the kids to bed, you’re collapsing on the couch in an exhausted heap anyway, so clean under the cushions while you’re at it! 🙂
- Speed Cleaning Tips for Fast and Efficient Housecleaning from The Inspired Room
- 99 Ways to Simplify Life With Kids from Imperfect Homemaking (this isn’t completely on-topic, but I liked it)
- How to Keep a Clean House and Homeschool Too from Raising Arrows
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This Post Has 3 Comments
Andrea @ No Doubt Learning
23 Aug 2013I love the idea of using a timer because cleaning doesn’t really take as much time as I always envision it to take! 🙂
Lisa M
23 Aug 2013Love it! Sometimes I get distracted and then think I have been cleaning forever but I wasn’t really!
Anonymous
28 Aug 2013I have friends to whom cleaning and organizing is 2nd nature…not to me! Honestly i felt discouraged talking with them, but you have given me such hope and great practical application! Thank you so much for contributing!