In 2015 I am going to be a better house cleaner!  Over that past 6 months I have learned so much about creating good habits and I plan to apply that knowledge to this somewhat bad habit that I have.

First things first…a cleaning schedule.

Over the past 6 months I have turned this I try to exercise and meal plan girl into a I do it every day, every week and I don’t even think about it kinda girl.  Why?  Because I scheduled it, I committed to doing it and I just did it.

So here it is.  My weekly cleaning schedule.  Nothing earth shattering or even unique about it, but I looked at what I need to accomplish and I created a schedule that will work for me.

Here are a few reasons that this will work for me, and for you if you commit to it.

1. It is my larger goal, A CLEAN HOUSE, broken down into bite size chunks.  I can accomplish these tasks in an hour or less so I will never get over whelmed.  If I stick to the schedule I will never have hours of work to do and I will always have a clean, all be it lived in, home.  My daily chore is in the morning because that work best with my schedule, but you can move yours to evening if you want.
2. I have put my cleaning tasks into morning and evening lists.  I have learned that we can not control what happens in our day.  For me it could be a sick kid, a trip to my son’s school to deal with any sort of Diabetes related issue, unplanned errands that may take the entire day.  For you it could be an extra project at work, an unplanned business trip, you name it, it could happen.  BUT if you work to book end your day with the same tasks you will at least start and end your day the way you want.  I have other non-cleaning tasks that I do every morning and night, too.  The most important things happen then, the rest can be made up on another day.

I also will not be the only person doing these tasks!  Just because it is on my list does not mean that it is all on me.  If the dishwasher gets unloaded by one of my sons tomorrow morning, all the better!

It takes 21 days to break/make a habit.  I am giving it all I have to making this cleaning schedule a habit in my house.  I have the plan, I am committed to making it work so I know I will be successful!