HELP...I Need A Schedule

Hello Dream, I have learned that for some reason men like a clean home and for it to be organized and for us women to keep it that way. I think the easiest way to keep organized is to use plastic totes for certain things (mail, toys, shoes), it might help out a little bit. I think the only way to accomplish this is when you wake up in the morning set your mind to go through all the rooms and set a time limit on each. If the house is small try to make sure the kids stuff stays in their room, play pen etc. not the front room. As far as yours and your husbands room make sure to keep everything hung up that needs to be. Try to make sure after he leaves in the morning that your room is the first thing done, then go to other rooms in the house. LOL ;0)

If hubby helps you (even tho you are a stay At home wife if you are a writer thats work also) not all in one day youd be awful tired MOnday laundry, tues.dust wed mop thrus vac. friday touch up does that help?

I think it would be better to set aside a part of each day to do the menial chores then be free to be completely creative in your work time. Number one make it a schedule which doesnt create stress some flex time to relax or unwind from one thing to another. Also do things that need done in order so you have an easy way to accomplish them regularly I would do the sweeping and dusting one day the wash another etc...

I have a cheep Palm and I plan my schedule out and when it is time for me to do something my palm tells me it is time to do something, it keeps me organized. and I get to complete everything I need to complete

Best thing to do is to make out a schedule for yourself and to follow it.You basically have to disipline yourself again.

i had a very similiar question because i too am in your same situation. someone had metioned a site to me and ive been doing it for a couple days and i am already noticing the difference. try www.flylady.com...... good luck

There are two things that I find help me. 1) is everything has a place and every thing in it's place. if it is always put in it place it is easier to find and that saves time. 2) Make sure every thing is put away before you go to bed at night. then each morning give everything a light once over. then chose one room to do a deeper claening in. Have one day for vacuuming whle a load of clothes is doing.

Hello I am a stay at home wife/online seller and it is just my husband and I and we have a small hone 3 bedroom, 2 baths, living room dining room and kitchen and this is how I work out my schedule sometimes things come up but I usually try to stay to it. 4am-5am get up fix breakfast husbands lunch and see him off. 5-6 clean up kitchen including dishes, and sweeping of floor. On Mondays and Fridays I mop the kitchen floor all the other days I just sweep. 7-8 I have my prayer and bible study time 8-9 I straighten up the master bedroom and make the bed and work out for 30 minutes. 9-12 I work on the computer. 12-12:30 I have lunch and do the little bit of dishes that I use. 12:30-2 I dust and vacuum all rooms, and clean the bathrooms. The guest bath I clean 2 times a week the master I straighten and clean almost everyday. 2-4 I work on the computer until my husband comes home and then I spend some time with him before I fix supper and clean the dishes afterwards. NOW you may be asking when do you do laundry. I usually wash 2-3 times a week and I throw a load in while I am doing other things then I either hang them outside or throw them in the dryer in between other jobs. Then when I am finished with supper and washed the dishes, while my husband and I are watching tv I fold and iron clothes. I hope that this helps This is just how I do it. You should sit down with a piece of paper and write down everything that needs to be done everyday, things that need to be done once a week, things that need to be done twice a week etc. then get a planner that has each hour of the day and pencil not pen what you want to do and when. Also make sure to take some time for yourself each day for me it is my bible study because if you don't you will burn out I know I did.

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I am much like you - I used to work fulltime and every Saturday morning I would clean the whole house (I was also 25 years younger!!) Now I am at home, an aspiring writer, and do work part time outside the home. Actually, since starting the part time job I get more done. I think the more time you have the more time you waste. Just like I procrastinate in my writing (oh muse, where are you??) I also procrastinate in housecleaning. However - our bed is always made no matter what. And I always clean the kitchen counters and sink, and tidy the bathrooma and toilets in the morning before either going out or sitting down to write. I have three teenage sons and they are in charge of their own rooms. If they're untidy, then I just get over it. I close the door when people come. I have a set pattern for laundry - I wash every day and every day has a dark wash. I wash towels on Mondays and Thursday (hey we're clean when we step out of the shower, so why wash them every day??) and I wash the floors every Monday morning, after the weekend. If I have to I also wash them Friday/Saturday if people are coming over. My elder twin does the vacuuming every two weeks for pocket money (how long will that last? He's 17 now) Dusting - there is no pattern here - usually once a week or every two weeks. Light fittings and ceiling fans - I do them when I change the batteries in the smoke alarms, which I do when Daylight Saving kicks in (November usually). So once a year only. Usually they're not that bad. We have two bathrooms and I clean them simply - spray a cheap bleach and leave for 20 minutes (with exhaust fan on) come back and have a shower in there. All sparkling clean! I alternate them so they're not done on the same day - or if I do them the same day then someone else will have a shower to rinse it out :) I hope some of this helps :)

this is not a big prb ...wat i have seen is ...cleas the house daily .. is ..not a prb ... if u have to do it all alone.... then it will b a prb ... so . make sure bedroom n bathroom shud b clean daily ..n office room.. as u said...they are in daily use.....kitchen shud b clean at nite.. it gets dirty whole day of cooking..

I am astay at mother of 3,all under the age of 11, I find that if I clean one room a day completely including closets it make my life much easier and I just surface clean the other rooms. It is a good idea to have a basket you take for room to room to pick up and put up things that have been misplaced from room to room. i have a calendar on the frig. to remind me of appointments and shopping lists. The phone is close to the frig which make it easier to write these appointments down when they come in. Hope this helps. It is a everyday challange

It sounds more like you lack motivation instead of planning, you PLAN to clean but you just don't have the MOTIVATION. LOL I have those days too! Anyways, what I do is really weird and crazy but it works. I come from a family with 6 kids. My MOM had this little game we played to motivate us into cleaning. I will say it was more fun with 7 people running around! My MOM had an egg timer. She would set it for 10 minutes. So we had 10 minutes to clean the living room. The goal was to finish before the timer ran out. Now as an adult, I make it a point to spend 10 minutes in each room. I also set the timer for my computer time. Say 1/2 hour and than 10 minutes for a room. I think cleaning sucks! I might as well make it interesting! It's amazing how much can be done in 10 minutes if you put your heart into it!

I have to keep up with it everyday. The main stuff like dishes, laundry and bathrooms have to be worked on every day. Other stuff like throwing away garbage/clutter is ongoing too. I kind of do the flylady thing too. Spend a little while concentrating on a certain room or area. It's impossible to get everything clean at once (unless you have company pulling in the driveway!) so you have to just do it little by little. I deep clean rooms when I can, and then just tidy up until I get around to another deep clean.

I can understand for an instance that when you do get loads of stuff on your shoulders you tend to get a bit low But hey relax what you need to do is just give priorities to everything From what is the most important to what is less important and i guarantee life will be easier for you

I can understand your problem. I too am a work at home mom now, with 3 teens. I can pretty much do what I want, when I want with no husband to have to appease. My suggestion is that you try to set your alarm and FORCE yourself to go outdoors for something. Whether it be a walk, just to go get the mail in the morning (leave it in there overnight if you have to and it's safe), or even go to a little restaurant and buy a 79 cent cup of coffee. Getting out starts your motor running. I'm lucky, I just do as I please at this point and hey.. if you visit and my house is a wreck.. .I keep the cleaning stuff under the sink! LOL Good luck. And honestly, I do find that getting out first thing in the morning makes me feel more alive and ready to go for the day.

If you find the answer I wish you would let me know. I have the same problem. Once I sit down at the computer it seems I cannot make myself get up. It is amazing to me how dirty a house can get while you are sitting at your computer.

What I have found helps is 1)dishes done following each meal and with meal prep, wash up as you go. This keeps things to a minimum. When the dishes are done the benches should be cleared and all stuff put awy. Leave the dishes to air dry and at the end of the day relax and have some "me time". Just before bed, put the now dry dishes away, sweep the kitchen floor and strighten /tidy the living room. That way, first thing in the morning the kitchen and living area will look wonderful. In the morning, fling back/shake the bedcovers and let the bed air, perform your hygeine ritual make the bed and tidy the room. In the bathroom use one of those spray on shower sprays every few days to stop soap build up. I also find a quick wipe of the shower does wonders each time someone uses it...(so have your shower last). Choose a day to have a good vacuum each week, another day to do the kitchen and bathroom mopping. That's the house pretty much taken care of. Who does the shopping, the garden and outside chores like car washing etc? Maybe your son could pitch in. Keeping things tidy as you go is so important for a happy house. It doesn't need to be spotless but if it's tidy it pleases the eye, and calms the soul. It does for me anyway. Cheers.

I'm also a stay at home mom but instead of an 18 year old I have an 18 month old. Cleaning is a never ending battle it seems here! I've found that it helps a lot if I make a list of things to get done the night before and then cross them off as I do each one. I don't bother trying to put time limits on things because my son is just all over the place..sometimes he naps, sometimes he doesn't, sometimes he'll play on his own, sometimes he's stuck to me like glue. So I just take it one step at a time, and if some things aren't done at the end of the day, no big deal, there's always tomorrow! I also try my best to multitask as much as possible. Like, after I throw in a load of laundry I'll give my son lunch and while he's eating I'll vacuum (so he doesn't chase the vacuum around) and by the time I'm done it's time to swap laundry loads! It might also help to designate certain days for certain things, like one day is JUST for laundry and another day is JUST for dusting and vacuuming or something. Good luck!

I am a one room a day kind of person.. If you do 15 minutes of cleaning each day, eventually it'll be organized again.. Just don't quit before it's completely clean.. Well, and don't make so much mess on the other part of the house in the meantime because otherwise, you will just rotate on what you have to clean.. For maintenance, I do small cleanings everyday.. Put things back to its place right after you're done with it.. Clean right away if you drop something on the floor.. I like the idea of doing small things rather than waiting for them to accumulate.. For example, I would do dishes right after each meal so that I don't have to schedule a dish day and spend 1 hour doing dishes only.. clean the toilet bowl once you notice that it's a little dirty.. Just do a quick cleaning.. It doesn't have to be more than 10 minutes to clean your toilet bowl or wipe your sink.. Then you can schedule a big, more detailed cleaning every so often..