Weekly Cleaning Schedule

You know those people who always have an immaculately clean house?  Well I'm not one of them.  Our house is usually a disaster in one area or another.  However, it is also VERY small, so we can't really have many messes.  Things get dicey quickly.  Around this time last year, I saw a few different ideas about doing a small amount of cleaning each day (Monday through Thursday) then you wouldn't have a huge buildup and could spend your weekend doing fun things.

We started our plan after moving into our new place and have been doing this for a while now, and I absolutely love it.  It's important to understand that things happen, so if you miss a day, make up for it the next day or skip it that week.  Forgive yourself and move on.  It's ok, I promise.  Also, our original plan (see the inspiration here) did not work, so we ended up changing our plan to this:

Monday- Dusting/Pickup
Tuesday- Bathroom
Wednesday- Floors
Thursday- Kitchen
Laundry- 2 or 3 loads/week (throw them in before you do the other task)

Again, our house is really small, but with doing this every day we spend 15-20 minutes instead of all day on Saturday or Sunday.  I printed our schedule and it hangs on our fridge as a reminder to complete the tasks every day.  I also put each day's task on my google calendar, so I get reminders on my phone.

I think trying this would be a fantastic resolution for the new year!