Weekly Cleaning Schedule: 5 Things A Day Is All It Takes

So, you want a clean house but you don’t want to turn it into a full-time job? I get it. That’s where my 5 Things weekly cleaning schedule comes in.

When you’ve got a busy life outside the home, it’s not possible to follow a housewife routine. What you need is a simplified method and you can get that by cleaning five things a day.

A Basic Weekly Cleaning Schedule

Most of us just want our homes to look presentable and feel comfortable so we can relax. To get that, you need to focus on five things.

Ultimately, that comes down dealing with the rooms’ trash, clutter, flat surfaces, furniture and floors. But, yes, there is a catch.

Pick Two

When it comes to cleaning your home, you have three options: spotless, easy, fast. But you can only pick two.

If you’re cleaning it yourself, spotless isn’t easy and it is absolutely never fast. But spotless also isn’t necessary, and trying to keep a spotless home may be why cleaning stresses you out. So what does that leave?

A Fast and Easy Weekly Routine

My 5 Things Weekly Cleaning Routine focuses on fast and easy. It takes about 30 minutes a day, if you do it consistently.

Except on laundry day. That’s always going to be a slog—unless you hire someone. Here’s how it goes.

But. But. What About the Details!?

Fast and easy doesn’t include bothering with details, but you can add them if you have time. Now, finding time? Not so easy. See what I mean? You can only have two!

Use Spring Cleaning to catch up on those details. Do it again with a Fall Cleaning Routine. The rest of the year, clean consistently and your home will be the presentable, comfortable place to relax that you need.