How to Organize Your Chores

Taking the time to develop a chore plan ensures that all of the rooms
and their contents get cleaned on a regular basis, and that nothing is
overlooked. Create a plan that accommodates your lifestyle so that
you're not pulling out your cleaning supplies every day.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Use a calendar or spreadsheet program to record your chores plan.

2. Keep the daily chores balanced over the course of the week so that one day doesn't have more chores than the others, and you're doing a little bit each day.

3. Gather sponges, cleaners, vacuums, brooms, mops and buckets into one centralized location. Or put everything you need for one room in a basket or bucket and keep it in that room.

4. Save the dirtiest, grimiest surfaces for last. In each room, work from low-contamination areas to high. For example, when you clean the bathroom, do the toilet last. This way you're not re-introducing germs to surfaces you've already cleaned.

5. Get some help. Recruit the rest of the household, or hire someone to clean.

on 11/22/2005 I have had it pounded into my routine by several women in my life that it is important to wash the toilet first. Therefore you are able to remove the germs that you introduce to the sink when you are rinsing your washcloth.