A clean and organized home doesn’t have to take up all of your time. Follow these four top tips to help you keep things on track.
1. Keep a family messaging area. A place where messages can be taken and left. Where all mail is sorted and assigned. Have this place near the phone and include a memo pad and pens and pencils. Post a magnetic wipe off board with a cork section for posting notes. A calendar listing all family appointments and to do’s is a great idea also.
2. Don’t try and keep the home together by yourself. Train your children to help in cleaning and organizing chores and include your spouse. Share the load. And you get more flies with honey than with vinegar.
3. If there is a large job to tackle get the whole household involved. It might even be fun. Such as cleaning out the basement or attic. Painting a room. Have a contest such as who can gather the most leaves or give out rewards at the completion of your big project.
4. Spread out your cleaning. Don’t wait until Saturday to try and clean the whole home. And don’t try to do all they laundry, vacuum and dusting at once. Break it up. Touch up the bathroom in a few minutes each day and spend 15 minutes once a week deep cleaning it. Organize a drawer a day instead of tackling all the drawers in your kitchen at once.
With just a little organization and planning you can have your homemaking more organized.
