You may need to adjust the 'clean as you go' method for younger children, but the earlier you start them off with good habits, the easier life will be for you, and you'll be teaching the kids excellent lessons for their own future.
In doing 'clean as you go' tasks like these daily, most areas of your house won't need a deep spring cleaning.
2) Daily 'Choose a Chore': Get a set of index cards and write every spring cleaning chore you can think of (dust baseboards, wash mirrors, clean window treatments, steam clean the carpet, etc.) on each one. Each day, pick a chore and get it done. You may want to have two sets of cards...quick weekday cleaning jobs and more involved weekend cleaning jobs.
I highly recommend you enlist the entire family when you can so the work doesn't fall on just one person's shoulders. For instance, you can assign a room or two to each family member to get those baseboards dusted, or you remove the window treatments and your husband drives them over the Dry Cleaner.
3) Use Modern Conveniences and Services: Sometimes, chores take longer because we keep doing them the same way they've been done for years.
For instance, maybe it takes you three weekends to get all of your washable bedding cleaned because you do it one load at a time using your home washer and dryer. Why not bring everything you have to do, every so often, to your local Laundromat and get it all done at wash, using several washers and dryers? Since the machines are doing most of the work, you can even catch up on your favorite novel while you're there.
Does it always take two hours to mow your lawn? Consider hiring an outside service, or a capable teenager, to do it for you.
Always look at what you're doing, and think of ways you can get the job done just as well, but quicker.
from www.getorganizednow.com
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