Comments on: How to Create a Cleaning Schedule that Doesn’t Make You Feel Like a Failure

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Fri, 08 May 2020 20:45:58 +0000

In reply to Linda Guyton. You're welcome!

By: Linda Guyton

Linda Guyton — Mon, 04 May 2020 13:41:27 +0000

I’m going to try your cleaning schedule. I’m very easily overwhelmed, but this seems doable to me. Thanks for sharing.

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 20:15:54 +0000

In reply to Heather Oevering.

Hi Heather,

Here are a few ideas:

You could use a small whiteboard (with color markers of course) – draw a grid on it for your calendar and then use that each month.
If you really like the idea of a printable you could go to a local library and see if they could print it for you. If they can’t you could get it done at an office supply store like Staples of Office Max. They are usually a bit more expensive than the library though.
Or, you could simply draw our your chart on paper or poster board – tweaking it each month until you find the perfect system that works for you!

By: Heather Oevering

Heather Oevering — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 16:36:47 +0000

ok so I have a hard time trying to remember what to clean and easily get overwhelmed so I have tried having things on certain days then I have also tried a color chart (a little childish I know but if it helps it helps) what I wouldn’t mind doing is having the calendar and color chart combined but I don’t have a calendar that will allow me to do that and I also don’t have a printer to print any of the downloadable content to help so how would one combine the content of the downloadable items and calendar with color chart

By: Pat

Pat — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 16:50:13 +0000

Kalyn, you have been speaking to me lately on so many levels! As I am putting my first bullet journal together, I find myself on your blog searching for various aspects. I downloaded your meal plan sheet yesterday and can’t wait to get started on it this week. I love your idea of combining your weekly and daily tasks in one layout, and now, your flexible cleaning method is the next thing to try. Thank you so much!

By: Bonnie Lundgren

Bonnie Lundgren — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 23:12:10 +0000

In reply to Kalyn Brooke. Thanks so much your having response and explanation. I will have to get started with a master list so I can start figuring out what works. I guess I could use the same matter list for a one-day hurricane clean just as well as a more regimented daily plan. I appreciate you illuminating how you allow for flexibility and grace in that. You lead by example - and that's powerful.

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 21:24:05 +0000

In reply to Bonnie.

Hi Bonnie,

Some people thrive on having a system of “Task 1 on Monday, Task 2 on Tuesday etc.” Then there are others who love a “cleaning day” system where they do all their cleaning in one day. This method is meant to have you list out the tasks and set a time frame in which you want all of them to be completed on a consistent basis. Whether that is 1 week, 10 days, or longer is completely up to you. That way, if you miss a day that’s fine, you just clean a couple extra things on the next – or skip it entirely. The key to this system is giving yourself grace in the process as well.

I separate my cleaning schedule into two separate layouts—one is the layout that lists ALL the cleaning tasks I need to complete, then I just check it off on the day I do it, no matter which day that is. I DO add these tasks to my weekly and daily layouts because I would often forget to flip back to my master task list and then clean nothing at all! Yes, it does require extra crossing off, but that’s what works for me. It sounds like you could just get away with using the task sheet, hang it on your fridge or somewhere where you’ll see it every day and cross off your tasks as you do them. As long as you continue to make progress, it doesn’t matter whether you clean the shower every week on a specific day or if you let 10 days go in between. But the master list shows you what you have cleaned and what you haven’t so you when you have time for a cleaning task, you can look at your list and see what hasn’t been cleaned recently.

I hope that helps clear things up!

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 23:50:11 +0000

It’s really hard to understand the method here… I feel like I have generalities, but not a true step by step method to achieve a cleaning plan. Make a list of tasks, okay, decide when you want them completed by, I guess, but what about days where you clean NOTHING? What if you are gone 4 days out of 7 for two weeks in a row? I’m not seeing any flexibility here. And step three is what, exactly? Write it down somewhere else than you already wrote it… clean any item and cross it off, but you have to check ii off twice!… have a “system” (whatever that vague phraseology indicates)… just clean it; it really doesn’t matter how it’s going as long as you wrote something down in the stupid bullet journal that 80% of humans will never attempt or find helpful if they do so! Perhaps you can tell that I’m frustrated.