{"id":1341,"date":"2021-12-30T15:04:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T20:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intentionallywell.org\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2023-04-11T10:38:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T14:38:36","slug":"developing-a-cleaning-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intentionallywell.org\/developing-a-cleaning-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Hacks to Developing a Cleaning Routine You’ll Actually Stick To"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What’s one of the most significant lies cultures tell homemakers? Developing a cleaning routine is simple and easy to stick to. Am I right? But what if you hate cleaning? I got you. Here are three simple hacks for designing a system that works for you and your family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From my extensive research (read: asking all the women I know which they like better, cooking or cleaning?), people either get the cleaning gene or the cooking gene, but it’s never both. Never, not once, have I met someone who enjoys both. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you? Most likely not. (If you are the magical unicorn who enjoys both, please tell me your secret magical ways.) One is always so<\/strong> much more challenging than the other. If you’re like me, then that’s cleaning. So, here are my best and most practical tips for developing a cleaning routine that works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#1. Clarify Your Expectations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First, you need to set appropriate expectations<\/a>. What does a clean home mean to you? Is it consistently mopped floors, floors cleared of clutter\/toys, or are the floors clear chunks of yesterday’s breakfast? You do you. This is your home, no one else’s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tidiness differs from person to person and from parenting season to parenting season. I expect more of myself (and my children) now that everyone is out of the baby and toddler stages. However, my expectations are not equal to a family that has teenagers. My kids are very much in the toy years. It’s unrealistic of me to expect all toys to be put away at the end of every day because toys are life right now. I mean, there’s currently a pretend golf course in the playroom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I don’t expect the toys to be perfectly picked up every single day. If I did, I would correct and scold my children constantly. No one wants that! Instead, we do a big clean-up once a week. This works for us. The toy years are a season of childhood, and that is where we are right now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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