Housekeeping 101

I crave order in my house.

I am not  extreme about it though.

My goal is to keep my house in

good enough order that

if someone drops by unexpectedly,

I'm not in a panic about how 

the house looks.

Housework is always there

and you never get done with it.

There are endless duties.

Finding a way to manage these duties

without becoming overwhelmed by them

is the secret.

For me, the trick is to divide and conquer.

That means dividing these duties

into small daily tasks.

I refuse to spend more that an hour a 

day with housekeeping.

I have neither the interest,

the energy nor the inclination 

to spend a whole day cleaning

First, there are those daily chores.

Making the bed is one of the things

that always gets done at my house.

Walking into a room with an unmade bed

is unsettling to me.

Loading/unloading the dishwasher,

is another daily job.

I cannot abide a sink full of dirty dishes.

Keeping clutter controlled on a daily 

basis is helpful too.

Living alone helps since

I'm the only one responsible if there is clutter.

Then there are the weekly chores.

Laundry, vacuuming and dusting

are all jobs that need to be done 

every week.

Happily, my house is small enough that

if I only do a room or two per day,

the whole house gets a "going over"

each week with minimal time spent

each day.

Finally, there are those jobs 

that need to be done seasonally.

These are the jobs to "work" into

your daily routine as time allows.

I find if I don't pressure myself to

get the whole job done at once,

it goes much easier.

For example washing a couple

of windows a day,

rather than taking the whole day

to do them all,

seems to work for me.

I know, I'm probably just playing

mind games with myself.

But, whatever gets the job done, right?

What are some of the routines 

that work for you?