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What is a cleaning routine?@SavvyCleaner by Angela BrownA cleaning routine is a series of tasks you do in order, and on a schedule. Lots of people get overwhelmed when they think of cleaning their homes. Having a routine reduces stress, because after a time or two, you know how long it will take to clean.The cleaning routine breaks up the chores into easy pieces so you can complete them in a specific time frame.As a professional house cleaner you may have eight or ten house cleaning routines in each home. When you complete one routine, you go right to the next routine, and so on.If you are cleaning your own home, and you don't have to clean it all at once, you can split the routines between different days. You might have a cleaning routine for each day of the week that includes daily chores. And a separate cleaning routine for weekly chores. And another cleaning routine for monthly chores.You've heard the term "spring cleaning?" Spring cleaning is a routine that usually involves deep cleaning done once a year.Why you should have a cleaning routineHaving a cleaning routine is like have a recipe for baking a cake. If you don't have a recipe, you can guess that your cake will have flour, eggs, milk, and sugar. Did I forget anything? Yes, I did. I forgot spices, baking soda, and oil.If you don't have a cleaning routine, you are going to forget some things. You will get halfway into your cleaning and realize that there are some small chores you forgot.Yeah, you can wing it. A lot of people do and there's no harm if you make up your cleaning as you go. But like baking the cake - having a recipe from the beginning will keep you from getting sidetracked or forgetting things.A cleaning routine for your laundry - allows you to focus on just your laundry. You can collect laundry from each of the rooms of your house. You can sort the laundry into light and dark colors and special fabrics. Then you can wash, dry and fold the laundry. And then clean out your washer and dryer, and laundry room, and put the clothes away. BAM! Your're done.Because you weren't winging it, you didn't get side tracked by dishes in the bedroom when you went to collect the clothes. Do you see how quickly you can get off track if you don't have a recipe for cleaning?And if your cleaning routine is on a schedule, it eliminates the chores from piling up.Let's suppose you have a daily routine each night before you go to bed. This routine may include collecting dishes from every room, and taking them to the kitchen sink. From there, you sort them and they go in the dishwasher. Add soap and turn on the dishwasher. BAM! You're done.When you wake up in the morning - you have a new routine to empty the dishwasher and put the dishes away, before making breakfast.After a while you don't have to think about the routine - you just do it because it is a habit. You will know that every morning when you wake up, you will go into the kitchen and start a pot of coffee. While the coffee is brewing, you empty the dishwasher and make breakfast and pack the lunches. BAM! You're done.See how easy it is to have a cleaning routine. It makes your life simple and removes the guesswork and stress from guessing.How long should a cleaning routine take?Every cleaning routine will take a different amount of time, depending on what you need to do. A daily load of laundry will take less time to do, than saving it for the weekend when you have ten loads of clothes to wash.The key is figure out exactly what you need to do in a routine, and what supplies you will need. And how long it will take you to do to it. And then put it on a schedule. It is possible you may do three cleaning routines in one day, and only one routine the next.Make your bed in the morning. It's a routine that will take one minute. A bathroom sink routine, to put your toothbrush and makeup away, and wipe down the vanity and sink bowl will also take one minute.Wiping down the toilet and using a squeegee on the shower glass doors will also take a minute each. So far your morning chores are at four minutes.This is not brain science - it is living in an orderly space. And it takes four minutes each morning. Don't have the time? Wake up four minutes earlier. You hate me don't you?Should you always do the same things in your cleaning routine?Sure. That is the purpose of the routine. Do it over and over again until it becomes second nature. Do it without thinking about it. You can get creative if you like and multi task. If you have a recipe for the chores, you can do them on a schedule or a trigger.I do my daily chores, dishes, laundry and general tidying up on a routine. My weekly dusting I do on a trigger. I call my mom to chat once a week. When we chat I'm in one of two places. If I'm driving in my car we chat on the way to or from my destination.If I'm at home that triggers a dusting routine. I grab a Swiffer Duster and while we are chatting I dust my entire house from top to bottom. If there is time left, and we are still chatting, I will organize and tidy up the closets. My closets and my dusting are not on a schedule, but there is a routine. When I get on the phone, I always start dusting in the same place, and in the same room and work my way through the house. Because it is a routine, I don't get sidetracked and start organizing bookshelves. It is only after the dusting is finished, that I move to the closets and I clean them in order so I don't get side tracked.See how this works?Scour Pinterest for cleaning routinesEvery day Pinterest alerts me to new cleaning routines that people have posted. New "free" printables pop up every day. If you are looking for some guidance you can go to Pinterest and find the perfect one for you. But I recommend creating your own.You know your schedule better than anyone. You know what chores are a priority in your home. You know how many people that live in your home are able to take part in the cleaning routines.Create your own cleaning routinesYou've heard of a job chart or a chores list? That is nothing more than a cleaning routine assigned to somebody in the house. Your teenage son may have a cleaning routine that says every Monday night he must collect garbage from every room of your home. Separate the garbage from the recyclables, and take it all out to the curb for pick up on Tuesday morning. By assigning this routine to him, everybody in the house knows who is going to do the job. Your son knows when you expect him to do it.Your daughter may be responsible for vacuuming the floors and mopping. Say your son is planning a band trip and won't be around to empty the trash on Monday. He's going to have to do it before he goes. Or, he may swap routines with your daughter, and she take out the trash, and he mop the floors when he gets back. The routine still keeps everything running like clockwork.It is like you giving the cake recipe to someone else in the house. But because there is a recipe, nobody's winging it, and you end up with the same cake.What is the best cleaning routine?The best cleaning routine is the one that works for you. The one you follow. The one that makes your life simple. The one everybody understands. The one that easy to duplicate day after day.(This was first posted by me on http://TheHouseCleaningGuru.com)

i will do you one better - there was even time when there were no cell phones.. and on top of that, even regular land-line phones were rare..no, i am not that old - it's just i am originally from a geography other than US, so even though i am in my early 30s, i still recall what it was to be a child when no internet existed..also, i am working in making this low-tech environment (to the extent reasonably possible) at home: yes, i get that nostalgia spells from time to time..let me start with some observations:medical advice/research:the only times when kids went to the doctor was either to fill a cavity or to mend a broken bone.. the end..tooth extraction was done via numerous humorous (but often too dangerous) DIY methods such as door-string-tooth technique..otherwise it was the regular shots/immunizations until about the age of 10, then it was only for emergency reasons like broken bones..in case a child had allergies - which happened quite rarely - this child was labeled as "mommy's little baby" (yes, it's insensitive, i know), and the word spread like fire..the funniest part is that the side-effect was that everyone would know about the said allergies and this child - though called names - would then be safe as no one would offer the allergen-containing items to this kidentertainment:kids had only 1 thing to play with, it was called "outside".. paired with the lack of phones/only landlines available, myself as a child could have been dead for over 10 hours before anyone would start searching for me..despite all these efforts, i was able to keep track of time - no, not the sun dial - just asking strangers what time it was..yes, i knew how to speak to strangers and not to be lured away with promises of candy and/or puppies, and how to keep away from people who were just "not right" in their headkids were actually making friends - real friends - from the area, and knew everything about everyone, and no SSN numbers got compromised..kids were also sharpening their social skills - yes, there were fights about the toys and about whose turn it was to be on the swing, and it all just went away without parents calling cops on everyone..if parents would just keep themselves out of kids' business - kids have no other choice but to compromise and resolve things.. gosh, have things changed since then!parental communication:happened only in the morning/before school and in the evening.. the rest of the day kids and parents rested from one another..there was no online homework and no reminder emails: grades were based on the person's ability to manage their time..parents communicated with one another about kids only when there were either good news (such as a birthday party) or bad news (such as a cost of a broken window)toys:don't even know where to start with this one.. the particular geography i was originally from, did not have a large variety of toys, let alone educational toys..so parents were making them.. yep, with their bare hands and without any printable materials.. you would just "eye it" for scale and go with it..examples:- for school: flash cards were made by hand, by each family, for each subject ); custom- and hand-made..- for leisure: soft toys were made with scraps of material from old clothing for example (clean outgrown clothing) and some stuffing; each toy was practically a piece of art as it was embellished and embroidered (again, by hand).. if it was for a girl over the age of 10, the girl herself would make it..girls knew how to mend clothing (fix holes, add/ remove length), embroider, sew, embellish..there were 2 reasons:1. it was unknown whom the girl would marry later in life (either well-to-do or an average person), so all these skills were ensuring the survival of the family2. kids were expected to help out with the chores - kids were actually valued as contributing members of the family, and they were expected to manage their school load AND help out with the younger siblings, and also contribute to the well-run family mechanism3. the mass produced clothing was too horrendous - the cut, the style, the fit - that it was necessary to make own custom clothing that was wearable4. anything with the label "made in china" was frowned upon as low-quality, hence items for at least a year of wear had to be of quality material and having had quality labor put into themTV:do not take me the wrong way: hours and hours were wasted on TV viewing; but it was limited only to the times when cartoons were scheduled for the broadcast (6pm to 8pm on sunday nights).. the end..there were no dvd players, no vhs players (available but too expensive), no streaming videos..stranger danger:there were cases of kids being kidnapped and kids disappearing, and parents were only turning to the child to ask, "will you go with a stranger?", the response was always, "no way!".. "alright", the parent would say, "now go play outside"..and off you were..freedom:kids were actually allowed to be kids: go out, get messy, lose a shoe (or two), roam around the town exploring new areas, making new friends, learning new things, and managing to stay out of trouble (meaning not get caught)..it also happened that kids managed to lose their keys and got locked out of the house - well, then they had to find a place to have some lunch (mainly with their friends) - or go to another side of the town to visit a relative..

Teaching children to organize may seem like a difficult task but it is beneficial for both the child as well as parents. It can make life easier and more sorted. However, like all skills organization too is a skill that is developed over time. With your help and some patience from both parents as well as children, kids can develop an effective approach for getting stuff done and organizing.Mentioned below are six tips to teach children how to organize:1. Divide tasks into smaller parts: Teach children to divide particular projects into a start, an intermediary and an ending part. This makes it less scary as well as overwhelming. So if a child’s task is to make the bed after waking up, he/she should first put the pillows in their place and then fold the blanket and keep it in its allotted place.2. Use to-do lists: There are so many fun printable to-do lists available on the web. Choose your child’s favourite character and look for a printable to-do list. Download and print it. Write down the tasks on it and stick it on the fridge with a magnet. Let children read the to-do list out loud and let them find joy in scratching each task off after they are done finishing it.3. Get children a kid-friendly planner: Planners are a fun way to organize tasks and manage time. Having their own planner will make them feel that their time is valuable and you appreciate them, and that organization is something worth celebrating.4. Give them tasks that involve organizing: A good way to develop organizing skills is by giving children tasks that involve making lists, pre-planning, arranging and sorting. By giving tasks that require the above methods, children get into the habit of organizing. Sorting socks, folding clothes, cleaning a drawer are some easy tasks that can teach children organizing.5. Set a homework routine: Allot an hour of the day that is only for doing homework and give them a space in the house where they can do their homework comfortably without any disturbance. It could be in their own room, in the kitchen or the hall, wherever they are comfortable and where you can be resent easily. If for a particular day your child hasn’t been given homework, insist that they stick to the schedule. They can use this time to read a book, make notes or even engage in some art activities like colouring or craft.6. Teach them colour coding: This is a fun and colourful way to organize. Allot a colour to each subject and use that coloured book covers, stickers and notes only for that subject. For example; blue for English, green for Hindi, red for math, etc.