The Dreaded Spring Cleaning, by Calendar

Few of us like house-cleaning, but unless you have someone to take care of it for you or are a minimalist who cleans as you go, your house probably needs an occasional deep-cleaning. A cleaning calendar can help you get this done!   Here's what you do:  print a bare calendar and assign a room a week, or maybe every two weeks.  On your calendar, list every thing in that room that needs doing or cleaning, including painting, purchases, and fix-its.

This was the perfect summer cleaning method when I was teaching school and was shared with me by a fellow teacher, who wisely explained:  If you want to enjoy the end of the week, work hard at the beginning and get the whole room done!  As you can see, I don't put a task for each day, but list them for the week.  I LOVE to check things off and add detail to my lists so I can make lots of checkmarks.  Reduction is key and little-used treasures are added to my eBay store to find a new home as I make cleaning progress.  If you have an additional job, your calendar may need two weeks for each room, with one manageable task an evening.