Nanny to Mommy

If you find yourself spending more time doing cleaning than doing anything else, it's time to make some adjustments. Housework, unless you're one of those individuals who makes it a habit, does not fit the description of what life is meant to be about.

Luckily, even if it seems like you're drowning in household chores, there are ways to make it easier and more manageable, as well as enjoyable. Read on to find out more.

Before you do anything else, dispose of as many items as possible from your home. This means you'll have less stuff to clean and put away, making your cleaning burden lower right away.

Of course, this doesn’t mean throwing out things that you need or that you are attached to, but it does mean thinking carefully about all the items in your home and determining whether there is anything you can dispose of.

Decluttering can be done in a variety of different ways, and whether you sell the things you no longer need, give them to charity, put them in the garbage, or you look into self-storage deals so you can keep them but not have them in your home, the choice is yours.

Having ample storage, whether it's closets, drawers, or baskets, is essential for anything you don't want to purge. It is much simpler to keep the house nice and clean when everything has a place.

You might think that you don’t have any space for additional storage, but there are always things you can do. Adding shelving to a closet, for example, instantly gives you more storage, and you can still hang your clothes up if you plan things properly.

If you have a set routine, it's easier to stay on top of your chores and less stressful to do them. So, take some time to sit down and write down all the chores you need to do, from mopping to washing the windows, and how often you need to do them, such as daily, weekly, or monthly. After you've done this, you can make a weekly cleaning schedule.

When you know what needs to happen and when you have to do it, it doesn't feel as overwhelming, so you’re more likely to get on with the chores and not leave them to pile up.

Thanks to modern technology, we don't have to do hard, back-breaking work to keep the house clean like our ancestors did. We don't even have to bother ourselves much. There are so many products that can do some or all of our chores for us, like robot mops and vacuums, window cleaning tools, and self-cleaning ovens. Try them out, and you'll see how much time and effort you can save.

Your house does not have to appear like a show home or be picture perfect as long as it is clean and tidy. Even if you were raised to think that the only way to have a hygienic house was to keep it spotless, you can learn to relax a little bit if you truly want to.

In other words, a deep clean is only something you have to do once in a while, perhaps even once a year. Just keep things dusted and neat and clean up spills as you go along, and that will be fine.