How to keep up on housework

 Keeping on top of housework can be hard, whether that be because you work full time or because you have children running around the house—whatever the reason, I can understand getting behind. 

I used to go weeks without cleaning, and the house would pile up with mess and become too much to handle, and I would have to spend a whole day cleaning up and then I would be tired.

People think that everything has to have a place and if it doesn't then, you'll never be able to keep the place tidy, which is false. I live in a tiny two-bedroom house, and the only rooms that everything has a place for are my daughters' room, the kitchen and the bathroom. The living room and my bedroom are storage to put it lightly, but I still manage to keep it tidy, and this is how.

First is something everyone dreads; get on top of the mess. If you start with a clean house, then your life will be a lot easier, trust me. While it feels like a lot to get on top of it now, you will feel better starting this with a clean house.

Once you have a clean house, find an hour a day to clean. I always do this in the mornings after I eat breakfast, but you can do this at night time if you need to. 

Every day in that hour you will do 

• The dishes, making sure to wipe countertops and stove top down every time.
• Pick up any rubbish you have left around the house.
• Put kids toys away.
• Fold any washing and put it away.

Then once a week (or how many days a week you need to, depending on your situation), you will

• Vacuum, sweep and mop.
• Take the rubbish out.
• Clean the bathroom {toilet, bath shower etc}
• Change the bedsheets
• Dust
• Gardening.

Every few days, do a load of washing.

Whatever else you have to do, add it into one of the two categories. When you are cleaning, blast music or have the tv on and get to work. You will feel so much better having a nice clean house, and it will become routine, so you won't have to push yourself to do it.