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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 532142" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>This is critical to success.</p><p>Be sure to be detailed, as well... </p><p>Not just "what", but timeframes, standards, etc.</p><p></p><p>For example - when I lived at home, one of my chores was "heavy housework". What that means to you, and what it means to my Mom, and what it means to me... are probably totally different. But we talked about it and agreed: the whole house got vacuumed every week, the main living areas had to be done on Friday or Saturday (for company Sunday), and all the furniture had to be moved once a month and vacuumed under. In my cousin's house? single piece of furniture got vacuumed under, twice a week. The "once a week" thing meant that it was my choice... spend half of Saturday cleaning house, or get most of it done earlier in the week. I had a check-list on the wall by the vacuum... checked it off as I did stuff. Just one example... but being detailed really helps.</p><p></p><p>Breaking tasks down also helps. Learned that when I had two-under-two... "clean house" on my task list, never got done. "clean washrooms" wasn't even doable. "scrub tub"... done. "clean toilets"... done. Oh... company's coming? well... just gotta do a quick wipe-down and it's passable.</p><p></p><p>I also find it helps to have two "tool caddies"... one for "wet cleaning" and one for "other cleaning". Each caddie has the right cleaning solutions and the right kinds of cloths. "Wet" had floor cleaning solutions, toilet cleaner, tub-scrub, anything that had to be "added to water" or "rinced off". "Other" has paper towels, dust cloths, windex, furniture polish, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 532142, member: 11791"] This is critical to success. Be sure to be detailed, as well... Not just "what", but timeframes, standards, etc. For example - when I lived at home, one of my chores was "heavy housework". What that means to you, and what it means to my Mom, and what it means to me... are probably totally different. But we talked about it and agreed: the whole house got vacuumed every week, the main living areas had to be done on Friday or Saturday (for company Sunday), and all the furniture had to be moved once a month and vacuumed under. In my cousin's house? single piece of furniture got vacuumed under, twice a week. The "once a week" thing meant that it was my choice... spend half of Saturday cleaning house, or get most of it done earlier in the week. I had a check-list on the wall by the vacuum... checked it off as I did stuff. Just one example... but being detailed really helps. Breaking tasks down also helps. Learned that when I had two-under-two... "clean house" on my task list, never got done. "clean washrooms" wasn't even doable. "scrub tub"... done. "clean toilets"... done. Oh... company's coming? well... just gotta do a quick wipe-down and it's passable. I also find it helps to have two "tool caddies"... one for "wet cleaning" and one for "other cleaning". Each caddie has the right cleaning solutions and the right kinds of cloths. "Wet" had floor cleaning solutions, toilet cleaner, tub-scrub, anything that had to be "added to water" or "rinced off". "Other" has paper towels, dust cloths, windex, furniture polish, etc. [/QUOTE]
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