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  • How to Be a Better Housekeeper. Be a better housekeeper without wearing yourself out by

  • using these smart strategies to keep a cleaner home. You will need Cleaning schedule Supply

  • cart or caddy Storage systems Task delegation Relaxation of criteria Prioritization of tasks

  • Room checklists (optional) Old towels (optional) and expectations of children (optional). Step

  • 1. Schedule chores, dividing tasks into daily, weekly, and monthly categories to maintain

  • order and cleanliness, and to avoid overwhelming tasks. Create cleaning checklists for each

  • room. Step 2. Use gravity to be a better housekeeper by cleaning from the top down and avoid cleaning

  • fixtures, shelves and other surfaces more than once. Recycle old towels into cleaning

  • rags. Step 3. Be efficient by keeping handy a supply cart or caddy that you can easily

  • move from room to room, and seek out new time-saving cleaning tools and products. Step 4. Organize

  • your home with storage systems for everything from food to toys and make sure each family

  • member puts things in their place. Establish the expectation that children put their things

  • away before going to bed. Step 5. Delegate cleaning tasks to family members according

  • to age and ability, making sure they understand how to complete a job. Step 6. Relax and avoid

  • obsessing over perfection so that everyone in the household can pitch in without you

  • re-cleaning what they've already cleaned. Step 7. Prioritize tasks in accordance with

  • your time and energy, and you'll not only become a better housekeeper by addressing

  • the essentials, you'll be a happier person with more time to spend doing what you love.

  • Did you know A 2009 study showed that on an average day that same year, 85 percent of

  • women and 67 percent of men spent time doing housework.

How to Be a Better Housekeeper. Be a better housekeeper without wearing yourself out by

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