How To Maintain A Neat Home
Monday, October 11th, 2010Every one who runs a home and manages a family knows how difficult it is to organize and maintain a home. They will tell you that it is a never-ending story with everyone using and throwing things all around and never putting things back in place.
The toughest job for the mom at home is to be able to draw up a schedule, implement discipline and ensure everyone falls in line.
List the places in your home that is never in order and identify them as priorities. Run through every place including your kitchen, bathrooms, children’s rooms, living room etc.
Next is to look at the causes for the mess around these areas. May be children are leaving all clothes and books with toys on the floor and not putting them away, or you may be in the habit of reading newspaper in the toilet and not bothered to clear them away after reading. Others may have the habit of checking the post sitting in front of the TV and leaving all papers lying right there.
Once you have identified the patterns and the causes of each of the problems in the identified area, it becomes easier to attack the problems and find solution to the problem.
A detailed calendar and schedule for the day can be drawn up with tasks and specific responsibilities assigned to all members of the family with time slots whereby all cleaning and maintenance work gets done with discipline. You may plan for two people to help clean children’s rooms in the morning, put things away in the living room and bathroom and evenings you can look into cleaning kitchen including scrubbing kitchen counters, putting away things in its place and doing the dishes after dinner everyday while some one else can look at the post and clear up day to day paperwork and remove garbage.
The last thing that needs to be done once your task list is ready is to get everyone in the family together and explain to them how things are going and what needs to be corrected. If you invite suggestions from all family members and make suitable changes to the schedule, implementation will become more meaningful and practice.
Do not expect that your action plan will get implemented one hundred percent. It might undergo changes and incorporating everyone else’s ideas on how to go about the task will surely make it more comprehensive and successful.
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