Creating a cleaning schedule changed my life. I was so lost, with a stressful job, a new baby and in a new location and pulling my house together in a cleaning schedule made SUCH a change. I can't wait to share it with you!

This post is inspired by my post on my Cleaning Schedule Template. You can find it here: https://www.pullingcurls.com/the-benefits-of-weekly-cleaning-schedule/

You can actually get my actual cleaning schedule sent to you via email right here:

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Things I share in this episode:

Why a cleaning schedule can be beneficialHow to start about making a cleaning scheduleThe most important part of a cleaning schedule.

Mentioned in this post:

My Robot Vacuum WarsMaking a Cleaning Schedule work for YOUAll of my cleaning & organization postsFamily Routines Course with the chapter on getting your family to clean on Saturdays

Show Transcription:

Hilary Erickson 0:00
Hey guys, welcome back to the pulling crows podcast today on episode 12. We're talking about cleaning schedules.

I know you're thinking like why am I going to listen to a podcast about cleaning schedules and I don't know that I've ever heard another podcast about cleaning schedule. But I wanted to tell you why I find cleaning schedules so important and why Hilary with a one year old and a new job just was like, the brains were exploding out of my head and I had no idea how to keep like moving forward and the cleaning schedule totally helped me out.

I'm going to share my exact cleaning schedule. I'm not talking about like some perfect schedule. Like if I really ran perfectly, this is what we would do. No, this is what we do at our house and I'm going to share an app you can use and how I use it and how it really helps me stay on top of things. Let's untangle it.

Welcome to the pulling curls podcast where we untangle everything from pregnancy, parenting, home routines, even some family travel because heavens knows our lives are tangled. I'm your host Hilary Erickson.

I remember the first time somebody came up to me and was like, I saw your cleaning schedule. And I was like, Oh, that's cool. Like, kind of awkward. The she was like, you don't follow that, do you? And I was like, Yeah, I really wrote that. Because that's what I do every week. And she was like, You seriously clean your house that much. And I was like, it's not really that much work. And she was just like, wow, that's just crazy.

So I feel like when you write out a cleaning schedule, it can be overwhelming when you look at it. Because you know, during the week, you do do a lot of jobs. But each day really isn't that bad. Now, why do I think cleaning schedules are great, I didn't follow on for probably my kids first year of life. And I didn't follow one when I was working as a nurse because my days were totally random. And when I had a day off, I was completely off. And I only worked three days a week because that's how nurses go. But once I had a kid and I had a little bit more of a set schedule, I was feeling like the whole house was kind of closing in on me and I felt like I needed to do everything every day.

And I was thinking back about what my mom did, and she had a pretty strict cleaning schedule. At least we knew what to do. jobs we were doing each day.