A New Year, a new broom ...

Copyright Gary Knight 2009 Creative Commons

Last year I had a go at a daily housework routine.  It was meant to be quick and easy but still stop the house descending into daily chaos.  It kind of worked.  But inevitably as soon as I blogged it, I fell unceremoniously off the wagon and despite various attempts to scramble back on, something always seemed to get in the way and I am still drowning in the disorder.

Full of New Year good intentions delusions I'm having another go.

This time it's going to be much, much simpler.



I'm dumping the rigid schedule for a set of daily habits. I've ordered them by what I reckon makes the biggest difference to the house and each week I am going to try and "master" one of them until it's so hard wired in my brain that I can do it well but really, really, really quickly on auto-pilot.

Now I may be over optimistic at times but I'm not completely delusional.  I know I will "fail" regularly, so firstly, I will celebrate what I do rather than feel bad about what I don't and secondly, I will arm myself with some cod psychology to fight that nagging little voice that convinces me to do anything other than housework! I reckon if I note down the big benefits of each habit and some rapid rebuttals for my tired excuses I'll be able to drown him out.

Finally, I've turned my dull list into a lovely "mummy reward chart" and if I complete my chart I get treats :-)

So here are the top 12 daily habits that will make my life easier if I can but do them everyday ...

1. Run dishwasher
2. Empty bins & compost
3. Whizz around kitchen 
4. Quick clean bathroom basin & loo
5. Make beds
6. Keep on top of towels
7. Put clothes away 
8. Pack tomorrow's bag
9. Prepare clothes for tomorrow
10. Back-up laptop & charge laptop, phone & mobile
11. Open mail as comes in
12. Polish shoes

I am going to blog each week on my habit of the week so if you would like to join me in my 12 week domestic dummy "make over" do give me a shout.  Or if you're already a proud domestic goddess and have tricks and tips for a sparkling home in no time flat please, please do come and share with us lesser mortals ... :-) ... on Twitter and Google+.



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