How do you get the big tasks done?

TuneMyHeart · 01-10-2009, 01:05 PM

I have enough trouble getting every day chores done (dishes, laundry, etc.). How do you accomplish things that take several hours? For example, we reallllly need to steam clean our carpet. But I have no idea how to get it done, except for trying to just get one room done at a time. It would be so much easier to do the whole house at once, but it's impossible! How do you do it? What about things that arent' quite that time-consuming (like cleaning bathrooms)?

01-10-2009, 03:11 PM

I wrote up a simple housekeeping routine that keeps my efforts focused on one area each day of the week. One day (Thursday, in my case) is for "projects" which can mean catching up from earlier in the week, or actually working on a big thing like reorganizing a closet or decluttering the basement. And then there are some things - like steam-cleaning the carpet - that are logistically impossible to do right now. They're off the list entirely

Rabbit · 01-10-2009, 03:13 PM

Yup. They're either off the list, or somebody else gets paid to do them, until the children can handle it.

Codi · 01-10-2009, 03:13 PM

01-10-2009, 01:05 PM	#1
TuneMyHeart Rose Garden Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it. Seal it for Thy courts above. Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 22,331	How do you get the big tasks done? I have enough trouble getting every day chores done (dishes, laundry, etc.). How do you accomplish things that take several hours? For example, we reallllly need to steam clean our carpet. But I have no idea how to get it done, except for trying to just get one room done at a time. It would be so much easier to do the whole house at once, but it's impossible! How do you do it? What about things that arent' quite that time-consuming (like cleaning bathrooms)?

01-10-2009, 03:11 PM	#2
KatieMae Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How do you get the big tasks done? I wrote up a simple housekeeping routine that keeps my efforts focused on one area each day of the week. One day (Thursday, in my case) is for "projects" which can mean catching up from earlier in the week, or actually working on a big thing like reorganizing a closet or decluttering the basement. And then there are some things - like steam-cleaning the carpet - that are logistically impossible to do right now. They're off the list entirely

01-10-2009, 03:13 PM	#3
Rabbit Deactivated You know how we say, "It works both ways!" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Neighborhood Posts: 39,704	Re: How do you get the big tasks done? Yup. They're either off the list, or somebody else gets paid to do them, until the children can handle it.

01-10-2009, 03:13 PM	#4
Codi Rose Garden Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 25,840	Re: How do you get the big tasks done? __________________ MOMMY TO A - 14 A - 11 N - 8

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