When we clean our home we need to have some standards to go by and the way we run our homes is determined by the standards we set for ourself. Start off my planning these standards, and yes you can lower them or change them, even upgrade them, this is your plan and also your standards.
First of all some homemakers think that Monday has to be the day to do the wash, that used to be the custom when they didn't have machines in the home but now most have their own washer and dryer and can do the laundry weekly, daily or however they wish. This will also depend on the size of your family and the size of the laundry needing to be cleaned, folded and put away. So decide for yourself when you want to do laundry for instance.
Most homemakers carry their schedules around in their heads, but if at first you need help get out those notecards and fill it what needs to be done daily in each room. For instance most will be making the beds as the children and husbands are heading off to work or right afterwards as it just seems when a bed is made in the bedroom the room just seems to look more tidy. Let's take the bedroom as an example, start by making the bed, the run the dust mop or the vacuum depending on the floor in the room. Pick up the clutter around, whether
clothing or books, magazines or whatever, then take a dust rag if necessary and dust around the furniture, save the polishing for a weekly chore. Check the drawers and see if all are folded, just takes a few minutes, then the closet, after this you probably have a very tidy room.
The kitchen requires a lot of care as you are preparing meals, the family is eating the meals and naturally there is a lot of cleaning in this area. In the morning after preparing breakfast, get the dishes clean and put away, the counter tops all clean, the stove clean and then think about what you will be preparing for lunch and also dinner, perhaps take out the meat to thaw.
As you plan the order of your cleaning, keep in mind that things change, a doctor's appointment, a trip to the school, all these change our plans.
Keep a calender on the wall to keep track of the appointments, etc. and plan your cleaning order around these items.
Decide when you will do the laundry, when you will fold the laundry and put it away, naturally if you will take the clothes from the dryer or the line and fold them and put them in assorted piles by the rooms it will be easier for you to place them back in the order you have assigned for each article of clothing, such as your husband's socks, sort and fold and place in the same place he removed them from and you have a neat system and a neat underwear drawer.
It only makes a difference when you preplan, bring a container that has cleaning items such as: glass cleaner, paper towels, scouring powder, all purpose cleaner, a small pail, furniture polish from room to room and you won't be making wasted trips going back and forth bringing the cleaning items from the kitchen to the bathroom. If space allows have a set of these basic cleaning items in a container with a small pail in each of your bathrooms and clean the rooms near them with each container.
Don't forget to encourage family members to pick up toys, and clothing and put in the proper hamper, or box in their rooms. Also encourage them to not mess up a drawer when getting out a pair of socks of perhaps a tee shirt or shorts, get out the item they have decided upon and if others are out of order they need to realize they should put them back as they were and life becomes easier for Mom.
Just do a little preplanning, encourage others to do their part, and this homemaking career will be easier and more rewarding than you think.