Circuit Cleaning

Do you get overwhelmed by cleaning? Are you burned out from housework?

I sure am. I have been a stay-at-home mom for over a decade and I can’t stand cleaning. It’s funny that I say that because I used to find it very satisfying to have a clean house, but over the years keeping up with it has become very draining. With kids in the house, I like to say that cleaning house is like “shoveling during a snowstorm”. 

Recently I’ve tried an approach that seems to be working. I call it Circuit Cleaning. Just like circuit exercising, where you go from one station to the next, circuit cleaning keeps you moving along the areas of the house that need to be addressed. 

Here’s how it works: 

1. Pick a spot (...any spot) in your house and devote only 5 minutes to tidying it up.

1. After 5 minutes, move on another spot (preferably far from where you just were), and tidy up for another 5 minutes.
2. Do this for another cycle or so, and then just sit and relax for 5 minutes.
3. Keep up this pattern for one hour. You won’t believe how much you actually get done.

Let me know how this works for you! Also I love suggestions, so please share them with me.