So, the way I grew up I'm actually shockingly good at deep cleaning

[conuly]

I'm even not bad at decluttering, so long as it's okay to literally throw everything out. (They'll sooner or later send another copy of that late bill, don't worry! And you can always order another birth certificate, probably.)

But I'm not so good at routine maintenance. Does anybody have any already set up daily/weekly/monthly/periodically checklists for various areas of the house that they can recommend?

Comments

[movingfinger]

Getting two Eufy vaccums worked for me, the 11s type. They do the floors every day, one up one down, and it is amazing how much less dust etc there is generally if the vacs collect most of the loose cat hair etc. They have limitations, of course, they don't do behind doors and they can't get into crevices or under some things, but having them has noticeably improved my life. Automating my least favorite task means it's done.

You live in a city with much more dust and pollution, and when I did, weekly dusting was necessary, it just was, the grime appeared everywhere. Doing it weekly kept it better under control.

For the kitchen, ants are a frequent invader here, so keeping the counters clean and uncluttered helps with that, and keeping the cat food area clean too. That's, like, daily or more, as needed.

[conuly]

We do have a (not) roomba.