( the sequel to my very anal post ; those that do not do housework need not read it !! )
You’ve figured out the early morning and before bedtime chores and have marked them for sorting . The first task in the late morning chore is decluttering. Now look through the remaining ‘ Daily ‘ task and work them out into flowing steps. For example, bathroom-cleaning detergents need time to work their magic. Spray them first, then do other areas like dusting, sweeping, before washing the detergents off. Mark them in order by placing ” L1, L2 , L3, etc ” next to the tasks in the fourth column . After you’ve labeled all the remaining daily tasks, you can highlight them and sort them out by ascending order.
I don’t know if there is an easier way to do it on Excel, but I just copy/paste this list ( excluding the fourth column ) so that there are enough for the 5 working days.
Underneath each list will be where all the other remaining chores get allocated. You can group them by ‘ area ‘ and distribute them through the week with the to-be-done dates noted next to them. For example, my Mondays is gardening and dog bath day. Tuesdays is storage clean up day where I’ll alternate mondays to clean/organize toys, closets, storage rooms. Wednesdays is usually the day I visit mom, and also go to ” Pun Gun ” , a shop that takes in donated stuff to support underprivileged school kids. This way you don’t have to keep stuffs you don’t need. After you packed them up , the next day you give them away. You get an uncluttered house and good karma every week.
I print out a sheet for each working day. The list have little check boxes next to the task. You add this by shrinking the column and adding borders . Since this is the first-draft list, I print out enough to last a month ( that will be four checkboxes / task ). After one month I can further adjust it to better suit me.
I’m into week 2 of the list and it is very satisfying looking at all the checked boxes. Next week, I can add gym time back into my life


