Very few people like to. Normally it is a task that is very, very lazy, and that we usually leave for the end of the week. But this has a tremendous drawback: we spend a good part of Saturday or Sunday cleaning instead of enjoying the free time we may have.

For this reason, we have spoken with the professional organizer Leticia Pérez, who has taught us some practical methods to clean your house, such as an ‘express cleaning’ that you can do every day. Do you dare to avoid the terrible cleaning marathons? Look!

How to organize the cleaning of your home

• When you are not passionate about cleaning, you have to create a good system and good cleaning planning so as not to waste. For this, Leticia recommends us to use a domestic agenda. What is it for? Simply in it we can plan a cleaning on an annual, monthly, weekly and daily basis. In this way we will be able to do a little each day and we will avoid the horrible cleaning marathons that we talked about at the beginning of the article.
• On the other hand, we will enjoy the holidays with our family, friends, and partner or with ourselves, because if we are here living it is because we have time. So, as the specialist tells us, we should not waste it cleaning.
• What then does planning housework consist of? As we mentioned, you should make a domestic agenda in which you write down your tasks, according to your own needs or your available time, to:
• Daily cleaning: if you manage to carry out a series of tasks every day, little by little it will become a habit and you will make your home look clean and very welcoming. These tasks, as Leticia rightly comments in her book, will not take you more than 20 minutes a day.
• Weekly cleaning: these types of tasks are also very integrated into the previous ones, since one day of the week some of them will be done together with the daily cleaning. For example, every Monday you can put the washing.
• Monthly cleaning: they are those tasks that may cost to remember but that, after all, must be done. For example, cleaning lamps, paintings, cleaning the oven or microwave… In other words, everything that will take a little more time. These tasks are also integrated into one day a month within the daily cleaning tasks.
• All these tasks will be integrated into your individual planner, as each person must find the method that best suits their needs. Of course, do not worry if one day you cannot carry out your tasks because some unforeseen event has arisen. In addition, it is important to also delegate tasks if you live with more people in your house, with your partner, with your children… All family members must contribute their bit so that your house is in perfect condition.

What does the daily express cleaning of your house consist of?

• Leticia tells us that daily express cleaning is the key to success so that your house stays as clean and tidy as possible. If you’re but very messy, it will give the feeling that it is dirty. But if your house is not like gold jets but everything is tidy, it will seem like the cleanest house in the world.
• These are small tasks that at first may seem like a world, but once we have systematized them, it will take only a few minutes to carry them out. And what tasks are they? According to the book of our favorite organizer, we can find several tasks:
• Ventilate the house and let the beds air out. Once you have had breakfast or done your sports routine, make the beds. If you have children, Leticia’s recommendation is that you teach them to make their own beds from an early age, as well as to order and organize their toys.
• Express bathroom cleaning: get a bathroom and always leave it in this room of the house, so it will be easier to take it directly and throw it in the toilet, in the sink… You can also clean the mirrors and, once it has taken effect the cleaner, wipe the toilet and the sink.
• Express kitchen cleaning: ideally, you should clean the counter every time you cook or every time you see that it has gotten dirty. Also, you should remember that it is not recommended to leave dirty dishes for a long time.
• General order: a premise that everyone should carry out is that when you pick up something, and then put it back in its place. It is a good way for the house to be properly organized. In addition, Leticia recommends vacuuming the house during this daily express cleaning to avoid the accumulation of lint and dust on the floor.
• The organization specialist, in addition to all these tips, recommends us to practice ‘mindful cleaning’, that is, conscious cleaning. Concentrate on cleaning as quickly as possible and without any type of distraction, such as the mobile or the television.