Creating cleaning schedules and routines within your home takes time and dedication. The key piece of advice is to keep drilling in your head is in order for this to become a habit you have to be consistent every single day whether you want to or not. And by being consistent, in return this will end up becoming clockwork without even thinking. Once you have these habits down your house will feel much more calmer.

It takes time and work to get a home out of chaos. I know because I lived in chaos for years until I realized that I had to change or I’d be miserable. Not only does a chaotic, messy home worsen mental illness it also puts tremendous stress on you and your family. Once I started sticking with a cleaning schedule, and trust me it was not easy at all, but I finally did it. The more you do certain tasks everyday the more it becomes a habit. No one likes doing the dishes. That’s the worse chore out there, at least in my opinion. I’ve learned over the years however that if I let the dishes pile up my house would be in shambles. And ever since I started forcing myself to do certain tasks now it’s not as bad. Here are ideas for you to use to create a realistic cleaning schedule.