How often do you perform specific chores at home? (lemmy.sdf.org)

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What's your cadence for maintenance? Is there anything you think you should be doing more frequently? Is there anything you do extra proactively because you don't like seeing it left undone?

I'm also curious about how much time you spend taking care of your home and how that balances with the rest of your personal life, and how you share the load with other people you live with.

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[-] jollyroberts@jolly-piefed.jomandoa.net 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There are a bunch of infographics I like for this question, philosophically/asperationally anyway: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=how+often+should+you+clean&t=fpas&iax=images&ia=images

Now being regimented enough to stick to those schedules is the hard part for me.

Daily/weekly - dishes, trash, laundry always get done, but with the six year old plus two full time jobs they can *linger* for an extra day at times, lol

edit: typo

[-] Acamon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

The first image I clicked on started with "Daily - Make Bed" and I noped out of the whole thing. There's cleaning that needs done regularly for health and there's tasks that get more onerous the longer you leave them (like laundry). But I'll never understand the obsession with making beds.

Maybe people have more complex bedding setups, but mostly I just have a duvet on top and fitted sheet below. What difference does it make to anyone if I lay the duvet out flat and smooth each day? I'm immediately going to move it around when I go to bed, and I spend almost no time in my bedroom when I'm not in my bed. It's the equivalent of saying "Daily - Fold the end of the toilet paper into a neat triangle". If anything, immediately covering your used bedsheets with a duvet is trapping in moisture. At least the German habit of hanging your duvet out to air each day serves a purpose!

[-] jollyroberts@jolly-piefed.jomandoa.net 4 points 2 months ago

hehe, yeah hence my 'aspirational' comment. I think of em as more guidelines than strict must-dos. also I forget that cleaning the blinds is even a thing until i go look these up and see that on the list, lol.

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