I’ve used cleaning checklists of some sort for years now.  With my ADHD, lists are a must.  However, as is always the problem with my ADHD, my list generally grew and grew until it was completely unmanageable.

Then, I started using a weekly checklist.  It was similar to the one above, except it was much more tedious and cluttered.  Still, even with that, I found that I was able to keep my house clean and that I wasn’t as stressed out when we had company over.

The final evolutionary step to my checklist occurred when I ran across a cleaning checklist on Pinterest.  The format for it was much more clean than the one I had been using.  After trying this checklist as it was for a while, I took my previous checklist and used the format of the new one.

I then framed it and hung it on the door to my utility room, so that when we have company I can shut that door, and it’ll be hidden.  Framing it was a great option because I can mark checks on the glass with a dry erase marker, and it looks classy, too…  well, ok, as classy as a cleaning checklist CAN look.

I love using these weekly checklists.  Believe it or not, they actually make cleaning much, much simpler.  Once you’ve been through the entire routine a couple of weeks, the house straightens easily, and you get to the point of simply maintaining a clean house instead of drastically and manically cleaning when company is coming over.

Do you use a checklist?  What’s your routine?  Please share!