Does anyone have a cleaning rota (ADHD)

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I have never been able to keep a clean house. I go through phases of deep cleaning then ignoring everything for long periods, feeling overwhelmed, letting it all rot till I hit the deep clean phase again.

I've just moved and wnat to use the new house as a fresh start!
Am thinking of making a weekly and monthly rota.
Weekly for routine things, monthly for larger deep clean jobs. Has anyone done this.

Not sure what to start with.

I write lists to complete daily to help me stay on track.

Yes i do this, its certain rooms on certain days and then a monthly rota to ‘big clean’ rooms

I do a room a day using the organised mum method TOMM - works very and I don't feel like I'm constantly cleaning as a room a day gets attention and Friday focus changes weekly.

The best advice for OP is to 'put the kitchen to bed' every night. Before you get ready for bed (and before you get too tired),put the dirty dishes in the dishwasher and turn it on. Wipe down the surfaces and chuck the days dish cloth and tea towel into the laundry. So nice to come down in the morning to clear surfaces to make that first cup of coffee ☕️

Cleaning rotas are usually very helpful for ADHD to keep on top of the daily/weekly tasks. They have mixed success for the less frequent tasks like window washing and oven cleaning so worth thinking about outsourcing those if you can afford it.

What I have been told and read is that most people find breaking it up over the week makes it more manageable. How you do this varies. Some find it best to do 1 room a day top to bottom plus 1 load laundry a day. Others find it best to assign Tuesday as hoovering day, Wednesday as dusting day, and so on.

All have set rules for daily tasks like wash dishes as soon as done eating before doing anything else (limits distraction and forgetting). Or open and read all of yesterdays mail every morning while eating breakfast.

It helps to have a home for everything you own so when you tidy you aren’t moving a pile from one place to another place- it all has a place to go. This may mean purchasing a few organisers to put around the house. Like a blanket box for sofa throws and blankets. Or a cabinet to keep hobby things in.

Yes great advice above. Put one load of washing in machine every day and it doesn't pile up

I do! Yet to fully follow it but....

Daily is dishes and kitchen sides before bed.

Mon/Tues is laundry on and Weds is laundry away. Got fed up of laundy hanging up over weekend.

Fri is bedroom and bed so fresh for weekend.

Sat is the bathroom - loo, sink, sides. Love a clean bathroom.

Sun, after food prep, is deeper kitchen clean i.e. microwave, hob, floor. Also the bath as that is a bigger job.

As and when is oven. Monthly ideally.

Obviously there are other jobs like windows but I think it's best to start with basics and habit stack.

I want to get a board off Amazon, will link to it.

I feel like dealing with it daily wouldn't work as I wake up most days and don't want to do anything so starting the day by making a list would just be a stepping stone I couldn't even start on.

Another vote for The Organised Mum Method! Free instructions here: https://www.theorganisedmum.blog/free-printables/

You can print them out if you like visuals.

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I also need lists to get things done, and I agree, making a list in the morning just doesn't happen, 9 times out of 10. (Correction, for me, the list often exists and gets multiply rewritten in my head, but until and unless it reaches a piece of paper it rarely does much good!)

So for me it is the evening routine that starts to be key, try starting with "I will write down a jobs list for tomorrow" as a minimum.

(note to self - listen!)

Yep

monday ds2
tuesday dh and my towels
wednesday general
Friday ds2 bedding and general
saturday delicates
sunday dh and my bedding

Declutter, that has made the biggest difference.

Monday - towels
Saturday - bedding
Every day- bathrooms and cloakroom
Every other day- vacuuming and dusting downstairs
Ditto upstairs
Hard floors are washed at least twice a week
Blinds dusted every week and wiped every fortnight
Windows/ mirrors, once a month
Other washing - midweek or when needed.
DH does the oven, but it’s pyrolitic

In between, things like washing window sills outside and in.

I use the Rock the Housework guided cleans. Best £3 a month ever!

Sorry if this isn't want people want to hear but 'routine' has never worked for me. I can make as many timetables/charts etc that I want but I won't follow them!
Designing things around not doing anything, so I can take care of them when I'm energetic enough to do so is key. And having everything reachable.
Bins in every room, 'chuck boxes' so I can sweep things into them. I don't own that much 'stuff' so it doesn't need dusting. I have a vacuum cleaner for both upstairs and downstairs, duplicate cleaning materials in every room.

I'm hit and miss OP, but I have just - as in this year and I am 40 - started the putting the kitchen to bed every night.

I make dinner, clean up, load the dishwasher and make the packed lunches for the following day before I sit down in the evening.

To get through it I put music or a podcast on which makes it feel more productive.

I struggle with lists because I get distracted by making them, but the nightly kitchen clean has stuck.

Everything else is ad hoc, so hopefully I can pick up some tips too.

I've given up and got a cleaner instead.