Depending on the nature of your schedule, you should clean up once per day, once per week, or once per month. If you have 30 to 60 minutes to spare every 24 hours, it’s incredible how much you can get done by simply tackling one task at a time before proceeding to the next.
Things might pile up after a week, but you could have at least a little longer to care for your household on weekends. Doing one thing at a time and maximizing every minute is generally the most effective strategy. It’s often easier to concentrate if you turn off distractions—such as television shows and music—and focus on meeting each of your goals.
If you clean up every month, you’ll likely need to dedicate an entire day to this and use every hour available to you to do the laundry, etcetera. However, it can still be a very effective strategy—many of us are so swamped during the month that it’s tough to keep up with our household duties, which is entirely understandable.