Whether you are a career oriented go-getter working 40 to 50 hours a week, a working mum, a stay at home parent, or a student with a heavy workload, fitting chores into your weekly schedule and staying on top of the housework is likely to be a challenge. It is easy to put off doing everyday jobs in favour of relaxing after a long day’s work, spending a little time with the kids before bed, or pouring over books to meet your next assignment deadline. At the time, almost everything seems more important than washing the dishes or doing the laundry; that is until it has built up for a week or more and you have nothing to wear or eat with! When this happens, you are faced with a mammoth task: a full day’s cleaning just to get back to a reasonable level of housekeeping. If you can work out a way to spend a little time doing housework, you will find that it is much easier to stay on top of the chores and you will never be faced with the daunting and demoralising mountain of work that builds up if you let things slide. Great!... But just exactly how do you do this with a hectic schedule like yours?

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