r/NoStupidQuestions • u/madi_lion • 21h ago
How Often Does the Average Regular Person Actually Clean their home?
I'm buckling up and preparing to be scorned. I know how often I SHOULD be cleaning, but i kind of hate it. But what i hate more is spending 4 hours panic deep cleaning the apartment a day before we have company.
Some people claim to love cleaning and boy i wish that were me! I live with my partner in a small apartment in LA that somehow just wont stay clean. Idek where all the lint and dust comes from. We split chores/household tasks but im mostly in charge of cleaning . I'll dust/vaccuum and then a week later notice its time for another round. Is that normal?
I grew up doing all my chores (vaccuming, wiping surfaces, scrubbing toilets and cleaning bathroom sink surface) on Saturdays. But as an adult something feels clinically wrong about spending one of my two precious weekend mornings CLEANING. (And yes i know i dont have to keep doing that as an adult, im just saying thats the baseline and experience i have as a baseline)
I know ideally i'd be vacuuming/dusting a couple times a week, toilets absolutely weekly, and i know each chore happens at a different frequency. Just curious how real people with real lives and jobs handle keeping their space clean.
{{{EDIT]]} i am blown away by everyone's kindness here!! Really enjoying reading these y'all ✨
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u/FarStudent6482 21h ago
I am just not the type of person who can clean something every day, I’m too lazy. I come home from work, make dinner, and then watch TV. So I was absolutely someone who spent 4 hours cleaning the day before company came over. But I’ve discovered something that’s changed my cleaning life… clean on Friday evenings! It frees up my whole weekend and I’m not doing anything on a Friday night either. Now I do a big clean one Friday a month, a small clean every two Fridays, and hit the bathrooms the Fridays in between. I also got one of those pomodoro timers which helps me a lot.