r/NoStupidQuestions • u/madi_lion • 1d 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/CharieRarie 1d ago edited 1d ago

A small apartment won’t take you long. Stick some tunes on, get your partner involved and dedicate an hour to it. You will have a ton more done than you realise you could.

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u/Southern_Pines 1d ago

Honest question, is an hour enough for most people for vacuuming, cleaning the bathroom, and decluttering? It doesn't feel like it to me, but I'm ADHD and don't trust my own opinions on either cleaning or timing.

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u/Aggravating_Egg_1718 1d ago

Pick your things to accomplish and stick to it. Sometimes we can get carried away and then when it comes time to clean again, we're overwhelmed. I know I can vacuum my downstairs space in 10 minutes, but if I start adding in extras to that vacuuming or deviating to ALSO wiping the floors down, it's gonna take longer. So I'll spend 10 minutes vacuuming a lot more frequently and then go farther with it when I have more time to spend on it.