1. Make the bed (8 minutes)
2. Clean off my desk (20 minutes)
3. Wash and put away the clothes (1 hour)
4. Vacuum (20 minutes)
5. Put some stitches in the duvet (45 minutes)5 years ago

1. Clean the office
2. File away the sheet music
3. Clean the guest room
4. Clean the bedroom
5. Wash a few loads, including the sheets
6. Clean out the fridge
7. Vacuum
8. Clean the bathroom (floor, tub, and sink)
9. Fix Kim’s trinket dish
10. Make the bed with clean sheets, change the pillowcases5 years ago

Today I will:

1. Wash and fold the clothes
2. Put away the clothes in the bedroom
3. Clean the bathroom
4. Put away her CDs
5. Organize the office
6. Organize my bags
7. Make the bed
   
   I might also:
   
   
8. Vacuum the carpets
9. Go to the grocery store for bleach and dye 5 years ago

Today I will:

1. Fold and put away two loads of clothes
2. Wash two more loads of clothes
3. Iron my shirts and pants
4. Tidy the office and bedroom
5. Vacuum 5 years ago

I also

1. finished trimming the hedges
2. cooked dinner once
3. washed all the clothes
4. bleached a load that I stained back to white again
5. dyed my black stuff again, and
6. did the dishes a few times 5 years ago

1. vacuum the carpets
2. do a few loads of laundry
3. dye my clothes again
4. trim the hedges
5. weed the beds
6. plant some ground-cover and flowers 5 years ago

1. really clean the inside of the car
2. weed the beds
3. wash my parent’s windows and mirrors
4. do the laundry5 years ago

1. Wash the car
2. Do the laundry
3. Vacuum my parent’s house5 years ago

1. Finish weeding the beds
2. Cut back the crepe myrtle
3. Clean the office
4. Clean Simone’s litter box5 years ago

1. Clean the bedroom and library
2. Weed the beds
3. Clean the car
4. Trim the hedges
5. Wash, fold, and put away the rest of the clothes5 years ago

• Wash and fold all of the clothes
• Clean the guest room
• Think about cleaning the garage 6 years ago

and floors and bathtubs like an obsessive person for three weeks now. It’s fun. I’ll mark this as “done” for now. 6 years ago

I love doing housework well. It feels great to work hard, and see my work result in beauty. This is one of the goals that will help build a strong foundation of fairness and companionship underneath our marriage. Here are a few paths to this goal…

1. Print out my chores list again
2. Keep a daily tally of how many chores I do. Strive to increase that number
3. Try to always leave a room at least a little better than when I enter it
4. Invite people over more often. It’s a great motivator for cleaning
5. Assign myself weekly duties in my planner
6. Build chores into my nighttime or morning rituals
7. Try to keep our place as clean as a hotel

These are some possibilities for meeting this goal. If I can keep my level of effort at around 70% for a few weeks, I’ll count this goal as “done.” 6 years ago