One of the ways that I react to the autumn and the onset of SAD, is to just focus on getting through the week and then collapsing in a heap at the weekend. Which is pretty much how September went.

This is a mistake. It’s impossible for me to get through the work week well, if I haven’t laid those foundations at the weekend. Which is how I found myself crying the week before last because I couldn’t get the freezer drawer back into the freezer. I know, it was a low point even for me, but I had a migraine, was trying to get to the ice pack for my head and I couldn’t get the bloody freezer closed. Defrosting the freezer is a weekend job and the consequence of not doing it was a meltdown about a freezer drawer! You live, you learn, you live a bit more and re-learn the same lessons..

So for October, I’m going to change that. I’m going to try and get the bulk of the housework done on one day of the weekend and reap the rewards of a tidy living space during the week. My plan is to do the general stuff every weekend and add one or two specialist things that don’t need doing every week but do need to be done semi regularly (defrosting freezer, cleaning the oven, sorting out part of a room etc) each weekend. Those things will be in italics. I need to write it down somewhere so here it is.

This is this weekend’s to-do list!

Kitchen

• Defrost freezer and clean fridge
• General clean (this means sorting out the recycling and rubbish, mopping the floor and general cleaning)

Bathroom

•  General clean (mop floor, change towels, empty bin, clean bath, sink and toilet)

Bedroom

• General clean (sweep floor, change bed, dust, general tidy)

Living Room

• General clean (sweep floor, dust, tidy sofa, put things away etc)

General House things

• Washing
• Ironing
• Wash make up brushes
• Water plants

What’s your style of housework? All at the weekend? A little every day? Share any hints and tips you have, goodness knows I need the help!