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I used to be ridiculously busy and never had a spare moment and what I did was gave myself 30 minutes everyday to get cleaning done. I would time myself (say from 9-9:30pm) and if I was in the mood to keep going great, but if not then I wouldn't let myself feel bad about it. I found that I could actually get a good clean in during that time and I would almost compete with myself to see how much I could get done. Then on the weekend I would give myself 3 hours for the entire weekend and I could split it however I wanted, I acually got a lot done this way.

Another thing I have done is made a list of all of the cleanin that has to be done in a week and assigned myself one (or two, depending on what it is) task per day to get through. I always knew that Monday was dusting, Tuesday was bathrooms, etc.

I do the list thing when I have specific things that need to get done (I do the same thing for work!)

I printed this calendar a few months ago because it seemed really doable with small tasks and I liked the top/down method http://makinglemonadeblog.com/free-printable-spring-cleaning-calendar/

Now...if only I ever actually followed it...

It doesn't follow the usual upkeep so much, but I like the idea of scheduling these types of things outside of dusting/vacuuming, etc. that I tend to do even less often.

The same blogger has sheets for specific months too (the january one helps clean up from the holidays, get ready for taxes, etc.)

I use the Home Routine app on my phone. You can customize your daily chores, check them off as you go, and it will automatically reset the next day. There are weekly chores (vacuum, mop etc), as well as a "focus zone" - bathroom, closet, pantry...that you work on every day for a week. The next week it rotates to the next focus zone. There's a timer which is super helpful!

This is mine. I like the rotating schedule because if I miss a day I can just pick right back up and not miss any tasks or have to double up or figure out how to alter the schedule so it all gets done. I tried to break it up so I wasn't doing the same thing every day.

Here is a printable cleaning schedule:
http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-cleaning-process-and-500-give-away.html

I don't do this...but always planned to, some day...