No domestic help during lockdown? Easy hacks to manage your home
Amid coronavirus fear, most of you must have asked your maid or other domestic help to avoid coming till further notice. In such a situation, the burden of managing the household chores comes on your shoulders. You need to juggle your work, kids, family, household chores, everything together. In order to make managing things a cakewalk, here are a few tips to help you.
Dividing the chores
The benefit of having every member of the
at home should reflect in the daily chores. Divide the work to be done in advance and involve everybody in it. Somebody can volunteer to clean the utensils, while someone can broom the house. Someone can dust the whole house, while someone can take the job of cooking. These collective efforts will not only help in managing the chores easily but will also keep everybody busy.
Avoid using unnecessary cutlery
Another way of reducing the extra chores, avoid using unnecessary plates, spoons or other utensils. Use cutlery wisely and think about how to reduce the burden on the person washing it. Use organic paper plates if you have any in order to avoid washing dishes for a few meals.
Schedule days for doing laundry
Schedule two days in a week for doing laundry. It can also depend on the load of laundry you have and can switch up or down a day. Collect all your laundry in one place and teach your younger ones how to handle a washing machine. In this way, they will not only learn how to do household chores but will also be of great help to you.
Make a routine for your kids
Kids staying at home the whole day could cause a lot of trouble out of boredom. In order to keep them busy and also make them do something productive, sketch out a routine for them. Divide enough time for studies, household chores, hobbies and fun time. Make them do small tasks like folding laundry, watering the plants or dusting the home.
Put things at their proper place as soon as you use them
A small hack to avoid cluttering your home and finding things at their designated place is putting things at their assigned place whenever you use them. Picking up things and keeping them here and there leads to things get lost and also makes your home messy. In order to avoid an extra chore, keep things from where you picked them, declutter your workstation and make your bed as soon as you get up.
Make cooking a family activity
In order to make cooking fun and interactive, make it a family activity. Ask everyone to come to the kitchen and help you in the task. Someone can chop veggies, while someone can lay down plates. Make sure you do not create a situation of ‘too many cooks spoil the broth’ in the process.
Cooking together will give you some sweet time to bond together as a family.
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Dividing the chores
The benefit of having every member of the
at home should reflect in the daily chores. Divide the work to be done in advance and involve everybody in it. Somebody can volunteer to clean the utensils, while someone can broom the house. Someone can dust the whole house, while someone can take the job of cooking. These collective efforts will not only help in managing the chores easily but will also keep everybody busy.
Avoid using unnecessary cutlery
Another way of reducing the extra chores, avoid using unnecessary plates, spoons or other utensils. Use cutlery wisely and think about how to reduce the burden on the person washing it. Use organic paper plates if you have any in order to avoid washing dishes for a few meals.
Schedule days for doing laundry
Schedule two days in a week for doing laundry. It can also depend on the load of laundry you have and can switch up or down a day. Collect all your laundry in one place and teach your younger ones how to handle a washing machine. In this way, they will not only learn how to do household chores but will also be of great help to you.
Make a routine for your kids
Kids staying at home the whole day could cause a lot of trouble out of boredom. In order to keep them busy and also make them do something productive, sketch out a routine for them. Divide enough time for studies, household chores, hobbies and fun time. Make them do small tasks like folding laundry, watering the plants or dusting the home.
Put things at their proper place as soon as you use them
A small hack to avoid cluttering your home and finding things at their designated place is putting things at their assigned place whenever you use them. Picking up things and keeping them here and there leads to things get lost and also makes your home messy. In order to avoid an extra chore, keep things from where you picked them, declutter your workstation and make your bed as soon as you get up.
Make cooking a family activity
In order to make cooking fun and interactive, make it a family activity. Ask everyone to come to the kitchen and help you in the task. Someone can chop veggies, while someone can lay down plates. Make sure you do not create a situation of ‘too many cooks spoil the broth’ in the process.
Cooking together will give you some sweet time to bond together as a family.
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