It depends on your lifestyle, but for most people, short daily sessions plus an occasional bigger clean work best. A single “big cleaning day” sounds heroic, but it can easily get cancelled when you’re tired or plans change. Then the house quietly slips into chaos again.
Daily sessions don’t have to be dramatic. Just 10–20 minutes focused on key spots – kitchen counters, dishes, bathroom sink, putting things back where they belong. This stops mess from piling up to a point where it feels overwhelming. Think of it as brushing your teeth: small effort, big long-term impact.
A bigger clean every week or two is still useful for things you don’t do daily: mopping all floors properly, changing bedsheets, cleaning fans, wiping windowsills. When your baseline is maintained by quick daily habits, these sessions feel more like tuning than disaster recovery.
So if you constantly feel behind, try flipping the approach. Do a little every day, even when you’re lazy, and reserve “big day” cleaning only for deeper tasks, not basic survival.