Managing household tasks on top of work and everything else can be a struggle. I find it often goes down my list of priorities. I know it needs to be done, I like living in a clean and tidy house. It can also be overwhelming at times remembering what needs to happen when.
A number of years ago, I was listening to a discussion on the radio talking about how often people wash their towels, and I couldn’t remember the last time I had changed the towels in the bathroom! My kids towels got changed fairly regularly as they would get dirty with cleaning up after muddy football matches or other games, however that wasn’t consistent. The discussion said that towels need to be changed at least once a week.
At that time, we had a cleaner who came every Friday, and this started the routine of changing the towels on a Friday that has continued since then.
Every Friday, all the towels and bathmats are washed, regardless of how often they have been used in the week. Then fresh towels and bathmats are put out. This includes the mats in the toilet. Recently, I added the tea towels and dishcloths to make sure they are changed regularly too.
There are some towels that aren’t used very often, but that doesn’t matter. If needed, they are changed more frequently, but always changed on a Friday too.
By having the trigger of our cleaner coming and making sure the task is done on the same day every week, I make sure our towels are changed at least weekly.
The towels are washed and dried on a Friday, that doesn’t mean they are always folded up and put away on the same day… but they are clean and ready for use the following week when they will be needed once more.
Do you have any clever tips for making sure your towels are changed regularly?
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