May the gods of cleaning (Poseidon or Hades, depending on how hellish it is) have mercy. I've lived on my own now for a couple of years. My parents always said "it ain't a hotel here" so I had to help with chores often. I like to break up tasks in smaller tasks, it increases the likelihood that I actually do it (e.g. I do the dishes daily). Here's my rough schedule: Daily: doing the dishes, cleaning eating surfaces like tables, tidying my bed, reduce loose item entropy Weekly: clean toilet, shower, vacuum clean, laundry (whenever you have enough to fill a washing machine) Biweekly: dusting (depends a ton on home & ventilation), clean kitchen thoroughly, iron shirts. To keep track, you can make a simple spreadsheets with 'week / day number' as columns and the chores as rows. Print it out and cross the squares when you're done.