Cleaning habits for a tidy home

A tidy home is mostly a few small habits, done before things pile up. None of these take more than ten minutes.

8 habit ideas

Tidy for 10 minutes
Every day Evening

Set a timer, put things back where they live, and stop when it rings.
Make my bed
Every day Morning

The first thing you finish in the day, and it takes about a minute.
Water the plants
2 times a week Morning

Twice a week, on the same two days, so no plant is forgotten.
Dishes done before bed
Every day Evening

Wash up or load the dishwasher before you sit down for the evening, so the morning starts clean.
Sweep the floor
2 times a week Anytime

Just the room you use most. Five minutes with a broom or the vacuum.
Take out the recycling
Once a week Evening

The evening before collection, with the rubbish bin while you are at it.
Declutter one drawer
Once a week Anytime

One drawer, one shelf or one bag of things to give away. Small enough for a Sunday.
Reset the living room
Every day Before bed

Cushions back, blankets folded, cups to the kitchen. Two minutes before bed.

Every habit here can be made in Cozy: name it, give it one of 290 hand-drawn stickers and a color, and pick its days.

Make these in Cozy.

Each habit becomes a card that fills with color when you tick it off, with a streak that forgives a hard day.

Small and often beats big and rare

Ten minutes a day keeps the weekend free. The big clean gets smaller every week.
Give each chore its days

Plants on two days, recycling on one. In Cozy a habit shows on the days you pick and stays out of the way on the rest.
Tick it off

A chore you can tick feels finished. Watching the card fill is half the fun.