Every homemaker needs to decide what “reasonably clean” is for her house. We each must find our balance between “my household can function smoothly” and “cleaning is stressing me out because it’s undone every time a child walks through a room.” We don’t want to be a frazzled mess because everything is in shambles or because other people live in our house. A clean house exists for the good of people. The point is to keep our homes useful and functioning, not pristine. Our routines are how we execute that dance.
