To make a list work, you need to have some sort of schedule. And there are probably as many ways to schedule as there are homes. You may already have figured out what works for you, but if not, here are a few basic ideas to consider.
Whole House Cleaning
With this method, most of the house is cleaned each week. Here are some common ways you might schedule it on a weekly basis.
Different room(s) each day — For example, bedrooms on Mondays, living areas on Tuesdays, bathrooms on Wednesdays, and so on.
Different task(s) each day — For example, Mondays do all vacuuming and dusting, Tuesdays change all bed linens, Wednesdays clean all sinks/toilets/showers, etc.
All at once — This is not for everyone, but if it suits your schedule and/or lifestyle you could take one big chunk of time and clean the whole house.
Zone Cleaning
With this method, you divide the home into zones. You then rotate through the zones, focusing on one at a time. Light general cleaning through the whole house (sweeping floors, tidying up, wiping out sinks, etc.) is done daily to keep things in order.
Weekly Zone Cleaning (think FlyLady) — Focus on one zone each week. Break down all the tasks for that area and work on some every day. This allows you to do a deeper cleaning of each zone in rotation because you concentrate on it for an entire week.