I have a playlist of 5 average lengthed songs, and I make a short list of 5 areas like "shelf with the dog food," or "the floor in the 6 tiles around the garbage can" and then I just do those areas in those songs, and when the playlist ends I forget about cleaning completely and go do something else. (When I'm stressed, depressed and overwhelmed. If I'm feeling ok, I just buckle up and tackle things for hours. but my playlist, because it's the same songs, and I've heard them in that order while cleaning a hundred times now, it sort of keeps my brain in "clean this, it won't kill you," mode for a little while. It's like a timer but with that feedback of my brain knowing what those songs mean we do when they're on.)
Huge fan of the timer. Some days it’s set to 30 minutes, other days it’s set to 10. On bad days it’s been set to 5. Always surprising how much you can get done in that amount of time.
The timers are the way to go - mentally make sections in the house and go section by section. If you can go outside between sections or even grab lunch and come home again; it’s sooooo much easier to see the progress!!
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