How on earth do I motivate myself...

I find myself posting on Mylot instead of cleaning my apartment even though I've been telling myself I would do it for the past week. If I don't keep up on the cleaning every day then it just gets bad again. It's hard to do when you're lazy (like me) but man, it feels sooo good to look around and see the whole place clean.

The way you take your morning tea, or breakfast cleaning should be a part of your daily routine work seeing that you dont miss anything done. If not you get the work done by your kids or your maid. kids should know how important it is to keep the place clean after using because the same way they they cannot use it next time if it is left untidy so teaching or guiding your family member plays a major role since after that they themselves start prompting if anything is found untidy. Now-a days we can use disposables materials which reduces major labour work. So try out these points if possible.

Housework is like painting the Sidney Harbour Bridge - endless. I hate housework, like you, but it still has to be done. I try to set aside time every day to get the housework done, but it doesn't make it any easier. Yes it is nice to have a perfect, immaculate, clean and tidy home but mine will never be like that, despite my efforts.

first of all, your house doesn't have to be spotless. How I motivate myself to clean is by thinking of it like exercise. I need to lose a bit of weight and on the days that I houseclean, vacumn, wash toilets etc I think of it as my workout! it motivates me to keep on. As for the dishes which is a daily thing, I share that with my husband. We each take turns so that helps. Can you get your kids to help more?

I dont like cleaning either :)) So I know how you feel. I dont own a house, but even just keeping my bathroom and bedroom clean is a true pain. First off, I have A.D.D. and we who have it are natural born slobs. So my desk and area always a mess. I clean it up, and it always gets messy again. I dont know why! So my tips here are this. MAKE IT FUN! Play some music that makes you want to get going, open up the windows to let in the sun, and keep it moving. Take breaks and promise yourself something great when you are done. And if you got little time, dont too much at once! I dont mind doing clothes oddly enough... huh. :)) good luck!

This is what I do. I do dishes twice a day. After lunch I do the breakfast dishes and the lunch dishes, then after dinner I do dinner and snack dishes. I am not one who does after every time someone eats. I do laundry every other day. And, I spot clean during the day. I do not see the point in scrubbing the house all day long if it is just going to get messy again in a few. I do the floors every other day, I have hardwood floors through out my house, if I didn't I wouldn't do floors that often. I really deep clean every Sat or Sun. I have come to realize that I have two young children and my house isn't alwasy going to be clean. You just have to do a little at a time.

I am in the same boat as you.I want to finish painting our bedroom,but everytime I turn around something else needs to be done.And its the same thing like you!By the time I get done doing the regular stuff like clothes,dishes mopping etc.I don't have time to do the things I want to do to the house.It seems that I feel overwhelmed and then I don't feel like doing anything.So since you started this discussion I decided that I am going to make a day to day list.Dishes every day,Clothes every 3 days,mop and vacum every 2 days.Every day on this list I will add 1 or more things to do such as.Clean so and so's bedroom,clean bathroom,get junk out of basement,finish painting etc.Think it will work?

I don't know what to suggest, i think housework is universally hated and just about impossible to motive yourself to do! Maybe you could try doing it along to music, or maybe offer yourself a reward for each bit of housework you do? At elast you know you're not alone!

you just have to think of your family. you love them and you dont want your love ones to be an unhealthy environment right? i think love is the supreme motivation for you to do your household work. Goodluck!

THE EARTH,this word means alot for me:the continuous rotation of it arround its axis provide inspiration in my life to carry on

I guess only few loves household chores even the house maids...just think about the outcome if no one would do the chores? If you don't like it, better keep moving!

i'm sick of the housework, too. i'd like to give you two suggestions. first, don't be too critical of housework. even if u do it 24 hours a day, u will still find something undone. second, ask other family members to help u. it can not only make u feel relieved but also make other members realize how hard it is to keep the house clean.

im also sometimes lazy to do household chores especially when your housemates do all the messing up and you are the one they rely on to clean their mess. it would be better if you assign your family members their own chore and ask them to be disciplined in putting into order the house. ask them to clean their own mess if they have time or to minimize their mess so that the cleaning will also be lessened on your part.

I had been tought this proverb in my school that cleanliness is next to Godliness, also I've been seeing my mom doing all the household work single-handedly and so even I help her out with that. Finally that reflects in our day-to-day life as well. You said that you are lazy right, it's because of the fact that the things around you are not maintained well. Try out this, one day when you wake up in some really calm and pleasent mood, decide that you'll do all your work today in a cheerful manner and even do that. By seeing the things being all proper your mood will automatically be fine and you will not feel tired, lazy at all. You will respond to everyone in a damm cool ,good ,calm mood. You will remain plasant all day and when you'll go to sleep you'll have a great state of satisfaction and you'll sleep peacefully recharging yourself for the next day. This will indeed help you to live long ,better and with a great positive attitude. So just try this out as soon as you can and see the change in yourself.

I can't stand housework, too. That is one reason why I never want to quit my office job. I want to leave the cleaning to the maids. I'd rather get exhausted doing office or field work than tire myself with all the chores at home. I get so lazy when I am at home, it makes me sick.

i know just how you feel lol. its seems like i'm forever washing clothes especially my husbands work clothes. and that darn sink keeps filling up when i'm not looking. not to mention all the dirty socks that keep appearing all over the place! lol. i think we both need maids LOL. i do wonder how people manage to keep their houses so spotless. oh well, my kids and us are happy and healthy, thats all that matters to me.

Okay, Ineed to ask each of you a question, ( or maybve a few) Do youy feel this way all year or only during the winter and fall? If you only feel this way inthe cold, sunless months; perhaps you suffer from, "SAD". If this is a chronic problem -- perhaps you suffer from clinical depression. Ther is help available. Perhaps it wopul be helpful to look for it?

i think you are describing my messy house. i feel the same as you, not motivated to keep cleaning every single minute of every single day. at the same time it drives me crazy to see the house looking so messy. my husband doesnt help much by doing little things that could make things just a little easier. my son is still too young, so i cant expect him to pick up after himself. if your kids are old enough, why dont you give them each a chore to do? they can alternate every other day or something. i am hoping that this is something that i can teach my son to do at a young age. i think that if i get him started sooner, then it will be a habit that sticks. even though he is only 17 months old right now, i do show him that its time to pick up his toys. i have him drop one or two toys into the box and i praise him for this. now, if only my husband would be so happy that i praise HIM for putting his clothes in the hamper. lol. dont do it on a daily basis. maybe you can go on strike- although, that might fail, it did for me. but now, i am not sooo concerned with having the house clean every single day. i take a day or two break sometimes. i would lose my mind if i had to do every chore every single day, so i let clothes pile up for a bit, or just wipe down the bathroom so that its acceptable for a few days. but then i go thru and do a good cleaning after a while.

turn up some music while doing the housework.. it gets you to the grooves and you'll have fun cleaning..:) and after doing a housework reward urself wid a food uve been craving...:)

For me, a good motivation is to think about how I would feel if someone came over and my house what messy. I'd feel like a big loser and a scumbag. My son's friends are over all the time and I wouldn't want to embarrass him by having a messy house. It works for me.