[rjy9343]

I have fallen off the wagon and need to get back into the cleaning and decluttering routine again.
But what I did was do five minutes at a time all day. You would be amazed at what can be done in five minutes. When the kids undo it, you only had five minutes instead of two hours and it is not a big deal. As I did my cleaning, I would toss something to go away into the laundry basket, bag, box or other container that I brought with me for that purpose. Once I fill up a bag, I load it into my van and take it to goodwill or whatever is nearest to me. When I was seriously paring down things, I would schedule a pick up a week or so ahead of time and then leave bags and bags outside for the pick up men. It was such a good feeling.
If I had a specific thing to be done like cleaning out the closet, I would plan on it taking a week and do five minutes at a time all week. I usually had it done in less than a week, but having that buffer is really helpful.