Scrub smarter, not harder.

“Stop cleaning with an all-or-nothing mentality,” Rapinchuk says.

Combo vacuum-mops can get your floors clean in a single pass.

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This is a great job for yourreusable grocery totes.

Ballentine recommends getting a saddle stool on wheels for the kitchen.

you could roll your way to emptying and loading the dishwasher, or even baking.

“The repeated action gets easier as you do the same motions over and over,” Ballentine says.

Spread It Out Over Time

There’s a lot of satisfaction in a mission accomplished.

But if your energy is flagging, there’s no shame in taking a break.

you might break your tasks up by timelike spending 20 minutes declutteringor into smaller to-doslike just washing the counters.