What do you tell yourself day-to-day to keep on top of the drudge work?

[Schoolpickup]

Just that really. Finding the day to day deluge of housework, dishes and bedtime a sludge. There's no avoiding it. It has to be done. There isn't anything that can be stripped back. We're not perfectionists with housework, and Dh and I split the work. This is just the stuff that has to be done.

When it feels like a sludge, do you give yourself a talking to? What do you do?

Someone on MN wrote 'if it would only take 5 minutes do it now'. I'm an awful procrastinator but have embraced this as a stern admonishment to myself. Finding it very helpful.

Like others I watch tv while doing it all, the more rubbish the better. And while hoovering up cat hair I remember how much I love the cat

Sometimes I put on a timer and try to complete tasks within a set amount of time. It's actually amazing how little time it takes to do certain tasks...I can unload the dishwasher in 90 seconds and clean the bathroom in seven minutes. Or sometimes I'll put on a favourite song and see how much I can do before it ends.