I am the type of person who doesn't like clutter. At the same time, cleaning ovewhelms me because I never know exactly where everything should go. Usually, the default is the basement.
I have three kids and all their school work, art projects, laundry and sports equipment lead to never-ending piles. Despite my best efforts, the house is always in some level of "a mess."
When the dishes are piled up, laundry is waiting to be folded, toys have migrated into every room of the house and there are a dozen other things competing for attention, the hardest part can be deciding what deserves my time first.