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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Chiana Dickson

Writing about cleaning every day as a homes editor has ironically made me a serial procrastinator – here's 5 ways I find my motivation to get my chores done

A neutral living room eith a cream corner sofa and a round wooden coffee table.

As a Solved editor for Homes & Gardens, I spend most of my week thinking, reading, and writing about house cleaning. While interviewing thousands of experts in the field has set me up with pretty good tips, it also means cleaning has become the last thing I want to do at the end of the day or on weekends.

In short, it has made me a serial procrastinator when it comes to keeping my house clean. That doesn’t change the fact that chores still need to get done, however.

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