I started a couple of years ago, decluttering my house. I don't have tons of nicknacks to dust, I have leather furniture, not gadgets I don't use.
Cleaning my house is easy and does not take forever like it use to. I'm much happier with less clutter. I don't get frustrated trying to find things anymore. Much simpler.
Now, I can take my time, do one small chore at a time. Basically the house looks nice all the time, even when something is messed up....with less clutter, it doesn't look like as much of a disaster.
This also gives me more time to do the detail cleaning, blinds, above fridge ect.
Hope you can find something that works for you.

I Agree with Dixie. And less clutter seems to clear the mind.

Our house is very small so if you buy something, you give away an item. Really stops a person from impulse buying, keeps the house neater too.

I also always have paper plates on hand for days when I don't want to wash a ton of dishes and when I cook, always make double and freeze it.

i can definitely relate to how extremely painful house chores can be.there is nothing i can do without putting myself in a fibro flare.just taking my bath sometimes puts me on bedrest for days.i have other illnesses also which means triple trouble for me.i have been seeing my rheumy since 2002,so he knows how poor my health is,so last month he prescribed a pain patch 24/7 its related to morphine.up until last month i would abuse my body push through pain to clean my house.my darling husband and daughter.,my caregivers have decided that if i need that much med.its time for me rest my body allow them to do the chores.i would encourage you to set yourself a daily goal in which you maybe able yo do 1 or2 chores,but please listen to your body dont push beyond the place which will only do more harm than good.grammie.

First, I agree totally with decluttering. Last time we "cleaned" for company and stuffed the clutter into a room and closed the door, when we opened the door, we started "putting away, throwing away, and giving away."

Most of it got given away. I just don't need that much "stuff" in my life. "Stuff" isn't what's important. It's SO much easier to clean without all the knick knacks!

For the actual work, I subscribe to the "you can eat an elephant in small bites" theory. You'd be amazed what you can get done in 15 minutes. Last weekend my total goal was to clean my master bath (it's kinda big) and it got done - in 15 minute increments - but it got done.

I've found that keeping up with some things - like loading the dishwasher after every meal and running it whether it's full or not - makes things much easier. It's kind of like pain - if you let it get ahead of you it's so much harder to get it under control!

It's tough and everybody works out their own way to get it done - hope some of the suggestions are helpful!