Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. f you struggle with motivation, try making cleaning into a game, says one expert. (Getty Creative) (Roos Koole via Getty Images) ...

Some days, the biggest home care hurdle isn’t the pile of laundry or the dust on the baseboards; it’s the lack of motivation to deal with it. Whether you're facing a full-on deep clean or just trying ...

The hard work might not be the cleaning. It might be figuring out why you don't feel like you can do it. Lindsey Ellefson is Lifehacker’s Features Editor. She currently covers study and productivity ...

Lindsey Ellefson is Lifehacker’s Features Editor. She currently covers study and productivity hacks, as well as household and digital decluttering, and oversees the freelancers on the sex and ...

Dear Heloise: Here are a couple of hints that your readers might find helpful. Sometimes when my house needs a good cleaning, and I really don’t want to get to it, I’ve found that the best thing to ...

For some people — the Monica Gellars of the world, if you will — there’s nothing better than scrubbing away at a sink, running a feather duster across every knickknack and going to bed in a glistening ...

Struggling to start? These editor-approved tricks work every time. Some days, the biggest home care hurdle isn’t the pile of laundry or the dust on the baseboards; it’s the lack of motivation to deal ...