I used to read this thing that I can't remember what it was call. Fly lady or something. You'd sign up and it would send you these automated e-mail reminders to do things. But there were so many reminders it cluttered up my e-mail instead of helping me clean.

But, there were some tips on there I took from it that I try to follow.

1) In the morning get dressed and put on your shoes. Getting out of pajamas and feeling ready will help you get motivated.

2) Pick not only one room at a time, but one thing that needs to be cleaned at a time. Make a list of the order you will do things in if that helps and always do that order. (This is good for us with bipolar because we do well with routine, yes?)

3) Baby steps. Get a kitchen timer. Set it to 15 minutes. So let's say you have a very messy kitchen table with lots of bills and papers and dishes. Set your timer for 15 minutes and work only on the table. When the timer buzzes, stop. You'll be amazed how much you actually get done in 15 minutes.