Sometimes I make three lists: The boring things I have to do; the things I want to do; and the things I honestly do not want to do (today), my "To-Don't" List

Then I make my today list and make sure there is at least one item from each list on there. With the To-Don't list, that means I do not feel guilty about not cleaning the bathroom today or going out to do some chore. The trick is to not keep using the same item on the To-Don't list and/or to move some of those occasionally to the boring, have-to list for choosing one or two from.

Several years ago I make a chore list collage with 8-12 "areas" of chores but threw in a "free day" and a dollar store roll (go to the dollar store and buy ONE practical item and bring it home and use it :-) and every morning I'd get up and roll my dice (some odd gaming dice with 8 sides I think, from some game like Dungeons and Dragons) and then have to work in that "area" (kitchen, bathrooms, filing/paperwork, general organization/cleanup, cat care (I have two), just whatever I could think of. It was fun making the collage board and I set an additional rule that I only had to work for 30 minutes. I'd roll my dice first thing and then I was guilt free for the rest of the day: