"It might sound kind of "duh," but many can attest to the power of losing yourself in music to make cleaning seem less like work."

Lifehacker highlighted this point, linking to a post over on Unclutterer -- plan 15 to 30 minute long playlists of music you can clean to. Play a list, and once you have a routine down (if you don't already), you can easily clean a room in the amount of time it takes to run through a playlist.

What's your favorite music to clean to?

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PS We DO NOT advocate putting anything but dishes in the dishwasher for real, except maybe an occasional keyboard....