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 ...

Dear Miss Manners: When my husband passed away and I moved to a condo with my two dogs, I hired a cleaning person to clean every three weeks. In the beginning, she was amazing, so much so that I ...

With obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), certain thoughts can compel a person to perform cleaning rituals or behaviors in order to prevent a consequence they dread. Specific thoughts, known as ...

There's a special moment of motivation that strikes maybe twice a year, where you look around and declare, "Today, I will DEEP CLEAN." This burst of ambition is usually followed about five minutes ...