Well, #1 for me would be "pay $$$ to get Holly and Gaige here to clean my apartment"
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Seriously, if you have a tall trash bin (that you can't reach all the way into to clean the bottom), put it in the tub with some Dawn and scrub it sideways with a spare toilet brush.
If your saucepan lids keep getting all over the place, put a plastic drainer in the cupboard and store them upright.
It's not a "green" product, but I'm loving the new pods of laundry detergent. You just drop one, maybe two, in. No more gunky cups!
If it's just you, or you and Gaige, this might not be such an issue. I have teenagers :P who shed their belongings all over the place. Before you begin to clean, get a laundry tub or basket and walk through the entire house, gathering things that are in the wrong room. Return them to the right room. Pick up all trash, get anything off the floor, all dishes in the kitchen, all laundry up, etc. Doing all this before a big clean will simplify your job and you won't have to interrupt yourself all the time.
(and if you're me, you will finish that step and say "heck with it" and have a lemonade
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