I am one of life's great procrastinators and today I have to undertake a major clean. I have been up for nearly 45 minutes, but so far only put a load of washing on and here I am adding another layer of avoidance. Oh, I will get there eventually, but 7:30, 8:00, 9:00? Your guess is as good as mine! 
I will probably look out some buzzy music, put on my oldest, most comfy pair of leggings and work on convincing myself that it is good exercise! Alternatively, I could pop out to the shops for a while - we have run out of chocolate biscuits!! 
Do you have to give yourself that little kick to face the dross, or would it bother you more if it wasn't done? My problem is I have a 3-day window for a day's work so I can see things sliding 
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Must admit, I hate that idleness is considered a sin/vice.
I expect most of us have lead busy and hectic lives in our younger years. Being idle now in retirement is a joy, and we should cultivate it! I feel for those people who have no choice because of illness or disability but the work ethic can be destructive too.
Many people seem to have enormous pride in being busy, having everything spick and span, having routines, being on top of it all, etc, and that's fine too, but I think there is also some pressure to be good housewives, especially for women of our generation who were generally deemed to be in charge of the home.
Let's face it,there seem to be two modes on the domestic front - good housewife with clean home, or complete slut.
After years of having a sparkling home, these days I am cultivating my inner. It's very liberating. If not now, when?
To do it properly I really ought to sit round in my dressing gown all day. I think that's a level 5 slut. I haven't got there yet. I am dressed and have my face on. I have washed out all the bins this morning, including the dustbin. No idea why. This is a bit extreme for me. I think that may be it for the day.
Day6
I reckon I am level 2 today. I HAVE done 3 significant household jobs ... have also spent a fair bit of time cleverly calculating how little I need to do to make it look acceptable - and now I have down-tolled for lunch.
Oh -just found some left over wine and a bit of blue cheese in the fridge and realised (with far too much joy) that I have a squashed chocolate bar hiding in my handbag. I might be heading for level 5 after all ...
I have never washed a dustbin . I never will. But I do use a giant bin liner. I think
That's a move too far. I sew and I only hoover my sewinggbroom when ive finished a quilt. They can take up to three years.
Hey Imperfect, you are galloping towards level five! Good for you! Oh the joys of discovering one more glass of wine in the bottle and a chocolate bar you'd forgotten you had! Haven't we all been there?
We ought to revolt, down tools and create a movement which sees Grannies everywhere being totally self-indulgent slobs!
The world would probably grind to a halt.
I do hope I am at long last being a good example to my daughter who lives a clean, tidy and organised life. (I suspect she despairs of me not despairing over jobs around the house being left undone.)
Stansgran, trust me, cleaning the dustbin was an abberation. 
No idea why I felt the urge to swill it round with disinfectant today after it had been emptied. I think the whiff I got from it as I took it in from the pavement affected my thinking - and jolted the neural pathways. I hope no one witnessed this strange and deviant act. (Mind you, my neighbours may now see me as a Domestic Goddess and for the sake of my reputation I could live with them being deluded.)
After that I washed out the kitchen bin too. It was an urge, one which is unfamiliar. I am in shock.
They must have put something in the water around here. Normal service has been resumed. Gransnet has my full attention and I apologise unreservedly for pricking the consciences of all you sluts out there with mucky bins
My intervention has been one AND A HALF glasses of left over wine. Don't think much will get done this afternoon ....
Do you remember when Delia Smith advised the nation that left over wine could be poured into ice cube trays and frozen??
Left over wine? What's that? Does she live on another planet? 
Day6 - yes, I remember - and also belonged to the 'What leftovers?' bunch at that time ... Red wine never gets left, but today I am polishing off a nice white rioja.
susiegee - to use Day6's wonderful scale, I think my default 'slut setting' must be about level 4 ... It is very rare for me to be in this space of a 'whole' day of chores, partly because I genuinely am not bothered, partly because we live in a relatively small cottage which is quite easy to upkeep - only me and DH to please for most of the time and we don't make a lot of mess between us. I sometimes make a list - today's is simple: 'Downstairs'. But I will not ever be someone who feels fulfilled by housework and I am very good at rewarding myself after two jobs . After managing three 'biggies' already, it remains to be seen if I get the rest done today or tomorrow. As long as it looks as I want it to by Thursday p.m. it is fine. Thankfully DH takes an equal share - he just happens to be at work whilst I am on holiday at the moment so only fair that I do it.
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