Cruise through all the rooms in your place and collect all the dishes. Bring them to the kitchen. Put them in the dishwasher or wash them. If they have caked-on crud, let them soak in some hot soapy water for a bit.

Pick one shelf or surface. Clear it off, sort, organize, or toss what’s on it. Give it a good wipe down, replace the items, and get on with your life!

Next 20/10! Pick one drawer, like your sock drawer, junk drawer, or other random nightmare drawer and unfuck it. If you can do it before the 20 minutes is up, pick another one and do that, too!

You know it. You’re avoiding it. Whatever the pile of nonsense is that your brain manages not to register every time you see it, you’re going to spend 20 minutes dealing with it. Extra bonus points if you’ve been putting it off for months or years.

For this 20/10, we’re venturing back into the bathroom. We’ve already given it a surface wipedown, but this time, we’re going deeper. Get the gloves on, get out the scrub brush, and pay some attention to the grime around the faucets, the mysterious film on the shower shelves, the medicine cabinet, and I bet your toilet needs a good scrubbing. If there’s time left, wipe down your walls. You’d be surprised and grossed out by what accumulates there.

This 20/10, it’s time to start in on your flat surfaces. Coffee table, end tables, dresser tops, counters, dining room table. Anything that’s horizontal and accumulating shit, attack it! Don’t forget to wipe down/dust once it’s clear.

This 20/10, get the vacuum out, and get to hoovering! Start with the area with the heaviest foot traffic, and cover as much ground as you can in 20 minutes. No carpets? Spend this 20/10 sweeping, Swiffering, or mopping. Show your floors some love!

This 20/10, head into the kitchen and start with wherever the biggest mess is. If your dishes aren’t done (which they should be, ahem), start there. If they are done (yay!), weed out old or expired food in the fridge, give your stove top a thorough cleaning, or continue clearing the counters.

Next 20/10: spend 20 minutes picking up the assorted clothes, shoes, and crap on your bedroom floor. This includes stuff that’s languishing in baskets, too.

OK, break’s over! Next 20/10 time. Suggested challenge: bathroom wipedown. Put away all the crap on your countertops, then wipe down the counters, toilets, all handles and switches, spray some cleaner on the shower walls, and sweep, Swiffer, or vacuum the floor. Whatever you can do in 20 minutes.