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Yes, every chore is making you home nicer, cleaning and putting away just just part of life. Don't complicate cleaning with to many expensive products. A damp cloth for cleaning dust off surfaces, a cloth with warm soapy water for kitchen area, bathroom etc. Clean up spills before they dry, or after a meal. This is 90% of work done...

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Small bits of dry bland-as-shit biscuits (or rusk), dunk in room temp water, eat very slowly.

Gives you a tiny bit of hydration, while your stomach slowly can figure out "which way is down?".

Cold water is an absolute no-no - cramps your food pipe up.

Go to the toilet and -if possible- bring a glass of water, or lukewarm tea

3 reasons to bring water:

1. If the puking doesn't start spontaneously, then drinking a couple of big gulps will trigger it

2. You can clean your mouth directly afterwards

3. If you have an empty stomach, you can fill it with a bit of liquid so you avoid the horrible feeling of throwing up just a tiny bit of stomach acid

Think about the result. The reason to do chores is not because they are fun itself but because the result is something you want.

It can also help to imagine what it would be like if you did not do them. Like for ages. What would your home look like of you stop cleaning it? What would it be like after a week, month, year, decade? What would it be like if you stopped washing your clothes that long? (Uuurgh that would be so gross!)

Bend over with my hands on my knees and gag until I puke or no longer feel the need to.

Go to toilet, prepare myself.

Unless you know what’s justifying your nausea, it’s always better to let the vomiting happen. Your body’s pretty well tuned, most of the time it’s expelling things out for good reason.

Ginger tea works well.

If that's not on the cards go sit somewhere quiet and swallow. Literally swallow. For about five minutes then you'll be fine.

I enjoy doing chores. Because they are therapeutic.

I can wash dishes, clean a bathroom for hours. Because my mind is clear and I have zero negative thoughts. Instead, my mind consecrates on the task it self.

Do it first before any recreational activity.

Play some music while you do them or an audio book.

Buy something to make the chore easier. Something more convenient for you the chore master.

If you enjoy one chore more than another make sure you do the less desirable chore first.

Chores suck (the bad ones anyway) but you feel better when they are done. Remember that. Otherwise you sit in guilt about not doing something you feel should have been done.

Brush my teeth. Mint calms your tummy.

Anything steamed (like steamed rice) and a lemon juice (no ice, room temperature). I eat it slowly.

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Do you need to enjoy them?

Lots of people suggest music or podcasts. IMO chores are a good way to give some free (non-stimulated) time to your brain so you can process whatever needs to be processed, which is necessary for mental health.

You don't need to be entertained 24/7.

Do chores in small doses. I do 20-25 minutes of chores everyday. I turn on a podcast, set a timer, and once the timer goes off I stop. The only exception is I finish the chore I'm on when the timer goes off (e.g. if I'm folding laundry, finish that chore instead of leaving the other half for the next day).

At first it won't feel like you accomplished a whole lot, but once you get into the routine of doing it everyday, it all adds up and you'll notice everything is much more manageable rather than becoming large projects that have piled up over time. It really helps to keep my anxiety about chores to a minimum, I feel like I accomplished something, and it doesn't feel like a total drain spending hours cleaning. Just remember it requires getting into a routine and you may need to set reminders to hold yourself accountable.

Listen to really good music

This is why it's important to me kids do chores at a young age.

Music.

Consider it exercise. Be physically creative to get the most out of it.

Ear buds are your friend. Whenever I'm doing some crappy chore - mowing the grass or raking leaves or cleaning the house I turn on music or a radio show I listen to. It's the only way I can get thru it. If my headphones run out of battery I literally cannot do it. lol. That's it for me. I'll take a break, maybe get something to eat while my ear buds charge back up. and then ill go back to it later. It's not even optional at this point.

Consider reactive or proactive journals.

A proactive journal is when you make a physical list of the chores you're going to do today, such as on a whiteboard, and you check off each one as it's done. There's a little dopamine in drawing a line through or removing something you accomplished.

A reactive journal is when you have a diary or similar book next to your bed. Each night, you write out what you accomplished. Again, a little hit of dopamine for completing some.

I used the former until chores simply became a habit. Now I don''t consider them "work".

Get a podcast app.

Stop thinking of them as chores to start with. Those are opportunities to ensure you're prepared for whatever life throws at you.

Doesn't matter what it is. Laundry? Mowing a lawn? Picking up a bosses dry cleaning (is that a thing still?).

It sounds petty. Like some shit your grandpa would say in order to get a free chore out of you.

But it's also true. Every task you complete from getting out of bed in the morning to making it back to bed at night is in service to your life.

Some are positive, some are negative. But they all count.

Even if it's just the discipline you're instilling in yourself when you complete tasks that are less than enjoyable. Its value added.

And learn to smile. Even when you don't feel like it. The science on this is as clear as it can be. This one simple act, holding a smile for just a few seconds can trick you into thinking you should be happy. Even when life or your job or your chore sucks.

Stepping stones, not stumbling blocks.

1. Don't think too much about it
2. Turn on some music, get it done
3. Give yourself a small treat after you're done (optional)