Meredith, I love your methodology - breaking an enormously daunting chore into manageable chunks of smaller tasks. I remember having to do that at my last work place, where the workload was far too overwhelming for one person (it took me 10-hour workdays, weekends and callbacks from vacations to even make a dent in it). I eventually collapsed from exhaustion and burn-out - but I always remembered the wisdom of breaking things down into manageable chunks, so eventually used that in my healing process, breaking down the long arduous crawl out of that depression and dysfunction into smaller, more achievable baby steps.

That's how I do my housework now - make lists of smaller tasks, put on some good music - and reward myself with pieces of chocolate every so often! Don't forget the chocolate!!!