If you see it as a means to an end, then yes, cleaning can be quite the bother. As Birdgirl said, cleaning can be quite relaxing when you're focused on the job and not the television show in the other room. I enjoy immersing my hands into lukewarm water when washing the dishes, despite the fact that my father leaves work around the house (A tactic of his--He believes that eventually someone will get tired of the mess and clean it themselves) for me, I'd rather him simply ask me to do something, but that hasn't necessarily worked in the past. I work on my own schedule. If I followed my dad's routine, the house would be an immaculate temple that no one would want to step foot in for fear of staining something. My father gives new meaning to the phrase "clean freak." There's no compromise with him. Cleanliness to him means my brother and I are out of his house.