My rule is remembering that at my age I'm on the downhill slide and I must quilt all my fabric before I go to the great fabric store in the sky! A messy house and a dirty house are two different animals. If it doesn't smell, my feet don't stick to the kitchen floor, I can walk through each room without stepping over stuff and can do a quick one hour clean if someone calls to say they are coming by then I am required by the rule to quilt all day.