Fewer items make a bigger visual impact, as well as take less time to dust. Get together with other parents and swap, or offer them to a children's group for the dress-up box. Give your kids charity bags of their own, then work out a reward for every time they fill it. Plan for your week's big cleaning job all week. If it's cleaning the refrigerator, sort through one shelf each night while you're cleaning up from dinner.
Every home has a junk magnet, usually where the mail collects.
Keep a trash can by yours and sort junk mail straight into it. Keep a list of 15-minute jobs, like sorting drawers. When someone keeps you waiting, you'll know what to do. Try this Old clothes are someone else's opportunity.