I'll admit, watching these videos appear on my feed has helped me to reframe these menial tasks as special, necessary, and almost meditative. When I'm putting away groceries, in my mind, it's now "restocking" my fridge and pantry. I even purchased some cool organizational gadgets- a fridge shelf lazy susan to keep items from hiding and spoiling in the back of that pesky top shelf, a soda can dispenser for the variety of flavored seltzers that used to clutter our counter, and a drawer organizer that keeps our snacks in tidy compartments instead of all askew. Unlike my parents' fridge, filled with colorful tupperware and reused margarine containers, my leftovers and prepped vegetables are housed in clear glass squares, stacked in towers by size and shape instead of fit together precariously, creating a game of fridge jenga each time the door opens. Especially living in a small home, these little improvements have really made a difference, and I find myself no longer dreading weekly meal prep.
I've even tried to reframe my least favorite chore, folding laundry, as a time to listen to my audiobook and be screen-free to wind down at the end of a Sunday. I take 20 or so minutes to cover my freshly made bed with folded, clean clothes arranged a sprawled out dog, who can never wait until I'm finished to jump up on the bed, before the items are moved into closets and drawers for the week.
I haven't been able to glamorize vacuuming yet, but I am a work in progress.
If social media can influence me to be more organized all while trying to enjoy the little, often maligned parts of maintaining a home, then at least my screen time isn't all bad. If only my whole algorithm was just as wholesome.