Mainly I am not too bad in the fully shared areas of the house. But there is one room: the utility where my mess and my inability to sort it out is causing issues. Its a long thin room with laundry at one end and my mess at the other with a sink and the dogs things in no-mans land in the middle.
It's not a huge amount of work in itself. There are tools and usual "bits and peices" that accumulate. I occasionally (being more honest from "regularly" which I originally wrote) clear out the most shared area (no-mans land) but never manage to sort out the main issue – which is the accumulated stuff "I might need" (I am a bit of a hoarder).
I have completely sorted the sheds – so I can do it. I am also the person who deep cleans things (spent over an hour working on a very nasty flask lid recently). So I am not adverse to being tidy.
Just cannot get this done. Its 4 big draws, 5 handing cupboards, a couple of tool bags and pile of bits that don't fit into any of the above.
by SnaggleFish
4 Comments
because you have ADHD. don’t tackle it whole. section it off and set a timer for the small section. gamify it and let that one section be your only goal. if you do more sections, GREAT! if you don’t, GREAT! either way, you win!
It’s very hard to clean and organize clutter. Try to remove (trash or donate) one item every day and see if that helps.
Might be easier to do it this way:
– prepare a place in another room to temporarily put everything
– take *everything* out of the room without thinking about what it is, just put it all out
– start putting things back that you need and decide where it goes.
– Start with things you’ve used this week, then last week, then in the last month.
– do this until the space is full and organized, no more than 2 hours
– throw everything else out
Literally same it’s so hard.
I have a whiteboard and write the little tasks in the exact order I want to do them. So when I finish one, I know exactly what’s best to do next and stick to the plan