Just as the title says!
I used to be better at this, but that was when I was starting off with my own places that were basically clean and tidy the vast majority of the time, so whipping round to tidy up/clean the essentials when expecting company only took maybe an hour, max.
I also have a bad habit of getting sidetracked and hyper focusing on one specific random task and deep cleaning that thing/area/chore, wasting time, when it should really be more of a "do it quick and rough for today, deep clean that part another time. Have to just go for "presentable" this time" kind of thing. Bro needs instructions/specific requests, so I can't just give him a room to focus on, because that's too vague for him.
Plus, although I've tried to teach him the difference between "we're deep cleaning these window, sils, and curtains" and hyper-focusing on that job, or "we need to make this room as presentable as possible because people are due in an hour, tidy up quick, run round with a duster, then give it a good hoover and use some fabric freshener/room spray - don't get side tracked by deep cleaning one window for an hour when there isn't time for that right now" he's still learning the difference... and I'm not doing too well at making that distinction lately anymore either.
Especially because we've been moving things around and sorting stuff, to be collected by a charity (I had to delay the furniture collection the other day, so that stuff hasn't been collected yet) and deep cleaning some areas, just doing basics in others for now, and the whole house is old, worn, needs repairs, sanding right back and repainting, and how hard it is emotionally to deal with some parts, like my parents paperwork... the house is a constantly evolving mess. I've been doing things like digging my own stuff out of storage- because there wasn't room in the house for it before, not going from a whole flat to one tiny room, so some of my things were still like, in storage totes behind the fridge, but I knew some contained useful things we can use now, like my toolbox and decorating things, drill, sander, etc. So a lot of that stuff is out, but doesn't have a "home", a specific place it's kept, yet, because we still have more things my parents stored away that needs to be sorted through, organised, cleaned and either disposed of, donated, or kept. Then no organised home for the "keep" stuff either, since a lot of the furniture will be going, or moving rooms.
Depression and grief also sapping my motivation, and feeling overwhelmed with the amount of stuff that needs doing. Need some good inspo and tips!
I used to be better at this, but that was when I was starting off with my own places that were basically clean and tidy the vast majority of the time, so whipping round to tidy up/clean the essentials when expecting company only took maybe an hour, max.
I also have a bad habit of getting sidetracked and hyper focusing on one specific random task and deep cleaning that thing/area/chore, wasting time, when it should really be more of a "do it quick and rough for today, deep clean that part another time. Have to just go for "presentable" this time" kind of thing. Bro needs instructions/specific requests, so I can't just give him a room to focus on, because that's too vague for him.
Plus, although I've tried to teach him the difference between "we're deep cleaning these window, sils, and curtains" and hyper-focusing on that job, or "we need to make this room as presentable as possible because people are due in an hour, tidy up quick, run round with a duster, then give it a good hoover and use some fabric freshener/room spray - don't get side tracked by deep cleaning one window for an hour when there isn't time for that right now" he's still learning the difference... and I'm not doing too well at making that distinction lately anymore either.
Especially because we've been moving things around and sorting stuff, to be collected by a charity (I had to delay the furniture collection the other day, so that stuff hasn't been collected yet) and deep cleaning some areas, just doing basics in others for now, and the whole house is old, worn, needs repairs, sanding right back and repainting, and how hard it is emotionally to deal with some parts, like my parents paperwork... the house is a constantly evolving mess. I've been doing things like digging my own stuff out of storage- because there wasn't room in the house for it before, not going from a whole flat to one tiny room, so some of my things were still like, in storage totes behind the fridge, but I knew some contained useful things we can use now, like my toolbox and decorating things, drill, sander, etc. So a lot of that stuff is out, but doesn't have a "home", a specific place it's kept, yet, because we still have more things my parents stored away that needs to be sorted through, organised, cleaned and either disposed of, donated, or kept. Then no organised home for the "keep" stuff either, since a lot of the furniture will be going, or moving rooms.
Depression and grief also sapping my motivation, and feeling overwhelmed with the amount of stuff that needs doing. Need some good inspo and tips!
the missus is adamantly against my ideals but she never complained when we 1st began dating..I've been told that men aren't capable of understanding what a truly clean house is and she was dead serious when she told me this. I tried my best not to laugh, I swear
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