5 Things Tidying method
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- How do you pick up a room when you’re too overwhelmed to breathe? Bu remembering there are only 5 things in any room 1. Trash 2. Dishes 3. Laundry 4. Things with a place and 5. Things without a place. By cleaning in categories its easier to stay on task and avoid paralysis and overwhelm.
Thank you for being so realistic! A lot of people without depression don't know how it feels to look at a room and feel so overwhelmed. You make it seem managable and make me feel like I'm not alone, so thank you so much!!!
I cried with anxiety watching other videos this one made me feel some hope! Thank you so much!
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I absolutely adore that you look like a regular person in your videos. You're not dressed up, makeup on, etc. You look the same as I look day-to-day, around the house. It's hard to explain, but it just feels like such a huge relief to know that I'm not alone. Sometimes, I feel like everyone else is doing all the things and has everything together all the time, and I'm one of the only ones who isn't or doesn't. Your videos remind me that's not true, and that I'm doing just fine. I discovered you through seeing your book on Amazon, and it's the first time I've felt like someone really "gets it", in terms of the practical reality of all this stuff, especially for people dealing with barriers. You're so kind and non-judgmental, and that is everything. I can't thank you enough for doing all of this, but THANK YOU!!
I have the same feeling while reading your comment ❤ that I’m not alone.
Me too! I watch KCs videos and I feel like this lady could be me! Just a regular person trying to lead a happy life in a happy home. Not a perfect home, a HAPPY home!
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And, for the record, if you can only do the trash part, just do the trash part...you'll at least feel like you accomplished something!! Then just do the laundry part, or the dishes part....
I've just found this clip today. What a great suggestion of yours Juliet. Along with depression I have a fracture in my spine which is taking forever to heal. Your idea means I can get things done in 'bite size' chunks without tiring myself with pain. Thank you very much from the Welsh Marches. xxx
"This space will care for me well now." Love that. I forget that's what cleaning/tidying is about, having a space that will care for me. I tend to make it a judgment -- I'm "good" or "bad" depending on the state of my home, but really it's about self nurture. Thank you.
Have you read her book yet? If not.....oh man, i think it will help you so much! She explains that basic care taks are morally neutral..... and taking the "im bad" if my place is a wreck aspect out of it has helped me so much. :)
@@catenthusiast81 Same. Guilt and shame has always been my biggest issue.
What a healthy pivot.
This is super helpful, and watching the cats wander around really made it feel like a Home. The calico's "oh this carpet is clear now, I'm gonna flop over" moment was like an instant reward for the effort put in, it might as well be cat for "thank you".
AGREE!
I saw that with the cat flopping over! Lol It made me giggle
came here to say this. made me crack up when they flopped over 🤣
I thought the same thing, it was so cute! ❤
I’m lying in my bed sobbing. It’s so good to finally meet you 😢. Where have you been all my life? I’m 74 years old. I have hope. Thank you. ❤️🙏🏻😘
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Dear KC, I hope you read this comment. I went to your site but didn't see any way to send you a message there. I just started reading How to Keep House While Drowning yesterday and it is already helping me immensely. I struggle with depression and ADHD. I have been in a real rut since the beginning of the year and it has been really hard. Anyway, I want to share something an ex-husband said to me once since this seems like the right place to get it off of my chest. I had spent a Sunday morning cleaning the whole house. After I was done, I offered to cook a roast and invite his parents over for dinner. He then said "with the house the way it is?" and I said "I just cleaned the entire house." He then said "not to my mom's standards"...... It was the single most hurtful thing anyone has ever said to me and it still hurts when it comes to mind. And worse, he couldn't even see anything wrong with what he had said. I am so thankful I have better people in my life these days and I am SO glad that I found your book. Thank you for sharing all of this with those of us who struggle. Cheers!
Oof. I'm so sorry. And oooo that makes me angry! YOU spent the morning cleaning, YOU are going to cook a meal and provide food for him and his family, YOU are opening your house and your time to other people/guests, and he's making comments about it not being up to his "mom's standards"??? I'm sorry, she doesn't live here. YOU do and he does. If she doesn't like it, she doesn't have to come. If HE doesn't like it, then HE should get up and clean to "her standards". Omg 😡 you got up and cleaned the whole house during the morning hours. You did way more than zero. I congratulate you on that. And for moving on from someone you saw wasn't helping you but hindering you.
@@WriterOfMany Thank you. It was a very hurtful and infuriating moment for me, especially since I really struggled back then with feeling like I was enough. I'm much better off these days 😊
@@WriterOfMany Right. Honestly, that’s probably one of the reasons why he’s an ex-husband. Instead of saying that he should’ve either helped her clean (and shown her cleaning tips in a non poopy way) OR say, “You’ve done a lot today babe let’s chill. I’ll clean next weekend and if you’re still in the mood to host we can invite Momma and Daddy over next Sunday.” Best answer is the latter.
I'm working on finding people who understand me better too. Which includes more neurodivergent individuals rather than leaning on support from neurotypicals who seem to always comment how this is a struggle for everyone , including them, not just me.
It's extremely MINIMIZING
loved watching the cats "helping", too :D
I love the idea of cutting down on decisions and not leaving the room
Yes. With ADHD this is everything. It's so darn easy to feel compelled to just leave and try doing other things simultaneously. Just generally getting am distracting by anything and everything .
Staying put and being constructive really increases productivity!
You are hereby my mother. I will learn all house-stuff from you. Amen.
welcome to the family
With as much as Marie Kondo changed my life, you changed it more.
I used to be a hoarder and I was completely disorganized. I stumbled across Tidying Up on Netflix and it set me on a whole new direction... Straight into tidyness OCD. I already have OCD so it makes sense that would happen. I also eventually became a minimalist and drastically downsized my belongings. I played numbers games and obsessed about not being minimal enough. Lol.
Becoming a tidy minimalist definitely had a lot of benefits but it had unforseen downsides as well, such as having panic attacks when my space becomes too dysfunctional. Which started happening a lot as I had my baby via C section and then severe postpartum depression. (Side note, I'm also physically disabled and neurodivergent including autism!) I've also become a "bulimic shopper"- I impulsively buy things I don't need and then promptly return or donate them, because I still have hoarding habits but only having items that really serve me is really important to me.
My mom accidentally stumbled across your TED talk the other day, sent it to me, and I found myself in tears watching it. I had an audible credit I didn't know what to do with from a free trial, so I went and bought your Audiobook. Absolute game changer. The idea that Care Tasks are morally neutral was a complete revelation to me.
Now I understand better why I am a minimalist and why I prefer my space to be tidy: it serves me. But when I am unable to do my Care Tasks in a timely manner, that doesn't mean I'm a failure. Occasionally buying too much and then getting rid of it later (or even keeping it) is also not a moral failing.
Who I was when I was a hoarder was not a failure, she was struggling just to get through the day, and wanted to keep anything that reminded her of better times through inanimate objects. Not being a hoarder simply serves me (and now my family) so much better.
Now I look at the looming chores and tell myself "it will get done when it gets done, and future me will thank the me that does it." I allow myself to leave the house without picking up our entire room first. I allow myself to go to bed without picking up our entire room first. I tidy when I have the time and energy and I relish in my clean space. But I no longer beat myself up for it not being immaculate 100% of the time.
I know this comment was a million years long and probably nobody will read it but it felt good to get all of this out. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Your book is one of the best books I have EVER read, and I'm already re-reading it. Thank you for helping me feel human.
Not saying this to be mean... saying it because you are settuig yourself up to fail. lnstead of buying too much and hoarding it... you just buy it anyway then get rid of it. This is a shopaholic. Someone who purchases things they don't need because they get a thrill from buying things. A therapist said they did a study... a large portion of people hoard because they don't have the money to rebuy. If you go through all your money, you'll be right back where you started
This method is how i clean my place now....no matter how messy it is. My adhd brain does really well with methods like this. Obviously, i still have struggles..... ill catch myself doing something like picking up laundry and then thinking oooh! lets go hang all of this up, then ill start trying to organize my closet (lol).... but, if i can just remind myself to keep with this method, i can pull myself back on track.
Also, KC Davis......thank you SO MUCH for reminding folks that basic care tasks are morally neutral. We are not "bad" if our place is a mess. Taking the morality part out of it has helped me so much, and I'd imagine it helps others as well. 🖤🖤🖤
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Captain Awkward brought me here. Thanks for posting, this is a great way to think about cleaning!
I found you on TT and just adore you. There’s so much going on in my life that I’m quite literally drowning daily in decisions I can’t make. I’m a mom of 6 with depression, anxiety, ocd, and adhd. My husband has adhd and ptsd. We also homeschool, his mother was a borderline hoarder and my parents had a maid so I don’t even know how to clean. I literally have never had a house guest over in the 5 years we’ve lived in this house because my home embarrasses me. We tidy but I don’t know how to CLEAN- nor do I ever have the time and motivation. The house also needs many repairs because it’s old and kids destroy things.
Your videos give me hope that one day it won’t be like this. I try, some days even thinking about trying is too much.
Ty for your love and kindness through your content. I just bought your book and am excited to read it.
I literally just read the introduction and was tearing up and read “if you’re crying rn, this book is for you.” 😭😭😭
Just want you to know that you aren’t alone. Homeschool mom with ADHD and five kids here. Also went through a traumatic birth in December. 💗
You are not alone -- I promise! I'm a mom with ADHD, PTSD, and depression/anxiety. Husband has ADHD too, and we homeschool. I only have one child, and I still feel like I'm barely making it some days. You have six -- honestly, I'm in awe of you. Sending so many good thoughts your way. 💛💕💙
You're on your way
The skills of cleaning can be taught. If you can home school you can teach yourself. The harder thing will be working with your mind states and not against them. You're valuable and it's okay to be learning this as an adult.
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I used to get yelled at for not taking out the trash. But yesterday I took out the trash, saw a spill in my driveway, went looking for a shovel, realized my laundry sink was clogged, went looking for drano, got on the computer to order it, and started watching hair videos. So now I do the whole house of trash, then wipe the interior spill when I'm mopping the kitchen.
Cutting down on the decisions that I have to make and not leaving the room so you don't get distracted: golden advice for ADHD mamas!
And I can hear the cats thinking: "I love work! I could watch it all day!"
I think with the video in high speed the cat meows sound like little squeaks! Extra cute !
For me, the dishes go into a Rubbermaid-type container under the sink so I don't have to look at that mess. This way my sink is available to me for any work I need to do. And when I am ready to do something with the dishes I can pull them out. I can prepare food/drinks at my sink without having to move things, again.
Excellent Idea!
I did something similar. I noticed that when the sink gets too full I can't wash the dishes properly because there's no space, so I bought a collapsible bucket thing on AliExpress and fill it halfway with water and detergent and wash them there. Or sometimes I do the opposite (put the dirty ones in the bucket and wash them in the sink). It helps a lot.
I have a central nervous system dysfunction/chronic pain/autoimmune thing going. Some days I'm in a wheelchair, some days I have a bit more mobility. I'm also ADD and Aspbergian. Honestly what you've shown here is the the way I ALWAYS clean my house, so that it doesn't get overwhelming… because, hey! Spoonies deserve to protect themselves from overwhelm! 😍 LoL.
Thanks for the affirmation!
Fellow spoonie here! I am so thankful that her TedTalk popped up as a recommended video. I cried from practically start to finish that we aren’t alone and there are people that understand and don’t judge. Her ideas are amazing! Gentle hugs to you today 💜
Today I got a functional living room thanks to your videos. Depression and anxiety make everything difficult, it seemed impossible. Thank you so much for this
2 years pass by and this video still helps me more than any other tidying video. I would love to see more 5 Things shorts or videos from you.
This is so brilliant, and oddly coincidental for me, because I just (like fifteen minutes ago) looked at my 5-year-old's bedroom, which is VERY overwhelming... And told myself "there are toys, clothes, and stuffies". Then suddenly it felt a lot easier. Now I just need the energy to start, being sleep deprived. Sitting definitely should help me.
Can I just say how amazing this is!? I am a single mom of 2 and no support, this method right here ALWAYS works!! I also listened to your audiobook so I blast my favorite music and grab a garbage bag, and boon im already up and going. With this method I always end up finish resetting every room, yes EVERY ROOM!! First time I tried I was in awe of myself lol I put this in my once a week routine now. What helped me the most was when you used the word "function" instead of cleaning in the book. It just made so much sense to me. So my goal would always be that and just that, but I always end up completing my tasks. It feels so much better about seeing the mess kids and I make every day knowing that I CAN reset the area easily!! Thank you x 100 times!!
How long do you spend on each room? Also how long once a week?
@@macprincess2 I live in a 2br apartment and usually do 2br, living room and kitchen and about 30min per room. I still use this method till this day and I don’t think I’ll ever do it any other way
This is such a wonderful demonstration and motivation! Thank you so so much for showing the progress so detailed, it makes wrecked spaces less frightening!
This is brilliant. I am the queen of distractions. I love the idea of focusing on one task, ignoring everything else until it's done, and then setting it aside to focus on the next one. Will definitely try this!
Same here
I was just introduced to your TedTalk within the past week. I have struggled with depression for a while now, and the state of my house has been a good chunk of my feeling down about myself. After watching that video, I felt so much better - almost like a door that had been locked in my brain opened. Thank you for being a person of reason when you see perfection almost everywhere you look online.
This method has truly stuck in my brain in a way that others never could! It cuts down on the overwhelm, the self judgement, and puts the focus on self love. We deserve to have functional spaces. Your message has really begun reshaping the way I look at mess and cleanliness and is helping me so much. Thank you!
The most satisfying part is seeing the cat get room to flop
I came across your audiobook a few months ago, and it changed my life when it came to organizing my house. I could never find a feasible way to break down "Clean your room." Thank you.
Depression and grief have held me paralyzed for what seems like forever. I get a small corner done and get too exhausted to do anything so I quit and it goes back to the before state. I tried this today. I set a timer for 60 minutes (cause I'm neurotic like that) and I only did the first three things (trash, laundry, and dishes) and it's amazing how much better my living room already looks. I haven't even started dealing with things that do and don't have a home and I already feel like a weight has been lifted. Maybe there's hope for me yet! Thank you so much!
I adore the last thing you said: This space will care for me well now. ❤
I have SUCH difficulty making decisions that nothing gets done at all. This video is so helpful, thank you. The cat is one of the best parts 😻
Same
Just found your channel and your book 📕😱 I have been dealing with being a caregiver and depression 😢 I think I found hope. ❤️ Thanks
Hugs to you. I was a caregiver and was exhausted emotionally and physically the entire time.
You got so much done! I love the concept of leaving the piles there and then you can tackle them later because later hopefully that won’t seem so huge a task
Yes, this is what I do! I didn’t know others didn’t do it like this, but tbh, I was always proud of how efficient I *could* tidy when it gets to this place. Set a timer and go! So glad your video is helping others!!
Thank you for showing us your chaos!! And breaking it down , thank you!
I agree with so many of the points KC states. Being clear on what you are attacking at the moment, approaching this so there is no switching in the "what am I addressing here?" really does help with decision fatigue. And when depressed, this strategy is priceless.
Brilliant. Seriously. I am having a hard time. I needed this. It has gotten overwhelming. Recycling doesn’t help. More decisions more things to put in spaces. Thanks for s technique that works.
Found this via Captain Awkward, and this is so helpful. My wife and I both struggle with decisions and getting started on housework, and I think this could really help.
Side note- my favorite part of the video was your cat's clear side quest to get into the closet. SO relatable!
oh my word. it's no exaggeration to say that this & your TedX Talk is going to change my life. as someone who used to be teased for having such an OCD clean home throughout college & early adulthood - but who now has such awful treatment-resistent depression & fibromyalgia = this AND the idea of tidiness being morally neutral is just - WOW! you & Brene Brown are now the two people i've never met who have changed my life the most. i consider you as part of my Dream Team of health practitioners. just WOW! THANK YOU!
I so agree! Another is Dawn “ Minimal Mom” A slob comes clean Dana K White on decluttering. It helped me to see I like most people , I just have too much “Stuff” amazing how much much easier keeping my home is becoming. BUT I am still a big work in progress slowly ! Very important!
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You're an amazing person to share about this. I've been doing this my whole life, I'll make the space so cluttered and when it's no longer livable, I would do a "deep clean" just like this by categorizing things first. It's just that I didn't have a neutral mindset about it, and while deep cleaning I would feel like a failure because "I shouldn't let things get THIS worse" yet I always repeat it again.
Thanks for sharing your space. I have just discovered your book and I am loving it! As a disabled person, I now have some hope when it comes to housekeeping.
“This space will care for me now”
She has good points. Thanks for sharing.
There are 5 types of things:
trash,
dishes,
laundry,
dislocated things with a space,
things without (put them on a temp spot).
Limits decisions.
This is such a gigantic help to me. Do you have anything similar for things besides tidying? A huge problem I have is dealing with piles of papers and home-office type to-do’s. It’s so hard to tackle it because almost every piece of paper in itself is a whole task to be done. It’s overwhelming and suffocating.
Same here
@@carolgeorge6409 I really liked Julie Morgensteins' Never Check Email in the morning. I might not be remembering it entirely accurately, but one idea is to make a big pile of all the papers, and then write/or type what each task is onto a notepad/document. Then DO NOT do them, just estimate, how long will each one really take? And then, which one to do first. She writes that a lot of time these kind of paper tasks are overwhelming because we assume (hope?) they'll be a lot quicker to do than they really are, but subconsciously we know it will take a long time so we don't want to do them!
We don't have much furniture and we're getting some (yay!) But I have ADHD and autism and depression and anxiety and ocd so I feel so bad that I have such a difficult time with my basic tasks. I stare at my laundry pile growing and my recycle pile and my donation bin and I just want to be able to have more motivation. Thank you for sharing your TED talk! That's how I found you and hopefully things will turn around soon. 0nce we make spots for things and I know where everything goes it will be much easier for me, i think. I'm not a failure, I just need to do things differently.
Thank you KC!
Garbage, laundry, dishes/ things with a place and without 👍🏼
I think it's really brave of you to show your house online not looking at its best.
This is a wonderful idea! I've discovered your video recently and they have really been helping me change my mindset and approach to cleaning
Thank you! I so appreciate you showing your messy space. Just watching you break this down and do it was so helpful. It’s good to see someone else who has a messy space show and tell exactly how they cleaned it. I get so overwhelmed and seeing other people’s videos cleaning their mess which isn’t actually messy just makes it harder for me to get motivated. This was so great and inspirational. 💕
I always forget the part about not taking the trash out/starting the dishes etc right away, just put them in the area! Always good to refresh
The cat has the right idea, he's relaxing😂
I love everything about this so much. Thank you for sharing!
This space will care for me well now. I can feel that. Thank you.
One tip to eliminate most of this work is to put the trash in the trash can to begin with. Also, the dishes in the sink or dishwaher as they're done being used. Put things away as soon as they're finished being used.
Thanks for pinning down that method. I think I'm doing this in my light days but it helps to have such a checklist for the dark days.
One thing I'm doing additional to that from time to time: review my "does not have a place"-pile If there are certain clusters visible. And If there are, I decide do GIVE them a place right in that room I've discoverd them. Thats how I came to several big boxes next to my front door. They contain empty bags and empty bottles. Such reviews show my natural behaviour and help to reduce clutter.
That's how my brain works, too, when I help others with their spaces. As per my own home, usually my home, throughout the day anything that is garbage or will become garbage I trash right away. Plus, everyone knows the living room is not anyone's bedroom and so no clothes or shoes are allowed there. And no eating outside the kitchen/diniing room area is another awesome preventable measure.
👋 Hi,
I really like your to the point, by the point method. I refer to your video every time I get overwhelmed and it motivates me.
Thank you 👌🙂
love your book! and love how the cat had to sample the tidy area by doing a little roll, hehe
Such a great video! I’m so glad I found you ❤ thank you for making it easy and approachable and “morally neutral” that take so much of the pressure off. I’m gonna try this method in my kitchen island and living room tomorrow 🙌
You also said “this space will care for me well now” and I love that language, a new outlook that gives me a better reason to clean than just someone else is coming over. I can do it for me and my family
This is the best demonstration and most real video I’ve ever seen! Thank you! 🤩 Going to go do this to my house now
So fun watching the cat!
This was so helpful. Thank you!
I really love the layout of your home, I miss my old house as it was similar, Definitely miss the big kitchen island!
The change is nearly unbelievable ❤❤❤ gives me so much encouragement thank you!
The cats walking and sitting where you are trying to work - so relatable. Cats, always in the way, never fails. LOL.
I think while I was supposed to learn from watching this video, and I did. What I liked most was to hear how happy your child sounded in the background!!
I just discovered your book recently, and was so excited to find you on UA-cam today. Thank you for the 5 things cleaning method!! It felt like a revelation when I read it! It is so refreshing, and I can't wait to give it a try and pass it on to my sisters.
This is so incredible HELPFUL! Thank you!!
Thank you for sharing this. I like your idea of only five things. Right now I am picking a spot to clean for 10 minutes followed by a break. Just starting today. Hopefully, this works. I’m tired of my bedroom being a mess of clothes and beauty products.
"This space will care for me well now." ❤
This is really helpful. One area that is overwhelming is the things that don't have a place. I feel like most of my things don't have a place which is part of the problem. Trying to find a place for them is overwhelming.
OMG! Something that is actually going to help me!!! This is doable!!
My house stays pretty clean although i now have some clutter i need to take care of here of there, but i never get to really clean my bedroom. Yes i always put it and myself last. Plus i fold clothes in there and it just seems so cluttered on the reg. I did this today and I am so happy with how well i did and how easy it was when doing it this way. Thank u
This is simply genius and SO HELPFUL!!! As someone with mega lifelong ADHD and dealing with chronic health conditions that often really impact my energy levels, this is BY FAR the BEST/most doable approach I’ve ever come across! THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR GENIUS!
Just started your book and I hope you will get even more recognition. I used you method and in just 30 minutes I could finally see the floor again which always felt like an impossible task. Thank you so much!
I don't to mean to laugh, but this is what my apartment looked like during covid. I'm listening to your book right now and had to see this for myself. Thank you so much for being real about this and taking the anxiety out of trying to get organized. My adhd brain struggles to focus, but this method seems legit. I have to try this.
Hi!! Do you (or anyone else reading this) have tips for someone like me who struggles with the very first step? The part where we pick up the trash and throw them away? I have this massive guilt when it comes to throwing away things... because I worry so much about the environment and my ecological footprint, I try to recycle & reuse as much as I can. Therefore things that look like trash to other people may not look like trash to me, so I struggle with clearing them from my living space.
I've read your excellent & super comforting book twice and totally get the part where you say "you can't save the planet when you're depressed" but at the same time, how do I train my brain to recognize that trash is trash when I go around my house looking for them? Thank you :)
I'm honestly so glad to see someone show a realistic example of what a lot of ppl, including myself, are dealing with. Most prganizational/housekeeping/self help/cleaning content starts out with a 'messy' area that when I look at it I'm like please, you call that messy? You should see my place. But all jokes aside, seeing my reality vs what most cleaning content is showing doesn't match up. I just end feeling bad about how I can't even do something as simple as keeping a space clean consistently. I know I can keep a space clean but it's keeping it that way that's an issue. So I really appreciate you being vulnerable and showing us what your place looks like. I feel seen, I feel like somebody gets it and it makes me feel like I can do this. 🫂❤
I love the cute cat!!
Going from (0:00) to (3:40) was very satisfying. This is basically what I do but some days it’s hard to move.
My favourite to the point, in point form motivation and cleaning method. Thank YOU. 🙂❤
You are a gift. I do this sometimes and i feel so seen....your trd talk is amazing
Great Job!.. Great Desire!!! Thank you!
A cats’ gotta help. 🤣👍🏼
Bra-vo! I’m so glad I found you. I like the way you think! I am going to try this.
So… what do you do with the things that have a place but not in the room you’re in… Because I’ve tried putting them in different boxes but then I just end up with boxes… and too exhausted to do anything with them after the fact…
This is so profound. Thank you
So glad i was never that severely depressed when kids where young but in the thick of it now youngest 16 oldest 24 but trying to do everything myself is hard. Feel guilty for asking kids for help its mum job to look after kids. I clean the house everyday its hard i just want to do nothing try to shower once a week change clothes once to much laundry to change more often brush teeth everyday also have burning mouth syndrome no dentist will clean my teeth lol
And once you get the place clean develop the HABIT of always throwing the trash away right away, putting things in their “homes” more consistently, also remember if you can’t find a home for something that may be an indication to let it go or that you need to get rid of something else in order to bring that item in.
I needed to see this. Thank you
Wonderful! Thank you.
The part that is extraordinarily distressing to me though is that it always gets to this point. Once I get the steam to clean it up, it’s fine. I can do it. But one of the things that keeps me so paralyzed is the depression at the fact that I always end up here. It feels hopeless.
Beautiful 😍 Thank you!! 👏
Great job!!!
Oh this is wonderful to watch, so easy to follow. But I have chronic back pain, I can’t bend or lift anything over the weight of a gallon jug, I’m doing PT to strengthen core, and have had a back procedure done but waiting for relief to kick in, but at 61 and living alone, with no family to help, I feel endlessly frustrated. Plus grieving loss of my Mom who lived with me in hospice has made it all the more daunting and unmanageable. I “manage” to keep my “living room turned piano studio” tidy-ish cos it’s where I teach piano to 20 students a week. Suggestions?
Your poor cat is busy staying out of your way....he is confused. Funny.
Louder for those at the back- it doesn't have to be perfect just functional!!! 💝
Get a dish drainer to put dirty dishes in. Keeps the kitchen sink open. Keeps dirties out of the way until you can do them.
Brilliant! 🙂👍
Thank you! I SO needed this!