ADHD-Friendly Tips for Tackling Messes!
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- ADHD-friendly tip for tackling messes! There are many variations of this method out there. This variation has helped me for years! I hope it helps you!
If you think you have ADHD, I made a worksheet to help determine if you meet the diagnostic criteria and talk to your doctor about it!
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We both know those boxes are going to be left for dead in their next location
Yep anything inside the box vanishes from existence u dont have it anymore xD
Lolol! Laughing 😆 and crying 😢 at the same time
Yep.
Yup. Great now I have several boxes full of things EVERYWHERE
I have a room filled with those boxes 😅😭
This will be very helpful thank you 😊
Omg tysm❤
I mean, sure, if you already have a massive amount of space. 🤷♀️
And a garbage bin box
The only thing is my home doesn't look like this. Can someone on the spectrum have an obsessively clean home with really disorganized drawers lol
Turned this off because of music!
ok but how do normal people clean??? I gather as many things that don't belong as possible, and then go with them. I guess I'm neurotypical, cause I can go into another room without getting super distracted, but this is just the superior way.
I tried something like that with bags. But then I never unpack the bags and just have a crap ton of bags everywhere 😂😂😂
Lol
Same. It’s so bad, that my mom wants to get me a second shed in the backyard so that I can stuff all my bags in it. I already have a shed full of stuff, and there are bags lining my bedroom walls. I’m going to need to start throwing things out
Me too 😂
I feel this on a deep level
I think the key is seeing the items?
instructions unclear, i live in a box now
Is the Box Clean?
@@mlem6951 no
Best adhd definition by far
Hahahahaha
I feel like this is what a cat would say! 😄👍 ❤🐈🐱🐾
When I clean up in hyperfocus, I just let my adhd drift me along. Yes it's probably less efficient but picking up another cleaning project every 2 minutes brings me joy and dopamine and that's what I need to finish cleaning in hyperfocus.
Yeah I'd rather be a chaotic cleaning tornado around the house than collect yet more mystery boxes🥴
Most realistic comment lol I do this but lightly control the pull of being side tracked
I wish I had this too
Exactly. Just let my chaos mind dictate which piece of random stuff I address next, if I try to make it “efficient”, I’ll spend twenty minutes thinking about each item, and 98% chance I get distracted while doing that, sidetracked, and back nowhere.
I'm the same way, but with a toddler and a newborn i have to clean/organize with prioritization in mind. It takes all the joy out of cleaning for me
Bold of you to assume my things have a room they belong in or a home😂
lol
Yes. This is the core of my domestic chaos. If everything had a home, things would be neat and tidy AF.
You underestimate my ability to get sidetracked while even in the same room 😂
I like to make piles instead of boxes because anything that goes into a box gets forgotten.
Then I have someone come supervise me to make sure I put away the piles
I️ put them all in one laundry basket in categories for different spaces. The laundry basket has holes in it so I️ can see it. Also putting them in a pile of crap in another room means it’s not hidden in a box.
May I suggest reframing that last bit? There's a very helpful strategy called "body doubling," that ADHDers often find very helpful. So really, when you invite someone over to sit with you, you're still the active agent in the process, and you're doing a great job of using strategies and setting yourself up for success.
I appreciate the speed in which this info is delivered.
I speed up a lot of vids to 1.25 because they talk sooo slowly. Well for me at least.
Yes!!! 1.5 x for most 😂
*deep sigh* I didn't know that was a sign of ADHD. There is another.
Boxes are my worst anemy whatever lands inside a box will stay there forever unless its winter clothing xD 😅 does not work for everyone as it seams
I forgot I️ had winter clothes for 2 winters this way. Haha. The big jacket was still in my closet and I️ wore jeans year round, but I️ missed my sweaters for 2 years and completely forgot I️ put them away and didn’t give them away. I’m scared to check them in case they have moths. :(
I agree. My entire HOUSE is full of boxes filled with stuff I started “organizing” but never got to the unpacking stage
I find laundry baskets super useful for the boxes
That’s what I️ use too. You can see through them. And you also need them to do the laundry. So it can’t stay full.
My best tip is: Grab 3 totally random at the same time and put them all where they belong even if they do not belong in the same place, that way you are constantly minimizing the amount of stuff laying around without having to think about where you start. I feel like it can be overwhelming if you try to think of a system (I.e. looking for items that belong in your closet)
I do thiss😭😭😭
Like I be having my yoga mat , pencil case , water bottle , clothes , scruniches ,necklaces in my hand at the same time....
😢
I need to screenshot this❤
@@eatwhatukiii2532I just did😂
Makes sense. A little at a time. Not a huge time consuming project commitment at once.
It's so relatable and helpful. I lose my phone at least five times a day, and I don't even know where I put stuff. I kind of lost my mom's credit card and someone stole two hundred off it. ADHD gets me in big trouble. I should technically be handicapped at this point.
Omg yes I under stand you sooo much
That’s all of us lol
I've developed a strategy where my phone can ONLY be placed in certain designated places at home and ONLY be kept in certain designated places when I'm out in the world. Like every room in my house has an assigned spot where my phone can be set. In my bedroom, it can ONLY be on the table with my bedside lamp, and that's it! It can't even be on the table on the opposite side of the bed. If I'm at work, my phone can't be anywhere but in my hand or in the left pocket of my work pants. It's like every place but those designated areas are hot lava for my phone. I realize that sounds extreme af, but it's the only reason I haven't lost it yet.
@@mperezmcfinn2511 i sometimes leave my phone on top of picture frames
Technically you are (so am I). ADHD is a dissability.
I just moved into a college dorm room for the first time and honestly this video kinda goes along in that, cleaning in now so much easier with just one room! I CAN'T just get distracted cuz everything is right here! My room is the cleanest it's ever been and it's awesome! Small tiny prison cell dorm room for the win 🎉🎉🎉😄😄😄
Tip label the boxes so you remember because I feel like I would forget 😂
Fr I would research the best types of boxes, shop for pretty ones, make fancy lables, decorate the boxes with pretty stickers etc, step back looking at how beautiful they are, look around to see that I'd have to majorly clean an area just to find a space for them, panic, get overwhelmed and completely give up, go to my bed, doomscrolling and hating myself.😢😅
I would definitely have to label the boxes haha
Where did I put those boxes again?
Probably with the label maker and near the file folders.
Other ideas that I use
- dress up to clean! Make a character and dress up like them! My personal favorite is tavern wench, but you can do anything you want!
- pretend you are a hired cleaner coming to clean your home. Reward yourself with money or something else once you finish.
- watch cleaning/organizing/restocking videos to get your hyperfocus going, this one is my go-to.
Doom boxes!
No.
This doesnt work for my ADHD.
I might get distracted, however, at least the room is a little better then it was and the item is put away. I us Dana K White's method.
My method is take all the little messes, make one big mess, then start sorting that mess until you run out of things that belong in that room and any leftover mess migrates to the next room to join the next mess pile. Whatever's left at the end lives in the junk corner of uncategorizable things.
I got distracted literally in the middle of this video and then after cackling at myself I finished it and I’m gonna try it out. Wish me luck!!
UA-cam and its 0 comments lol, fix that sheez.
When I try to make myself finish one task to completion without any side quests, I either get extremely bored or extremely frustrated or both. Wandering from room to room and completing tasks in whatever wonky way makes sense to me IS working with my brain. It's stimulating, it helps me remember to do things I've been meaning to do for forever, and it keeps my body in motion.
My boxes sadly are full since I tried this 5 years ago
This is a great idea. I did this is every room and placed the totes outside the door in hallway. One week later: I ran out of totes and am now using black garbage bags AND I cannot walk thru my hallway to get to my bedroom. 😂
My best tip so far: throw out all your old hampers - because we know you either have 3+ or none - and purchase one very small hamper. I got one on amazon that i think is like 13" tall. Its basically the size of a mini trash can.
Anyway, once that gets full: wash, dry, fold. Its so much less overwhelming when its only like 3 outfits.
Just dont tell yourself about the old hamper you didnt actually throw away and still use in secret.
When you’re cleaning a room, don’t leave that room!
Step 1: Leave the room and get boxes
Omggg!!
I do this all the time
Like first I'll take everything that doesn't belong in the room I'm cleaning to other and continue same
Genius
I moved to a new home about 6 month and I still haven't unpacked everything. I'm going to try this
i have adhd but my rooms are always clean. i have friends on the spectrum of adhd who have messy rooms. am i misdiagnosed? i often dont have the same problems as my friends with adhd.
Instructions unclear, I'm a professional boxer now
My family's kitchen table is so messy that my mom said if I can keep the table clean for 3 months she'll get me a pet duck 😂
I just emptied a box filled in 2019. I put some of it in a bag.
Me ending up with boxes of every size in all the rooms…
The things we figure out over time! I finally figured out this method a year or two ago. Thanks for sharing it for others so they don't have to struggle!
Oh cool! Boxes i can use to fill up with things and then leave in the corner for the next 3 months
I buy the containers..rinse and repeat.🙄🙄
Love this!
Trying to remember which box is which will overstimulate me and I will explode
Label the boxes! A few pieces of paper, write one with "bathroom", "bedroom" etc.
Stick to the box with adhesive tape
It's the To-Do piles for me ... THAT'S HOW WE GOT IN THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE!! 😂
Yes
This helped me I am currently cleaning my room
The boxes MUST have clear sides for me. If they are opaque they feel finished to me.
And they need to have a lid because as soon as there is dust in them - which will definitely be the case because I won't be cleaning all of them right away - I tend to leave them as they are because I'm "afraid" there will be spiders etc. in them and I don't want to touch them anymore.. But in general I think this is a good idea and I will try it. :)
Shit that's me but a whole lot worse😅
Thats like... The cleanest mess i saw ever
Yes. My home looks exactly like this, and frankly this video is hitting me like a ton of bricks I was diagnosed 3 days ago and had no idea till now that my ability to leave things sitting on my table for literally years was cuz of my ADHD. You wanna hear something really bad? I had my family over for Christmas once (((for context, I live completely alone and the only time anyone is ever in my house is when my family comes over for Christmas))) someone gave me a 3D Puzzle and a box of socks and some clothes as a gift. After they all left, I put my gifts on one of the couches I never sit on and figured I’d “pick them up later” guess when “later” was? 2 days before Christmas the following year. And I only finally made myself take that stuff off the couch cuz I HAD to tidy up for my family coming over once again for Christmas. A year. An *ENTIRE* year I left my couch covered in Christmas presents. Only looking back now after my diagnosis I realize how severe my ADHD is.
Yust my life .-.
So.... nobody gonna talk about the one out-of-place item in thag kitchen? The random GPU sitting there lol.
No this is too much.
I just get sidetracked even when I’m cleaning my table. I’m like "oh, my sketchbook, gotta look at my drawings! Oh, what’s on this piece of paper! Oh, a manga I never finished, need to read it right now to not forget!"
BRB I gotta go buy the exact boxes you have but I won’t ask you but instead I will spend 15 hours online researching them until I hunt them down. See they are over priced then I will find cheaper alternatives but then those will be too small. Why doesn’t someone invent cheap cleaning boxes…😮I forgot to renew my car tags
I have a room stacked to the ceiling with boxes. Garage is lined up as the next "tidying up" room for boxes. 😂
Huh I do this without knowing I’m doing this.. I’ve had to find little tricks for my adhd and I know if I go up or downstairs I’ll completely forget what I’m doing so I make a pile at the top and bottom of the stairs to go up or down when I’m ready to clean downstairs or upstairs. I may have to try this! ❤
These are all really good tips!!
For those of us who only have a 2 room house, break it into sections and have a room pile in each. If you find something in the section you are working on, it goes into the correct sections doom pile. Last part is cleaning the doom pile
I do this
Working with ADHD, it's a rhythm and flow for sure. Gotta find a way to work with it .
Thank you thank you I'm moving and my room is a mess and I am literally incapable of cleaning it
And suddenly i think that,, Marie Kondo has ADHD too(?!)
I have embraced the chaos. I pick one thing n just float around, doing one thing n another thing and another and an hour later the dishes n laundry are done n the random basket of things I gathered, have been put away finally.
Why didnt i think of this??? Regular organization advice doesnt work for my ADHD brain.
you are a lifesaver!. I've been doing kind of a version of the boxes thing but I don't label them and then they end up getting a bunch of stuff that has nothing to do with anything inside of them so now I'm just going to label them
THE BOX HACK IS GENIUS!! I usually do the same thing but with one big box and, not gonna lie, that box usually just stays there until a “productive procrastination” day 😂 having a single box for each room is genius- doing this asap!
This is great advice! ADHD, if you want to define it.... I just call it life... makes it impossible to multi task. I'm a professional one thing at a timer😊. It works. We're just different, and nobody seems to understand us.😢
OH MY GOD THIS IS THE MOST USEFUL IDEA EVER 😮😮😮 I can’t wait to try this 😭 you have no idea how side tracked I get with cleaning, a million projects started & nothing ever completed
I knew the comments section wouldn’t disappoint! Yes, the bags… they stay full of stuff. I discover the bags and the stuff a year or two later and it’s like someone gave me Christmas presents! Wow!! I have THIS thing??!
THATS LITERALLY WHAT I DO cause i get so distracted and lazy (idk if i have adhd but i def relate)
❤❤❤❤❤❤ ugggghhfhfffhfhhhhhb as far as I've gotten with this is just a need to put anything/everything that is out and confusing that I haven't succeeded in deciding or even approaching thinking about deciding what room they belong in. so rn it's just lotsaboxes "put away" everywhere 😢willtake more focus to get to this next step. send focus ⛵ 😅😊 but yeah this is great.
it's tough to balance "mis en place" with respect to how impactful/helpful it is to make sure everything is accessible and reachable for each task you typically perform as inspiration for deciding.... what room things actually belong. especially when many things have many functions. like even deciding which dishes go in which cabinets is hell and as far as I'm concerned they might not even need to live in the kitchen 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴 hehhhhhhhh.
If you always put something back where you found it, in rightful spot. You wouldn't have things from 3 different rooms in your KITCHEN. Lol. This is my husband and I don't understand. I'm guessing you have great strengths in other departments making up for this trade off
For me it works best cleaning with a timer. For example I clean for 30 minutes. I bring things directly to the right room because when I used the system with the boxes, my stairs were full of boxes I never unpacked.
To avoid starting cleaning closets etc. I have a list with all yearly works and every week, I do one of these. So they are always clean and if not, I can see on my list the date when it's time for this work. E.g. rearranging closets, cleaning the windows etc.
People probably think I’m lazy looking at my home. I’m go go go all day. I may sit for an hour a day and that included taking my kids to school and picking them up. I struggle with cleaning every room at once. Idk why I do it and I don’t even realize I’m doing it. It’s so frustrating. So basically I clean all day but only 25% of each room so it looks like I barely did a thing. Definitely doesn’t look like I was going at it from 8:30am until 1 am 😒
Put things away once you're finished using it. Problem solved. Or, try a roommate who throws your stuff out when you leave it lying around. Betcha that'll change things quickly!!!
I've tried everything. 6 kids under 13. WOW, now I need help, I'm stuck somewhere in between the kitchen and living room under 8 feet of stuff 😢 Im truly lost.
I find it easier separated into: throw out (garbage), clean (dishes and laundry), and needs to go somewhere else. That way I don't have to stop and REMEMBER where things go. It's easier to know "this gets thrown out, this is dirty laundry, this doesn't belong here." Just sort it, don't action it, until everything is sorted. Then bring garbage, dishes and laundry where they need to go.
That's how I've always cleaned
But instead of boxes I would just make piles and then when I'm done cleaning that room I quickly put away a pile
But so I don't get distracted I remember exactly where I need to put it, run there drop it, and run back
It works, I do get distracted sometimes, but it's doable
Funny. I just watched another video of tidying where the person said: You can work with your brain not against it. But she said you don't have to do one whole room. Just pick one thing to tidy and from there start the next. Like picking up dirty clothes in one room, bringing them to the washer. Then takeout the fresh cloths from the dryer, bring them to the bed to fold, put them in the drawer. Take the dirty plate and coffee mug from the drawer, put it in the dish washer. Pick up the grocery bags in the kitchen, put them in the bag container in the hallway. Pick up your backpack that needs to go in the office room. Etc.
If rules for tidying up with disciplin work for you: Gratulation, you don't have adhd😂
Yooooo boxes.... why didn't I think of that.
I always end up going from one room to another, and one surface in that room becomes the catch all, and I have to clean like 3 times customers circling
Why.. did.. i.. never.. think.. of this....*blinks* i cant do that... *ends up with more boxes then what one needs and more stuff on the counters*.. motherf...
I pick up one thing, take it where it goes then grab something next to that, that goes somewhere else, repeat. I get my steps in lol
So i found for me folding clothes straight after the dryer makes it easy more likely they get folded
I don't have adhd. But all These adhd Videos, esspecially about cleaning are so helpfull. Because the Thing where i start in one room and then suddenly rearrange my bookshelf or stuff, is so true for me. Often Times while cleaning i make a bigger mess because i think i really need to Sort Out this shelf, this will Help me Clean better ...
One time i started with my living room and ended up painting my kitchenkabinets while my living room still looked Like crap ~~
My, home, is, full, of, boxes.
…and bags.
…and bins.
…and totes.
…and anything else that can be classified as a “container.” 😣
I just make it a game. I try to never travel empty handed. So if I have to go out something away, I'm gonna try hard to return with something. Bonus points if I complete a side quest job in the other room. 💪 But that's because the piles or bins would become graveyards to procrastinate and avoid for a long time.
" oh yes I don't wanna loose time, I'm gonna live that there so it's there to be used later"
" I'm gonna leave it there so I'll remind I have to do something with it"
Couple weeks later..
" aaaaughh it's too much, I'm gonna cram everything inside the wardrobe like the Tokyo metro"
" oh wow sure this generic stuff is cheap, I might need it for my future projects, I'll buy "
" where the fuck to I put it now, Tokyo metro style"
years pass... " ahh time to order the wardrobe... Wait where the fuck does that Arduino touch screen come from? Did I really buy all those motors? Who knew I had a complete set of sensors and what are the shark teeth for?"
I’m lucky and unlucky I have ADHD plus OCD
i’m the queen of stacks- mostly magazines i’ll read someday and paperwork (to-do, filing).
currently on my couch, there's five boxes that have been sitting here since December… Boxes don't work for everybody 😂😂😂
It’s a battle, constantly. When I had energy and no disability, other than the ADHD, it was sooo much easier!
The problem with the boxes is they end up never getting put away.
I strongly recommend Dana k white and her progress and only progress method of cleaning. Highly rated among many adhd customers and a ton of her info is free here on UA-cam. 😊
The ONLY benefit of having OCD as well and ADHD (there isn’t really a benefit it’s all bad but) is that I cant really let things clutter on the floor cause it’s dirty, and I also can’t let things get too messy in my apartment generally cause I’ll shut down. So its usually decently clean.
I don’t have ADHD, and this is a great method that I have always used to make sure i am being as productive as possible. I usually will have my kid come retrieve his box of stuff to put away.
This is actually the best cleaning advice I’ve ever heard!!! Thank you! 🎉
My tip is to take *EVERYTHING* out of your room. Bring stuff back into your room & put them where they belong. Everything not in your room when you're done is not your problem and should be left there for a month until you get round to cleaning that room.
OMG at first as an ADHD person I thought yes yes this is genius but then I read the first comment and realized nope that will help get everything in boxes but I already overfilled my shed and closets with boxes with mixed stuff that needs to be sorted. Lol 😆 that stuff staying in the box. The only way is to have someone to be accountable to. You have your video audience to be accountable to. I have no one.
That's such a great idea 😊
First time I hear that piece of advice and it's so clever 😊
Thank you so much 🙏