Ever find it hard to make yourself wash dishes or sweep the floors? I never used to have a problem keeping a clean house, but something happened to me! My husband and I had a few roommates in and out of our house before we were married, that's when it all changed...
I got so tired of picking up after everyone else that I just totally gave up. My house was a pigsty anytime someone lived with us. My husband is good at cleaning up after himself, but he got sick of it too. Doing twice the dishes, finishing someone elses laundry, picking up other people's dirty socks from the living room, it just got to be too much. So, we let it go. We lived in squalor for so long I think I got lazy. Now that we are living alone I can't keep up with everything. It's like I got so far behind that I'll never catch up, so what do I do? Nothing. It drives me insane, but I just can't bring myself to do anything about it. I'm lucky if I do the dishes everyday or clean the bathrooms once a month. Gross, I know. I stay stressed out about it but I'm just too damn lazy to fix it. I plan on cleaning my house everday after work, but then I get home and look at it and just get overwhelmed. I don't understand how I've gotten so bad, my house used to be spotless! Now I'm too ashamed to have company over.
Anyone else ever had this problem? How did you overcome it? Got any magical solutions or easy methods of keeping a clean house? I need all the help I can get!
Before we moved after the wedding, I lived in on campus apartments for 3 years, and every year I had 2-3 roommates, one of which was always messy and gross. Maybe it's because I was so put off by that one girl, but I never had any issues cleaning up before.
ReplyDeleteNow that my husband and I live together, it seems overwhelming. He's always throwing stuff everywhere and leaves it for me to pick up, which got old pretty fast. I've gotten so bad about laundry - since we live in an apartment, we have to use the community laundry room, and I just hate lugging that overflowing basket around and using the shared machines.
My advice - start small. Instead of planning on cleaning the whole house, pick one task or room for the day. Clean one of the bathrooms today, then vacuum or sweep tomorrow, etc. Something I usually do is take 10 minutes out of my day and pick up as much as I can in that 10 minutes. It really helps keep things neat.
If all else fails, invite some people to come over in a few days - you'll be forced to clean up before they come!
That's my normal solution to a messy house, throw a party!
ReplyDeleteI can't complain about my husband because he's pretty clean. He has no problem doing the laundry, dishes, vaccuming, bathrooms or anything else. We just wait until it's overwhelming to do anything about it. Thank God he's not a slob!
HAHA oh man I can relate. Our place is so small right now, that's it hard for me to keep it clean. I know weird right? But it's the fact that there isn't any room for anything, so it's always "cluttered", especially before the wedding. I also have a bad habit of not putting things back when I am done but have gotten better. I went on a cleaning spree about a month ago and cleaned from top to bottom (even scrubbing the floors on my hands and knees). I was tired of looking at it and it really needed to be cleaned. I've worked hard at trying to keep it picked up--and boy can it be work for me haha Lord help us when we get a real house! lol Luckily my hubby is not messy. He actually likes it if I'm gone somewhere...because the house stays clean. haha
ReplyDeleteAs Cassandra suggested--start with one room and move to the next or do it all in one day. I find that if I have the cleaning mojo going, it's best if I don't stop. Once you get it clean again-it'll be easier to keep clean. Until then, just keep reminding yourself to pick things up or do the dishes as you go. Soon enough you'll be back into your habit.