clean my room and keep it clean

WELL…

I CLEANED IT!
I spent about 6 plus hours yesterday cleaning it yesterday and it just needs about another hour to be perfect. I cleaned it very, very, very (times 10) thoroughly, too! I have a ridiculous amount of clothing and I sorted everything into bags- stuff I’m giving to Goodwill, stuff I’m selling to Plato’s Closet, stuff that’s so ratty I had to throw away, stuff that I’m not wearing now but know I eventually will, and stuff I wear now that needs to go in the laundry. So now the only thing that’s in my closet is the 2 1/2 garbage bags for Plato’s Closet and The 3 1/2 garbage bags for Goodwill! Maybe that will give some idea to the amount of clothes I have! What needs to still be cleaned is just that I have a humungous pile of the clothes that I will wear eventually (about 2 garbage bags full) that I need to wash and put in my closet, then the clothes that I wear now are washed but need to go in my dresser (first time I’ll be using my dresser in this new apartment), I need to do a bit of straightening up, and then I need to vacuum. But our vacuum is broken so I’m going to have to wait on that :(. I even used my treadmill for the first time since October! I am so proud of myself! I feel like a new improved woman. :)

I will post pictures tomorrow!

I had to take two photos to try to show the full degree of messiness, but believe these pictures don’t do it justice. It is at least 10 times messier than it looks! And it looks horrible. You can’t see the full amount of clothes piling out of my closet (behind the treadmill). You can’t see all of the clothes and junk on top of and within a 3 foot radius of the treadmill. And you also can’t see the amount of food-related garbage to the right and below of where I’m standing (I’m on top of my bed)!

I’m standing by the doorway to my room. Ewww extremely messy.

After “stop procrastinating” of course… hehehe :)

My room has been messy for… um… I’m counting… about 8 months! Of course there are times when it’s “really really messy” and times when it’s just “kinda messy” and times when it’s “livable but messy” but right now it’s like “messy to the 8th power messy”! I just really need to clean it because it will make me feel so much happier. I’m like actually starting a diet tomorrow and I want to start using my treadmill again, but it’s in my room with like 60 pounds of clothes on top of it! I haven’t used it since October and that was when my room was “livable but messy” so my goal right now is to just get it back to that state so I can start exercising again. I give myself until Saturday- that is definitely enough time. And if I don’t do it… well… I will just be really angry at myself!