Be a better housekeeper

Well. something uncool happened in my life and it has kind of put me in a nose dive. I pretty much lapsed on all the progress so far, but at least I kindof know where I should be. It’s hard though, getting the motivation to do dishes when getting dressed in the morning seems so insurmountable. I will work hard to get a routine back. How does this even work though. I’m not really sure what muscles to be using to want to get stuff done when large parts of my brain couldn’t care less.

So, it seems like my basic routine is going well. I was frustrated by being interrupted all the thime for a while, but it seems like I get up before anyone else lately, which seems a bit odd, but I guess works for me. Even so, I seem to have stopped needing my ipod in order to do the dishes. That is kindof cool. I guess what that says to me is, I no longer require to be distracted by how demoralizing it all is. I guess that is a success. I remember when in order to go for a walk, I needed music, to distract myself from the reasons I would walk.

I never did get around to tackling a room a day or anything like that. I moved all the boxes from my stairs up to my room.. And I have vacuumed downstairs a few times, but there are surely other things that need doing and lots of them.

I feel like I have too many things on my plate a bit. Its hard to decide what to do. And then prioritize. I think I need to make more effective use of to do lists.

Well,
Housekeeping is a big job, there is a lot to it, and I am just obsessive enough, that I could get completely carried away and clean for 4 hours a day until I am fully burnt out.

So I have developed a mini routine that is going pretty well, and I am adding things as needed too.

So far my mini routine, which is the first thing I do in the day (while listening to my mp3player) is:
Dishes
Kitchen surfaces
Sweep kitchen floor and take out full trash or recycling
Tidy living room
Make bed and tidy bedroom
sweep bathroom floor
clean catbox

This has been working pretty well.

In addition, since there are many more things that could be done, I want to tackle a room each day, and work on some bigger jobs. For example, I took half the burgeoning free pile to goodwill last week, and a few days ago I cleaned out the fridge. I should keep track of this stuff so I don’t completely ignore it, or forget what I have done. I kind of want to make a planner with a section for housework each day. Although honestly, maybe it is doable, but I feel like every day is a little ambitious. Do I have 2 hours to wash the windows or whatnot every day? We will see. For now, I will insist on the mini routine and see how the rest of it goes.

I have spent years and years not cleaning things, some things not ever. I didn’t do dishes, I didn’t fix stuff, I let my stuff get ruined through inattention and I piled up clutter because I couldn’t find anything.

I would like to turn this around. I have been dating someone who is very organized and he makes it look so easy, while at the same time revealing the mysteries of the form. And I can understand through his perspective why it is worth it. Also feel like my surroundings affect my mental health, which is a concern for me. So it is my goal to get a handle on my housekeeping.