Am I the only who doesn't ever have to clean because I am clean? Been in a new apartment for a few months and I clean the toilet periodically and obviously dishes/laundry but that's it. No pets, no roommates, no eating anywhere other than the table and ... the problem goes away. Like, roommates, fuck that, sure that's its own problem, but the way I always dealt with my roommates was if they made a mess in the shared areas I transferred it into their room immediately and eventually they stopped making messes and we were sort of still friends? And I didn't really care because who wants to be friends with someone who is rude enough to make a mess in public and not clean it? I do not understand most things in the world.
If I lived alone, this would not be a problem. But I moved into a house which had not been taken care of (to my personal standard) for a long time and had several roommates come in and out. That leads to a certain amount of attrition and accumulated mess that current roommates may not identify as their fault and so aren't motivated to address.
I'm working on developing these habits: not needing to clean by being clean in the first place. If this is just how you are naturally, it might be hard to describe, but do you have advice for developing this? Especially because shit piles up really easily with grad school & work and I'm still trying to rewire my brain to not associate shared spaces of the house with my creepy ex-roommate (it's okay I can eat in public because he's not gonna come lurk behind me and prepare to skin me).
Uh, yeah, grow up with an insane borderline sociopathic mother. Wait, does that not apply? Hmm. So I dunno. I have a trashcan in every room. I have plenty of furniture so I never need to put anything on the floor. The only thing on the floor in my entire apartment is my workout clothes which I change into every night anyway. I eat at a table which I can then wipe off in the evening but like, if you keep your food on a plate why would you need to? If you're older than six that should be an unnecessary step. Uhhh. No clutter. Soak your fucking dishes you don't have to do them immediately it doesn't even matter but soak them. I have a lot of dishes in a cabinet but mostly I just use the same ones over and over again from the dish drainer. I haven't touched my dishwasher in a while, even when I cook for more than myself it's just not worth it. Like what I don't understand. Papers and books? Get some folders or use your backpack. Dishes? Soak 'em. Things that require a vacuum? How would that even happen, though. Pets? Yeah, it is what it is. Sorry I don't know what to saaay I just like I said get confused all the time.Especially because shit piles up really easily with grad school
see yeah if it's that deeply ingrained i figured it would be hard to explain haha but figured i'd ask stuff like everything. i just don't have time/energy to clean and the process gets backed up because i'll be like ok i am doing laundry today oh just kidding one of the 5 other people i live with is doing laundry ok guess i have to postpone that for another 5 weeks for me to have a break. vacuuming is new and important to me because we had a bimonthly maid service come by my parents' home so i never realized how much i SHED. even with a pixie cut. it still gets everywhere. and then there's just dirt from existing and being outside i guess? the point about pets is one i totally didn't even think about bc i grew up with cats and like... if i'm already reeling from junk and clutter and stuff adding kets is gonna be a whole other level
Hey wow though just get like a big basket for your laundry and then it's not even a problem except if you physically run out of clothing. I guess I don't shed. Or exist? I don't know my carpet is one of those speckled ugly ones so it just kinda looks how it's gonna look.
I do have 2 large baskets and that plan worked for a while and then i'm not sure what happened. i did a big clean the other day though and everything is lovely and i am actively attempting to change my habits. part of it is the whole house i'm renting is all hardwood which is lovely but makes being clean just that much more work
LOL. So I live in a place where if you don't wipe down phone cases every day by putting them in and out of your pocket, you have to wipe them down with 90% IPA every month because the air turns them into skunge. My wife has cheap-ass boots she bought for a halloween costume. They've been in the closet for five years. We pulled them out yesterday and they'd disintegrated. Some environments are easier to be clean in than others.
LA is the fuckin worst why do people live there lol
this is true. i have a sorority little moving out there on thursday and she's like lol imma be in the entertainment industry and it's gonna be amazing and great... i don't think she knows what she's in for. and she's pretty sickly so the drop in air quality is gonna be bad... i can't say i didn't warn her though.