I just don't know why. I was the same with my bedroom as a child, leave it for ages then have a huge blitz, and it's followed me into adulthood. I want a tidy house. When I've thoroughly blitzed it I LOVE it. I find myself staying up later just to enjoy the tidiness. But it never lasts more than a week tops, and then the mess seems to get on top of me so quickly, which demotivates me even more. I end up thinking, what's the point, it'll be a state again by tomorrow.
I'm a single parent of a nearly 3 year old and want a nicer home for him. I'm bidding on some more storage on eBay to cope with the sheer volume of toys but it's not really space I lack (even though the house is tiny, there's only 2 of us and I haven't got much stuff), it's motivation. Even though I love it tidy, I don't want to clean EVERY day, but if I don't by day 2 it's a tip again and I go back into the spiral of what's the point of tidying, it'll only get messy again...
Any advice/tips to help me kick this longterm? I'm going to settle in for a huge blitz today and would love it to last longer this time.
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L8rAllig8r · 18/08/2011 12:08
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