Where do you start if everywhere you look there's just dirt and dust and clutter and even the threads on Flylady and The Magic of... feel distant from where you're at because your home is just a complete and utter tip?
It's got to be over a year since I dusted some areas of the house and when I do get time to do a bit, it's so disgusting and depressing, I feel overwhelmed.
I never get time to do more than 5 minutes here or there and can't afford a cleaner and those few minutes make no difference at all it seems. There are areas of the house with carrier bags and storage boxes full of 'stuff' to file or throw away. I can't use the kitchen work surfaces because of other piles of stuff that haven't yet gone into carrier bags or boxes to sort out - one day.
That 'one day' never arrives. I'm usually working or doing essential daily tasks to support DCs. I'm only on MN now because I'm off work sick with a flu like virus and feeling unable to do a thing but totally depressed by the chaos around me.
It would literally take me three days to tackle even one room. I know this because the last time I had a really good go at the main room DCs use, was only because they were away on a rare school trip and I took time off work to deep clean. It's amazing how little seemed to get done even working flat out for each of those three days and that room has now not been dusted for a year or more.
Can anyone else identify with this and anyone managed to drag their house back into order and cleanliness? I feel like I'd need to take a year off work and ONLY tidy, declutter and clean, to get it anywhere near acceptable!
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Spocksmum · 24/10/2014 13:52
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