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Anybody else feel completely overwhelmed atm?

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redcar28 · 23/12/2023 13:24

I need to clean the house! At least the rooms downstairs anyway and the bathroom as have guests coming Christmas Day. Wanted to get it done today but I feel so overwhelmed I just don't know where to start !

Also have two massive wash baskets which are full, would like to try and reduce this also but seems impossible.

How can I tackle this? 😩

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dudsville · 23/12/2023 13:27

I'm not doing a big christmas clean but in my ordinary cleaning I have found myself doing things like organising an untidy closet instead of the toilets! I've just hit a wall, was going to go to the gym but instead I've stopped, am going to shower and have a nice late lunch and sit on the sofa for the rest of the day! I'm hoping tomorrow I'll do the remaining bits! Can you cut your losses and hope poeple pay more attention to each other and the food rather than the bits you didn't get done?

BlueDayBritishIdiot · 23/12/2023 13:30

I'm feeling this. Ive been working flat out at work this week and have no energy today to do any of the bits that need doing. I'm a lone parent so I have to do it or it won't be done.

mrsmacmc · 23/12/2023 13:35

Absofeckinlutley overwhelmed and hit with really bad mum guilt. DD first Christmas (5 months old) the house is a total stir up, the tumble dryer went on Thurs night, not wrapped a thing, Christmas dinner in the freezer, DDog is acting up and 'D' H is being a plank 🤦‍♀️

BlueDayBritishIdiot · 23/12/2023 13:36

mrsmacmc · 23/12/2023 13:35

If it helps the first 2 Christmases mean nothing to kids, take the pressure off yourself.

Justkoko · 23/12/2023 13:43

I was the same this morning, staring around a wreck of a house. I subscribe to the organised mum app and there are a load of listen along cleans. It sounds daft to pay for someone to tell you what to do but honestly it just makes you get on with it and not get distracted. I managed to get just about the whole house looking presentable with the 75 min clean. There are much shorter ones available if you want to break things up. Different rooms or whatever. I'm not employed by them (!) I just think it has really helped to take away the dithering when it comes to getting the house straight. I don't have to think, just do as I'm told and it gets done!

mrsmacmc · 23/12/2023 13:43

@BlueDayBritishIdiot thank you I really needed to hear that today 🥰 been in tears nearly every day of December just feeling absolutely overwhelmed with it all 🤦‍♀️ the pressure is unbelievable and I try to do our own vibe - chuffing hard 😰 sending you peaceful Christmas wishes heart

CeriB82 · 23/12/2023 13:45

What on earth is a Christmas clean up? Who will notice if it needs a clean up? You’re creating work for yourself.

Northsideoftheriver · 23/12/2023 13:47

Same. I keep doing it in bursts. Little sit down after each bit. I know that sounds like I'm five but we are all ill, I've got cold sores, feel like utter shit BUT I want it to be nice for Christmas. Nobody is visiting but I want it tidy for us as a family even though it will resemble a bomb site later Christmas day. DH at work, so it's really up to me to suck it up. Ugh.

Sugarfree23 · 23/12/2023 14:01

This was me yesterday and family were round last night.

Start buy bunging the washing on.

Then clean the downstairs loo and close the door. Lock from the outside using a 10p coin - also a good place for storing gifts. Tell kids the locks broken.

Then tidy then kitchen and dining area.
Living room last give it a.quick hoover tomorrow

ChewbaccasMrs · 23/12/2023 14:03

I've been feeling the same,myself and our DD15 have both been ill for 2 weeks now with the chest infections from hell,both on antibiotics and it's still not shifted.

I've barely been out of bed for the last 2 weeks I've been so ill but I was able to organise lists of things that needed doing so my DH has got on and done them.

Still the kitchen and bathroom to clean today once the 2 Dogs have been bathed and groomed and the hoover to put around and then it should be done,I can't remember the last time I was this behind at Christmas and all I want to do is sleep.

BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 23/12/2023 14:04

This is me all year round, unfortunately.

mambojambodothetango · 23/12/2023 17:12

I honestly don't mean to come along and kill the thread or whatever but two years ago my Mum was very ill and in the lead up to Christmas we all thought she was going to die any day. We were caring for her between us, involving long car journeys and time away from our own families. I remember hearing people saying how overwhelmed they felt about being ready for Xmas and I couldn't help thinking that I wished that was my only worry. I don't mean to say that your feelings aren't valid, but when I'm feeling overwhelmed by stuff that's, frankly, optional, I just remember that it could be so much worse. Have a happy time and enjoy your family x

Mintygoodness · 23/12/2023 17:28

Just start small. Don't think about it all. Focus on the downstairs loo and maybe one basket of washing. Wait until it's dried and put away before you start the second one. Look through the laundry and don't wash anything that you don't need for Christmas. Make sure everyone has enough to wear while the guests are here. Anything else can be washed later.

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