One shitty job a day - mission to get all the crappy tasks done this year

[Shittyyear2025]

I'm an eternal untidy person. I don't see my own clutter. I've tried HARD to find a routine that I can get engaged in, signed up for COUNTLESS get yourself organised apps.

I saw a video yesterday about getting one shitty job a day done. I think I can manage one shitty job a day. So far I cleaned the lounge carpet (over yesterday and today, bad back and heavy furniture) and I've painted a door that's been off it's hinges and propped up against my hall wall for maybe a year.

I reckon one shitty job a day (or for an hour towards it say, after work, longer crap jobs can be done at the weekend) I can do. I can finally finish decorating the kitchen. I can finally finish painting the landing/stairs/hall after the ceiling collapsed in Autumn 2024, I can sort out the front garden one job at a time (hell, I can even get rid of the ironing mountain and charity shop everything I no longer wear for an hour a day).

Anyone want to join me? Or any tips for starting AND STICKING WITH domestic routines?

I hate filling in complex forms. Have to dig out the laptop can't do them on mobile. I do it in the office because they ask so many questions, keep waiting for my bra size request. Documents scanned, photographed. Then take a photo of yourself so that they can check it against photo on driving licence and passport. Then they want a complicated password you'd never remember again.

I lose the will to live. DH gets very grumpy if he has to do it himself.

Luckily I'm barred from the garage it's a workshop too.

Today I emptied out the pullout pantry. Spilt soy sauce makes a horrible mess. Six shelves of stuff to be sorted into categories yet again. Empty and out of date stuff binned, washed out and recycled.

Then I did one cupboard again found out of date and empty packets stuffed in willy nilly.

DH does a lot of cooking so buys weird sauces, ingredients that he sees in the supermarket buys, stuffs them away and forgets them. 🤬🤬

Fully agree with you, @justasking111
And on your second message - I hate doing that cupboard-cleansing job too, and it’s me who fills them up! The satisfaction of the completed job is almost worth the effort of deliberately messing the categories up

Bathroom cleaned
Downstairs loo cleaned
Window in kitchen and the french doors done (on the inside anyway )
Sill in the kitchen cleaned and utensil holder cleaned

Then the worst job I'd been putting off - cleaning on top of the cupboards over the cooker and either side . It was caked on grease/dust (lord knows how to clean that ) but a microfibre cloth, hot water and some elbow grease did it .

Definately a Prepare To Be Dazzled .
But I left the inside of the cupboards for another day

Planted up a couple of pots too for good measure

Top tip: newspaper or lining paper on top of the cupboards. Then you just throw it away and replace it a couple of times a decade, sorry, year.

I said to my DH when I looked at the shelves and decided to leave them till later "Yes, I can see now why my Nana put lining paper on her shelves" , it was the done thing !

My mother does this on top of large pieces of furniture.

I'm currently designing my new kitchen which is going to cost a FORTUNE - I'm determined to have cupboards up to the ceiling wherever possible, purely to cut down on the high-up grot. And as much closed storage as possible - currently there's a lot of open shelving and it's such a pain in the arse to clean

My new kitchen had drawers which were so much better easier than floor cupboards. I've seen foods in drawers rather than cupboards since. OH and my pull out pantry.

Today I descaled my coffee machine, a once-yearly job that is a tremendous faff because if you don't follow its sequence to the letter, it gets the hump. So I followed its sequence to the letter and something still went wrong but anyway, I managed to get it to complete.

DH and I spent several hours in the garage, the only reason being that we are going to move house, so anything we haven't used for the past 5 years we are not taking with us. It's the only way he will even consider sorting things out.

why are men such hoarders?

Mea culpa, ive been a lazy git for ages. But my hand is forced. This is a bit "there's a hole in my bucket" so hang tight. We need to empty the lounge for new damp proofing. But, we(dh mainly) have a borderline hoarding problem. Books, dvds and cds mostly. So to clear the lounge we need space to move stuff we want (there will be a cull). The dining room is full already of cds we've moved. So we have to empty the cupboard of doom under the stairs. Which ive done today.(only room for one person and dh faffs). Now we have bags and bags to go to.the tip. Mostly old coats and shoes. All slightly damp and foisty, so no charity shop collection. Dh can deal with his stuff. I am knackered.

Well done. I still haven't tackled the classic videos and the player. Like the Tele. never watched

OH that understairs cupboard. There's a bloody great TV in there flat screen. I've just realised I think I binned the remote clearing out the office last month. Then there's a giant IKEA bag full of cables and whatnot going back two decades or more. The machine have got to be gone.

There's a box in the office with redundant mobile phones 12. Tablets 4. In the cupboard at least four old laptops.

Our neighbours husband died last year DH is huffing because she's clearing out the garage. Begone all the come in handy she's decided. It's all going on marketplace and selling fast. Why the heck DH thinks she ought to keep it I've no bloody idea. It's not her hoard.

Because it might come in handy.

In digging out my summer clothes for the holiday I chucked out so much tat. Faded shorts and vest tops. I'm particular and I like to look presentable so why did I think at the end of last summer I'd keep these things? So that turned into a whole bag.

I've made a start on finishing the kitchen but I've still got to do the final coat of paint. And today I doubt I'll do anything except laundry. I've been unwell and working a lot so my god ... This has translated into a ton of laundry.

I'm so over domestic duties ...

@justasking111 - Your neighbour is doing her DC an amazing service by getting rid. We cleared my DGMs house and sheds years ago. One shed alone took two days. Lots of come in handy that funny enough never did. Generations of come in handy.

My garage is in the state of come in handy and I cannot wait for this house to be completed so it can all go

She really is. What does a retired widow need an Irwin record vice for. DH thinks she should keep it. Well no they're hundreds new around £200 used so sell baby.

Having to tackle the loft of doom as solar panels, battery & insulation with boarding going in, gosh it's murder in that loft with the heat!!. Lots of clean good condition baby, adult and kids clothes plus kitchen stuff and knick knacks gone to Anglo doorstep collections. I just couldn't be bothered to sell it via online market places. Yay! What a relief! Did a tip run with the car chokka block with junk. Another couple of bags and boxes of books and dvds to go Anglo again. Listing a load of Levi stuff I found. Loft clearance man coming tomorrow for a quote to clear & put it in nearby storage whilst the insulation and boarding being done but I suspect we'll do a further cull of the unwanted stuff for the tip or collection. Also dumped a load of junk from our rented lock up. I'm looking at it as death cleaning. It's a bit overwhelming as I'm disabled and on bad days I'm pretty immobile but making the most of good days. Well done everyone on your splendid efforts. On we go!

@CherryRipe1 we are thinking of similar re solar panels on the roof. Is it really massive ball-ache to get done?

I'm not sure yet, we are just embarking on the install.A lot of batteries are secured on the back or side of the house depending on the size and space. Sometimes they put them in the loft but they need to run cables from the panels through the roof, loft and to the inverter. The scaffolding went up early this morning. The solar co said we don't need to clear the loft, they'll work round it but it's such a hoard in ours we've been trying to make a dent in it so there is room to move. I think it takes a day to put it in but we're having better ventilation installed too. Your energy supplier will need various certificates from the solar company to sort out things at their end and allow you to sell excess electricity back to them & we should save about £400 pa. Hopefully it's worth the upheaval!

@CherryRipe1 thank you for that - goodness it sounds complicated. I'll admit that the thought of clearing my loft gives me nightmares.
Even if it didn't need to be done, it would still need to be done in reality. We've got so much crapola up there.

This weekend I'm measuring up for solar film for every single window pane on my house. A small but significant step. I've decided to order them pre cut this time, I've got lots of panes and cutting it myself the first time for the porch glass was tricky enough.

Good luck with it all cherryripe1 x

@CrucibleThanks! I think it's just going to be one day of disruption. We hate upheaval but no pain no gain. I'm exactly the same about the loft situation, it's been playing on my mind for years now. The clearance bloke has just been round and quoted £300. He was very funny & nice, quite a blunt eastern European and made us see the futility of hanging on to years of hoard. He said he's moved stuff into temporary storage for people before and they end up dumping it. He advised just keeping important, valuable or very sentimental things. I'm interested in solar film! Please can you link that? Many thanks and all the best with tackling your loft.

We know someone whose family have made millions with container units for hoarders. He's very happy to keep extending his business.

Son is having solar panels. But the batteries aren't going in the loft but a separate workshop. His wife is worried about 🔥.

I'll post the link to the co. I used ASAP cherryripe1, when I find the tube with the label on it. Best wishes (and your loft guy is right, but it's finding& the time to sort the wheat from the chaff!).🎉💐