To ask is your house organised?

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I like to think im ahead of the game in terms of being on top of stuff
We never run out of anything
We have a good stock of things like batteries/ light bulbs/sellotape etc
I make sure we have everything we need eg I use an online clothes shopping service. I have parcel tape/bags/labels to return things
Online weekly food shops are booked several weeks in advance and bags stored in the car boot for click and collect
All my cupboards etc are organised
There is no clutter/junk pile
I regularly go through clothes and charity/ book items no longer needed/used
The loft contents are in storage boxes, labelled.
I have a supply of recyclable carrier bags for bagging and disposing the chicken carcass from Sunday dinner
If we don't need/use it then I get rid of it

I've not always been like this. Our last house was full of crap. When we moved I took the opportunity to sort the whole lot and I was ruthless !

I work, have dc's and an unhelpful dh.
This is a big reason why I need an organised house!
It didn't happen overnight though.

@PegasusReturns how do you create the time to get there in the first place?

I do the lists/never leave a room thing which keeps my head above water, and have numerous diary reminders.

But there is just zero time to actually get the house sorted to be sorted if that makes sense? If I had a child free weekend (ex literally doesn’t see them other than every 7 weeks), I could clear cupboards and label stuff maybe but there just isn’t the time to do it in the first place.

My DH gets really stressed by clutter and not being able to find things….I don’t so much. But we’ve lived in a house renovation for 2 years now. And when the bloody builders have gone we are going to have a massive sort and clear out as it’s even starting to get me down that we have no idea where anything is.

Not remotely organised, and pretty untidy in certain rooms/areas - I can't seem to help it and am not really bothered.

Does that make you feel good OP?

I look at your list of wife work and think how much I would resent doing all that additional stuff.

What's the point of this thread OP, so we can tell you how great you are? 😂

Personally not really. We live very centrally though so it's no hassle to pop out for things we need. We have a very well stocked pantry/freezer anyway so good would never be a problem.

The rest, well we get by. Amazon prime helps.

Food not good

I'm naturally a messy person who has to work hard at being tidy/organised. The organisation only started because I have kids and we both work.

When we moved, the amount of crap was unbelievable. I tried to get rid before we moved and vowed not to accumulate so much again. Recently, it started to build, so I've been trying to have a clear out.

DH is so tidy. Watching a naturally tidy person, he tidies as he goes, put stuff back etc. Complete opposite to me.

However, he's a hoarder in one area - his loft - where there is every wire, lead, box and old electronics item with the back off.

My mother's big house is bursting with stuff. I ask her to declutter because she wants to move to a retirement village, but she won't get rid of anything.

I'm a single parent with a teen and a disability.

Compared to some people I am organised. I find that a backlog of cleaning, post lying about etc makes me depressed and anxious so I keep on top of it.

Also with Covid around still I'm always aware of how difficult it is to do single parent things when you are ill, even with normal flu so I don't like to let things build up.

Yes I would say so to.

I get rid of stuff all the time (charity shop) as I despise clutter.

It makes my brain hurt and I feel like I can't concentrate with everything everywhere. I wish I could relax but can't.

I could improve with being more organised In regards to having everything jn house etc.

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I’d be interested to know if the ones saying they are that ultra organised have a busy job? How many DC and single or useful DH?

If I lived alone, or was a SAHM, or had a semi useful partner I’d be like that, but I simply don’t have the time and it drives me insane as we live in semi-chaos which makes everything worse.

When the DC were younger, we HAD to be organised BECAUSE we were so busy.

4 DC in nursery/primary, both of us working FT, me doing a degree, and a dog.

We outsourced cleaning, gardening, ironing, some after school childcare and dog walking though.

Not as organised as some peoples but far more organised than others. I don't really understand what you are looking for from this thread OP? If your way of living makes you happy or eases your mental health then that's great. Personally, I am a creative person and we need a little bit of chaos I think.

[quote Tumtitumtum]@PegasusReturns how do you create the time to get there in the first place?

I do the lists/never leave a room thing which keeps my head above water, and have numerous diary reminders.

But there is just zero time to actually get the house sorted to be sorted if that makes sense? If I had a child free weekend (ex literally doesn’t see them other than every 7 weeks), I could clear cupboards and label stuff maybe but there just isn’t the time to do it in the first place.[/quote]
I used Marie Kondo's method and tidied in small categories when I had time. It's not perfect but it's organised enough for me to find stuff now

I’m still working on it. Determined to finish big toy clear out and new toy storage before Christmas.

Mostly organised although one of the spare bedrooms is used for stuff we don’t have time to deal with right now so it can be a bit messy.

But even Monica had a messy cupboard full of random crap.

I'm organised, but I worry that if someone else came and lived near my house they wouldn't know where everything is. I don't keep the sellotape with the wrapping paper for example. I've no idea why this bothers me because we all know where the sellotape is.

The only thing that's not organised is shoes. We have a whole under-stairs cupboard of shoes. Nothing I've tried in the last 14 years has worked in the shoe cupboard. We obviously own far too many shoes.

I try very hard to hit your enviable level of organisation. But DH and I both have Adhd and both work full time, so frankly we never manage it. Yanbu to have such a fantastically organised household, but yabu to be smug about it online and make others feel even more shit than they already do

No, I’m afraid not. The loft is absolutely packed to the gunnels. Drawers stuffed with things. I try really hard but just don’t have the knack. I hate throwing things away and there just isn’t enough storage.

Not particularly. I would love it to be. In theory, it should be.
However, I have two toddlers who put stuff down wherever / get stuff out right after i tidy it away. I'm teaching them to put stuff away and they do tidy their toys, but it's a work in progress.

DH is as untidy as they come. It could be a part time job picking up after him.
Generally the freezer and pantry is well stocked and I meal plan.
I'm having a declutter of the loft where stuff gets put but I'm also trying to find a happy medium between selling stuff with value and se ding stuff to the charity shop to be rid of it...
I do think when the kids are bigger and their toys aren't so bulky, it'll help

Can you come and organise me please OP?

I used to be like this when I was a SAHM and my daughter was young. It gave me an outlet for my anxiety and brought me that lovely smug feeling of peace when I went to bed at night knowing everything was organised and prepared.

When she went to school, I worked more hours and rapidly lost control of the house and all my systems. The overwhelm it has caused is all-encompassing. I struggle all day every day to complete work, home tasks, find things, remember birthdays and appointments, let alone keep my brows in check and outfits interesting, and it seems every single day I get to dinner time thinking “crap, I didn’t defrost/make/prep/wash X”.

The path out of this chaos is quite simple and I plot out what I need to do quite often, but every time I seem to get some momentum, something else crashes out of whack and obliterates all my progress.

It’s hard not to feel constantly defeated and I try to console myself with the thought that previously I was hung up on proving my own perfectionism, which is not really a good thing. It’s just trying to find some healthy middle ground that is proving difficult!

Our house is constantly messy but oddly organised. Everything does have a place (the idea of shuffling things around from one wrong place to another wrong place drives me bonkers). The mess comes from constant ongoing projects like DIY, craft etc. That kind of creative chaos suits us all well so it doesn't have that stifled depressing feeling that clutter gives.

And yes, I like having back-ups in the house too so when we are down to one jar of something we add another to the delivery list

No. Life's too short. Plus there's the wonderful recurring existential question "why on earth did I/DH leave that there?" to keep my brain entertained.

Disorganised lazy slattern here and very content to be so.

I keep vaguely on top of the more important things, ie we're not going to run out of milk or loo roll. Constantly picking things up and tidying them away though, that's not for me. Domestic stuff is an afterthought that gets done on an as-and-when basis to me.

About 90%.

Loft is organised, food has stocks and deliveries booked. I can usually rustle up a kids birthday party present with less than an hours notice.

The wardrobes need sorting and the house is upside down for decorating. I have a mostly empty living room and random furniture all over the house at the moment.