to say 'Sort your life out' should come with a warning?

[outofbattery]

Lighthearted post.

Firstly....It's so addictive!!! Secondly, all those times when they return to the households with young kids and everything is still pristine have definitely raised my expectations way too far. My reality feels very different.

I got really into Sort Your Life Out last year and...due to lack of warehouse and team of DIY professionals...I have been s-l-o-w-l-y decluttering and systemising our house. It's amazing.

The garage used to be fully my husbands domain because I didn't know where anything was, now it's all in simple, labelled boxes so if I want something I can locate it instantly. The attic is sorted. I coupled it with a bit of Marie Kondo and we now have SO MUCH MORE SPACE (which in our tiny house feels like some sort of Mary Poppins level magic!) and it's simple to find things. Everything has a home. I love it.

Have just come back from a week away with work and it is very VERY evident that the only person taking any notice of where things belong and putting things away is me. DH and kids couldn't give two figs if they can find something or not and if something is in a box then it's put away, why would it matter if it's the 'right' box or not.

Obviously a reason why they go through the whole process as a family rather than just the one person from the house.

Has anyone else been through this?! Any tips for bringing the whole family on board or should I just resign myself to a life of 'why should I need to remember where 'x' is when mum/DW knows!'

some people care and get a kick out of being organised - I personally love it, and love my home / cleaning / sorting, but my wife isn’t fussed at all - she appreciates finding things easily but it wouldn’t ruin her day if she had to pick through clutter for 5 mins.

when it’s been your project you are much more caring of maintaining it to the same standard.

if you have a hand in the process, you care about it more as you’re more invested, rather than just benefiting from the hard work of others.

Love 'sort your life out', and very, very envious of your decluttered home. Mine is very tidy and organised, however I dream of living in a very minimalist home as have far too much stuff. And yes you are right, it needs to be the entire family invested in keeping a well organised decluttered home, otherwise it just becomes one person's hobby that no one else takes very seriously and suddenly you're the clutter police who's putting a stop to everyone bringing in more tat into the house.