So I know that's bad grammar... but give me some poetic license, okay? I have 12 more days until I go back to the doctor to have them taken out. Ugh! I don't know if I'll be able to make it that long (hehe).
In other news, I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with life (or more specifically my house) these days. I think it was William Wordsworth who wrote "the world is too much with us." Something like that. Okay, no. It's exactly that. I couldn't leave those words quoted, and possible incorrectly, so I just Googled it. And checked it. And that's exactly what he wrote. If I were writing those lines today, I might change them a bit to say that my house is too much with me.
My house looks like a bomb went off and there's really no good reason for it to look that way. It's not like I just came back from a month-long trip and my suitcases exploded everywhere (I wish). It's not like a have a toddler running around the house messing up everything. It's not like I don't have a place for everything.
Oh wait, that IS the problem. Space. Who knew that without enough storage space, one's house would slowly become a miserable mess of piles. Of "stuff." I desperately want to unload a lot of this "stuff" but you see, that requires mental effort. "Do I really need this?" "Can I replace this if I change my mind after I've gotten rid of it?" "Should I donate it or try to make some money off of it?" "If I'm keeping this, WHERE am I keeping this?" Oh yeah... and then the physical effort of actually putting it back where it belongs. Everytime!
Does anyone else have problems like this? Am I the only one?
Um...welcome to my house. The 'guest room' is currently my staging room. All the clothes I bought at the outlets, not yet hung up, where I take off clothes that aren't dirty enough to get thrown in the laundry, pairs of shoes, desk covered in paid bills and stuff that needs a home...we all live like this. We just clean up before other people usually see it. I hope to do this Saturday before you all come over Sunday :-) Whatever you see Sunday, just imagine that it is better than what it was before I attempted to clean up.
ReplyDeleteJust do one pile at a time, the move to one 'area' of the room, then one room at a time. You can do it! Hopefully we'll have a yard sale in the future motivating us to get rid of stuff.
ugh, you are not alone. It will get better or maybe B can call hoarders and they will bring in a pro...I kid, I kid.
ReplyDeletePoor C, I feel your pain and wish I had some advice but I have my own problems over here :P
I think it's called life ;) Your house will never be as neat as you want it to be... but what fun is having a neat house when you can be out enjoying other things? I'm OCD about neatness but I've learned to let go because there are more important things!
ReplyDeleteAs for advice... I agree with "eizzil"... just do a five minute challenge every night... tackle the junk drawer or go through your shoes and pick out ones you're not wearing, etc.
Oh yea, my apartment is a disaster. I clean the toilet regularly and get dishes off the counter, but thats been it. I don't have enough room for all the other clutter or the energy to find a hiding space for it. ug. I don't want a house though b/c I don't want to have an entire house to clean.
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