my flat is a fucking mess

[veracity]

Move house!

I moved over the weekend - I must move about every couple of years but even so I am always amazed at the amount of junk I've accumulated - this time I got rid of more than 20 bin bags of stuff.

 

[killer b]

Get stoned and do it.

Either that or take speed.

My room's a bloody tip.

i've tried both... i just end up listening to music, or dancing round the living room (carefully avoiding the piles of detritus) or both...

 

[tastebud]

advice: don't do it when suffering with a hangover.
i just did this and it made me feel most unwell.
it does look lovely now though, it has to be said.
my brain feels less chaotic too.

 

[killer b]

my brain feels less chaotic too.

this is the thing really - i feel all flustered and messy in the head with such a fuck up of a flat... but i feel relaxed and cheerful with hoovered carpets and pots in the cupboard...

 

[marty21]

Ours is the same, I think we only tidy up when we have people round!

we do the same

 

[Stobart Stopper]

I love clearing up really messy places. When I went up north when my sister in law had an operation, I had to cook for 7 people for a week. Not only did I cook, but I cleaned up all the shite they had accumulated. It was a hellhole, it wasn't really dirty, just messy and disorganised.
I did it, but my brother told me that after we left, within 3 days it was back to normal. Fuck knows how they can find anything in that house, it's chaos.

 

[scumbalina]

Ughh....tackling mine at the moment....my advice? Don't start, it looks worse before it looks better, and I've just ended up getting disillusioned and coming on here instead. And now I can't see my bed anymore.

 

[Psychonaut]

I sometimes move all the furniture about into a new configuration. Then im forced to take an interest in the 'new' flat, and i have to clean up to see if its working. Its a good incentive too.

 

[Psychonaut]

How about this - pick everything up, every single piece of clutter and lay it over the bed & sofa. Now you cant sleep till its cleared up.

 

[miss giggles]

Ughh....tackling mine at the moment....my advice? Don't start, it looks worse before it looks better, and I've just ended up getting disillusioned and coming on here instead. And now I can't see my bed anymore.

With you in solidarity

 

[marty21]

How about this - pick everything up, every single piece of clutter and lay it over the bed & sofa. Now you cant sleep till its cleared up.

I'd just shove it off the bed

 

[Dirty Martini]

Another vote for drink, puff and loud music as an aid to cleaning. Reward self with same when finished.

 

[crustychick]

I'd just shove it off the bed

I always do that! I think it's a great idea in principle and it sits there sorted in nice neat piles. Then I get really tired and it all ends up in a semi organised heap on the floor....

 

[liberty]

Get on How Clean is you House

 

[spanglechick]

I always do that! I think it's a great idea in principle and it sits there sorted in nice neat piles. Then I get really tired and it all ends up in a semi organised heap on the floor....

I have been known to sleep for days with half the bed taken up with cardboard boxes / laundry baskets / piles of papers etc. Bad habit I aquired at uni (doing essays on my first double bed, leaving books and notes on the other side while i slept.)

 

[oryx]

me & the mrs both work full time, plus do things in the evenings at least 3 times a week... oddly, when we do have some time, tidying seems to be the last thing on our minds.

The comment "Are you me?" springs to mind.....

 

[baldrick]

I have been known to sleep for days with half the bed taken up with cardboard boxes / laundry baskets / piles of papers etc. Bad habit I aquired at uni (doing essays on my first double bed, leaving books and notes on the other side while i slept.)

you're not my old housemate are you?

she always made me laugh, i'd go into her room in the morning to find her buried in bed under newspapers, laundry, shoes, towels you name it

 

[crustychick]

I have been known to sleep for days with half the bed taken up with cardboard boxes / laundry baskets / piles of papers etc. Bad habit I aquired at uni (doing essays on my first double bed, leaving books and notes on the other side while i slept.)

... me too

 

[killer b]

I have been known to sleep for days with half the bed taken up with cardboard boxes / laundry baskets / piles of papers etc. Bad habit I aquired at uni (doing essays on my first double bed, leaving books and notes on the other side while i slept.)

and me. i once found a plate with a 2 week old half eaten bacon butty on it in my bed...

 

[tastebud]

i have soooo much fucking laundry to do it is utterly ridiculous. i have also had to resort to the back of my wardrobe and am dressed in the most peculiar clothing this week.. nothing matches, all my colours clash. oh dear.
eek.. mustn't let laundry build up like this again.

 

[_angel_]

and me. i once found a plate with a 2 week old half eaten bacon butty on it in my bed...

yeeeuch! Kim and Aggy time!!

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

i have soooo much fucking laundry to do it is utterly ridiculous. i have also had to resort to the back of my wardrobe and am dressed in the most peculiar clothing this week.. nothing matches, all my colours clash. oh dear.
eek.. mustn't let laundry build up like this again.

I think you can probably testify as to the sort of state my (parents) old house was perpetually in especially my room...
Mrs RD has domesticated me somewhat. I'm a lot better than I used to be. My desk is the last remaining outpost of messy RDism, making a last stand...

 

[tastebud]

I think you can probably testify as to the sort of state my (parents) old house was perpetually in especially my room...
Mrs RD has domesticated me somewhat. I'm a lot better than I used to be. My desk is the last remaining outpost of messy RDism, making a last stand...

bless. yes i remember.
yeah i used to be pretty bad too (a reaction against my mothers obsessive cleaning?) when i first moved out of home (i moved in with a boyfriend) and we were both utterly, utterly gross.
nowadays i am a bit more house proud and am generally clean and tidy but the last month or so hasn't allowed for many domestic duties - 'twas good to get it done yesterday though.
i'm glad she has domesticated you. i agree with the desk thing. if i have a lot of work on it looks like a coursework bomb has exploded all over the desk, and the rest of the room too.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

i've found that what really helps are things like, as others have suggested, doing things straight away. Before i used to let all my clothes gather in a heap when they were dirty... these days Mrs RD makes me wash them almost straight away! Same with washing up... Before I would leave absolutely everything until I actually needed something clean!

 

[tastebud]

i've found that what really helps are things like, as others have suggested, doing things straight away. Before i used to let all my clothes gather in a heap when they were dirty... these days Mrs RD makes me wash them almost straight away! Same with washing up... Before I would leave absolutely everything until I actually needed something clean!

you sound about 8 years old.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

you sound about 8 years old.

I am

 

[WasGeri]

being tidy is a sign of mental illness.

Tosh.