Comments on: Cleaning House

By: Kyso K

Kyso K — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:52:44 +0000

Oh, god I hope someone answers you so I can do it too. I like to think that it’s my roommates that are the problem, but it’s probably not.

By: binky

binky — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:11:33 +0000

My horrible habit is just not cleaning or tidying during the academic calendar. In the summertime, it’s not as big of a problem but in fall and spring, phew. With five furballs, this means I live with the lint roller. And by May we eat standing up or sitting on the bed because the kitchen table is so full of books and papers.

Zuzu, I loved reading your progress reports… you give me hope.

By: zuzu

zuzu — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:55:17 +0000

I recently got my apartment clean so I could sell it. And it took me three weeks to do it (ADD? Why, yes. Ooh, shiny). It helped immensely that I had a goal (open house in three weeks!) somewhat of a plan (do not try to clean/declutter everything at once; try to clear and clean one surface/shelf/drawer at a time), and two weeks during which I was unemployed. Without all of those, I don’t know what I would have done.

However, once it is clean and decluttered, it’s not at all hard to keep that way. I’m really astonishing myself with this.

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:22:56 +0000

I’ve been in the process of cleaning house for the past couple weeks. The Partner and I have been at this location for roughly four years, also, and shit has been stacking up and ending up boxed in the basement without further contemplation.

As you’ve been privy to, I’ve never been one to keep a clean house. *Ahem*

I believe part of it is due to my upbringing—my mother is such a clean freak, I think it borders on an OCD. Growing up, she was always on my ass to clean my room daily, something I just couldn’t justify. I have thus come to have an extreme aversion to cleaning, while my mom is still one of those who vacuums daily.

The things is, it’s hard to live messy when you’re sharing living space with another person.

So I’m cleaning. Four days ago I vacuumed the office. I couldn’t remember the last time that happened. I’m thinking of making a weekly list—such as having Sunday (after the Breakfast Jamboree) be a cleaning day. I’m sure keeping on top of everything is much, much easier than having to go psycho for weeks at a time.