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Originally Posted by punkypunky
My place is too messy to have any guests. There is only one spot open on the couch. I have piles of laundry in my bedroom and on the floor of my closet. Books and papers everywhere. Random wrappers and boxes everywhere. It is so overwhelming!
I feel like I would be so much less stressed if my home was clean, but I am too stressed to get it clean. :-(
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Your place sounds a lot like mine.
I've been taking some time each day for the last several days to open drawers, throw stuff away, and take stuff to be shredded. A lot of the papers and envelopes I'm finding are bills and notices from collection agencies that were sent to me in 2006.
Along with those bills, I found an large, open package of Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies. It's amazing there werent' bugs everywhere.
Oh, I don't vacuum or sweep either. The carpet and floors look terrible.
As soon as you walk through my front door, you are hit with the smell of cat pee.
I've tried getting this under control. Several times, I have paid people to come and go through stuff with me. We have thrown away trash and clutter, separated things to take to be shredded, and done deep cleaning.
Each time, I thought it would be a great way to jump start my efforts, and then I'd be able to keep the house clean after that.
Guess what?
I don't.
I just start the whole process over again, with more clutter, more trash, more bills.