I have a week off work this week (I work nearly a full week for one, and only a day the next so I took that day off), and I really want to get my house thoroughly clean.
I have a bit of a problem when it comes to maintaining my house in that I struggle to get out of bed when I don't have a real reason to do so, such as work or an appointment, so my house- for the 9 years I've lived in it- has barely been presentable, except when I have an inspection every 3 months or the very rare occasion that there is the plan for someone to come over. Nobody can come in my house because of the condition it's in.
When I say to people it's a mess the usual response is that it doesn't matter, they don't mind. I really don't think people understand what I mean when I say mess. I'm not talking clothes on the floor and a bit of rubbish. It's very embarrassing to admit. I know there will be someone here who understands my situation though. I don't like to live that way, but finding the ability to do something about it can be virtuall impossible.
Every day off I have I think 'this time I'll do something', and I don't. I really want to try and get it clean this week, but I know even if I do manage it won't stay that way, it will end up back at square one.

It's not that I don't like cleaning, I actually do, I get really excited at the idea of buying new cleaning products, and when I do actually start getting into the cleaning I get really tedious and try to get everything perfect. And I love my house being clean, I feel so much happier. But it's so hard to really achieve, it's so bad that it takes a very long time, and it's far too bad to allow anyone in to help me.