I'm sorry you have boxes of your mother's things
I created a disaster in the kitchen. Did one load of dishes, but I have very little to show for the hours I've been awake so far... what an awful cycle this is. I am overwhelmed by everything there is to do, so I wind up not doing anything, which feels me with self-loathing, which makes it harder to take corrective steps!
I feel like I used to not be like this. It used to be easier to work towards a long term goal. I am not sure what happened or when.