I want to be neat and organized, but I have physical disabilities and cannot clean the way I'd like to. And I live with other people who don't have the same standards, so they're not going to care if it gets done or not. Since I can't do it myself, this can lead to some frustration.
Typical problem: I'd like to organize the pantry. But the rest of the family and I have differing definitions of the word "organized." To me it means everything has its set place to go, and it's all grouped together in logical categories. Green beans are with green beans, tuna is with tuna, and cooking oil is with cooking oil. To everyone else, "organized" means "lined up in rows looking all neat and pretty," and they can't see what difference it makes when we're the only ones who ever see the inside of our pantry.
I try to explain it's not about what the pantry *looks* like. It's about me being able to just go right to something, rather than having to exhaust myself looking all over for it. I can get a lot more done if I don't have to spend all that energy digging through stuff. Not only is this never understood, but if I do try to clean out the pantry, I can only do part of it at a time. Then someone goes grocery shopping and thinks, "Oh, look. There's lots of space on this shelf now, so I'll just slide over what's there, make a hole, and put in everything I just bought, regardless of what it is."
Constant source of frustration.
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