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Old Jan 18, 2025, 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Blue_Bird View Post
I used to struggle severely with motivation to clean. What helped me was listening to a podcast or YouTube video on my Bluetooth headphones while I do it, or an audiobook. Those distract me enough to make it feel less like work and more fun. Another thing is just cleaning like in 10 min bursts. Set a time for 10 min. Do what you can during that time then stop. Repeat if you want or need to. Take a break in between. But the point is to keep up with daily chores so you don’t have to do a marathon 3 hour cleaning session once a week. Once you get in the habit of doing it it gets easier. Believe me. I never thought I’d be the type to always be organizing and cleaning here and there throughout my days. But I can’t help it now. It’s become routine. I just feel better mentally when things are clean and organized. It takes awhile to build a habit before it takes less effort but eventually with doing it repeatedly it becomes second nature. This is coming from me a person who lived in an apartment and didn’t clean for basically a year when really depressed. Not even sweep. That was at my worst. And I struggled even when I was doing okay because I just lacked motivation for it and it felt like such a hassle. I find motivational YouTube videos on Bluetooth headphones the best for getting me cleaning. Like I love listening to peoples cleaning vlogs where they vlog while deep cleaning or resetting their home/apartment. It’s almost like having an accountability buddy.
That's great! Thank you.
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Thanks for this!
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