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Wanderer of Distant Stars
Member Since May 2012
Location: North Carolina, USA. Originally New York
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#1
Hey everyone!
Even though it's something that we all must do, it's a big success for me every time I am able to clean up my living space. I live in such crap and I just let things like laundry, housework etc., just pile up. But not today! Today I cleaned! Everything is so shiny and new and I feel so much better! Anybody else? ![]() __________________ Tales of Love, Motivation, and An Interesting Journey - Please Subscribe to my Website on WordPress: Inspired Odyssey's Path to Wellness and Love |
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Grand Magnate
Member Since Jan 2014
Location: Ontario Canada
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Yay. I did a bunch of laundry, made a nice dinner and cleaned the kitchen all shiny clean. I love waking up to a clean kitchen
It's a good start to the day __________________ What's so funny about peace, love and understanding? Elvis Costello |
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Member Since Jan 2017
Location: coldville
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Cleaning up is my goal today!
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Location: NJ
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Small victory
Cleaned all my dishes. All that's in the sink right now is a spatula and a knife. __________________ Lactimal 175 mg Pristiq 100 mg Gabapentin 1800 mg Klonopin 1mg. Major depression Social anxiety disorder |
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Member Since Jan 2017
Location: coldville
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Still need to clean my house the next few days BUT I did clean my car out today for the first time in years! OMG the things I found! Im going back to work after being off for 3.5 months and use the car for work so feeling good for having it nice and clean for my mobile office. Now just have to make sure I wake up for a shift tomorrow
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Member Since Jan 2017
Location: coldville
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Yes, did a pretty deep clean plus laundry after about 6 weeks!
I live alone so I can be a slob, BUT, the apartment maintenance crew had to enter a few weeks ago when I was not home as there was a leak in a neighbors place and they needed to check and SO embarrassing as my place was horrid. I want to avoid that happening again. |
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Member Since Jul 2008
Location: usa
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Wanderer of Distant Stars
Member Since May 2012
Location: North Carolina, USA. Originally New York
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So, I cleaned everything up a few weeks ago, and it was such a miracle! I am moving soon, so I cleaned out all the papers and all the junk that I have been holding onto for years. It felt so good getting rid of all that clutter!
Now I am upkeeping it, by keeping my room relatively clean. It feels so good! __________________ Tales of Love, Motivation, and An Interesting Journey - Please Subscribe to my Website on WordPress: Inspired Odyssey's Path to Wellness and Love |
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Member Since Oct 2017
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I am a stay at home dad and clean, transport my kids, laundry dishes daily and about spring clean once a week. It is expected now and when I’m not well I fail to meet my wife’s expectations. I had to realize that even those close to us don’t always get it. I do my best and am grateful for what I can do.
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Grand Member
Member Since Feb 2017
Location: M
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LadyShadow, excellent thread! I’ll be a “regular” posting my progress. My dad died two months ago and I inherited his house (which I really am grateful for). He was not a pack rat or unclean....but it is a big house and he never sorted through my mom’s things when she died.
![]() Showered (does that count?) and put fresh sheets on the bed last night. Cleaned the kitchen and my bathroom, too. I’ve been sick with the flu and I’m sooo behind in laundry. I slept well so I will have the energy to tackle it today. |
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Wanderer of Distant Stars
Member Since May 2012
Location: North Carolina, USA. Originally New York
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I am so sorry to hear about your Dad's passing, and having to go through your mother's stuff too. It must be overwhelming! My advice is try not look at it as a HUGE mountain you can't overcome, but take it piece by piece, a little every day, you know to put you mind at ease a bit. Showering and changing sheets is an accomplishment too! (In fact there is a "I Took A Shower Today" thread here just for that. It seems everyone is down with the flu these days, be really careful, and if it gets worse PLEASE go see a doctor. As for me, my place is a bit messy, but I plan on tackling everything this weekend, laundry included. __________________ Tales of Love, Motivation, and An Interesting Journey - Please Subscribe to my Website on WordPress: Inspired Odyssey's Path to Wellness and Love |
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Member Since Apr 2018
Location: Tampa
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Member Since May 2018
Location: Long Island NY
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It was my goal to clean this weekend. My son came over to help me break down boxes. It is work getting them to the garbage on the apartment complex. Now that the boxes are gone the room feels better. The bathroom kitchen and laundry are all on tomorrow's list of things to do. I've been eating out so there aren't many dishes in the sink. It's things like getting rid of mail and wiping down counters and unloading the dishwasher that make me want to go back to bed.
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Member Since May 2015
Location: NY
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I'm glad you had the energy and motivation to clean. It definitely feels good to get that stuff done, doesn't it?!
I am currently trying to do a little each day both with outdoor house maintenance as well as indoor clutter that's built up over the last few months and gotten really bad. It's a little overwhelming but I'm just taking it slowly and I'm at least glad that I have the energy to do more than I did before. |
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Wanderer of Distant Stars
Member Since May 2012
Location: North Carolina, USA. Originally New York
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Cleaned the desk and went through ALL my mail and papers and it was a LOT!!
Hope you guys had a cleaning milestone today too!! __________________ Tales of Love, Motivation, and An Interesting Journey - Please Subscribe to my Website on WordPress: Inspired Odyssey's Path to Wellness and Love |
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Silver Swan
Member Since Jan 2008
Location: USA
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My 20 year old daughter just moved out last Saturday (half a week ago) and in her moving my 18 year old son and I have been slowly cleaning laundry and the whole appartment in general. He found tons of laundry that I'm washing load by load. (I figure its probably dirty if it wasn't put away.)
I changed my sheets after washing them tonight and remade my bed. I got a shower and feel so refreshed all clean in a clean bed! __________________ Ingrezza 80 mg Propranolol 40 mg Benztropine 1 mg Vraylar 1.5 Mania (July/August 2024) Mania (December 2023) Mixed episode/Hypomania (September 2023) Depression, Anxiety and Intrusive thoughts (September 2021) Depression & Psychosis (July/August 2021) Mania (April/May 2019) |
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Silver Swan
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Location: USA
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I spent the day cleaning my apartment including the bathroom and vacuuming, laundry, dusting, mopping, dishes and cooked dinner. It feels great!
__________________ Ingrezza 80 mg Propranolol 40 mg Benztropine 1 mg Vraylar 1.5 Mania (July/August 2024) Mania (December 2023) Mixed episode/Hypomania (September 2023) Depression, Anxiety and Intrusive thoughts (September 2021) Depression & Psychosis (July/August 2021) Mania (April/May 2019) |
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Wanderer of Distant Stars
Member Since May 2012
Location: North Carolina, USA. Originally New York
Posts: 25,677
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#18
Hey guys! Resurrection time!!
Went through my old threads last night and found this one! I think it would be great to keep up with this accountability thread. So did you clean up today?? I DID!! Went through a closet in my 2nd bedroom and cleaned out a bunch of junk from my old house. Now my apartment feels so much more organized! Feeling so much better today! On to sweeping and mopping later! (Although I might leave that for next week, I am a little pooped, lol). __________________ Tales of Love, Motivation, and An Interesting Journey - Please Subscribe to my Website on WordPress: Inspired Odyssey's Path to Wellness and Love |
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Member Since Mar 2020
Location: Northeastern USA
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![]() I'm way behind on many fronts. While I keep up with laundry, I haven't put the folded clothes away -- they're piled on the bed! After the 18 hour power outage last month, the fridge and freezer got cleaned out! Now that the weather is dry, I have to clean up the broken cherry tree from the lawn. I was a hoarder for many years, but I don't have the patience for clutter any more. So any time something gets in my way, I throw it away. There are exceptions, such as if it has fur. I do vacuum the air conditioner filters, fans and the fins under that refrigerator so that the appliances operate better But an entire campaign such as what you describe, @LadyShadow, would overwhelm me, so well done! __________________ Major Depressive Disorder; Sleep Apnea; possibly on the spectrum Nuvigil 50mg; Effexor 37.5mg Wellbutrin 100mg; meds for blood pressure & cholesterol |
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Veteran Member
Member Since Mar 2020
Location: Northeastern USA
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"I changed my sheets after washing them tonight and remade my bed. I got a shower and feel so refreshed all clean in a clean bed!" - @Moose72
That's such a nice feeling, aaahhh. __________________ Major Depressive Disorder; Sleep Apnea; possibly on the spectrum Nuvigil 50mg; Effexor 37.5mg Wellbutrin 100mg; meds for blood pressure & cholesterol |
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