[JoeS21]

How do you keep your home clean and organized when you are extremely busy and barely have time to sleep or eat?

My home has been a mess and it doesn't reflect well on me. I'm afraid to have my landlord come over or call maintenance because I don't want them to think I'm a bad tenant because I don't have time to clean.

[kaliope]

well I live alone and never clean my home but it is not a mess. the dining table is cluttered from dropping the mail and such on it and that is where I 'save' stuff and it is dusty and has cobwebs here and there but I don't think that is so bad. I knew I was lazy when I moved in so I purposely did not stock up on stuff that would create a mess. I bought 3 plates, 3 bowls, cups, and a four pack of silver wear. this way I would have to do dishes. but I buy paper plates and red solo cups and use those so I only have to wash silverware. I make sure garbage makes it to the trash. I have a small trash can next to my chair in the livingroom as well for my napkins and water bottles. I clean my toilet every couple weeks. it only takes one minute. I keep Clorox wipes in the bathroom and when the dirt builds up in the sink I grab one of them and wipe it out or sprinkle comet in it and use the toilet brush. again, it takes less than a minute. I have Clorox foaming spray that I spray all over the tub evry now and then and that seems to work. I have only scrubbed it, again, comet and the toilet brush, twice in the over two years that I have been here. when I pick up my mail I take it straight to the kitchen and automatically sort it straight into the trash and opem the bills and only save the part I need to pay them and throw out the rest. I have a dirty clothes bin at the foot of my bin and the clothes go straight into it instead of on the floor when they come off. I just stay to a routine. clothes have a place. trash goes in the trash, dishes go in the sink and get washed once a week and I eat mostly microwave and that gets thrown away so dishes don't build up, when dirt builds up and gets noticeable, I wipe it up. it really doesn't take that long. my bathroom is small. when the dust and hair builds up along the baseboard on the bathroom floor I can grab a wipe and swipe it up while I am on the toilet. less than 30 seconds. hope this helps.

[RTerroni]

Well I was never able to keep my dorm room clean even when I had a light class schedule

[shortandcute]

That's what I'm worried about with me. I can barely get my stuff done as it is. But I'm starting school full time this fall; I have three classes that will total about 13 credits-they will be online, but I will have some free classes on the same campus that will take up a lot of my time. The free classes are for people who have a psychiatric illness and are designed to help them ease into jobs and college.

[Abe Froman]

Oh my, if you could see my house right now. If it was on fire I would be too embarrassed to let the firemen in here.

It's tough. We've got a four day Fall break coming up and no football that weekend, I was hoping to spend a day scrubbing the house from top to bottom. But now I'm thinking I may really need to go visit my mom and help her with some things. So who knows.