I lived with this turquoise color and this old hand-me-down furniture for 8 years. It was ok for a while - until it wasn’t. I decided to transform my home office/closet into a sane, clean, uncluttered space. I’m almost done now and I feel very hopeful for my mental health. And I love the space. It feels totally fresh and new and inspiring to be in.

To be totally honest, I could not have done this alone. I had a lot of help and it wasn’t cheap and took me over a month. I hired people to do things: paint the room, install an IKEA armoire, and haul away a truckload of JUNK (literally). And my parents helped me assemble my desk and my mom helped me throw so many things away. I had been working on this room for months and was very, very stuck, I often would just shut the door in despair and shame.

Not anymore.

I took these about a month ago and it’s significantly worse. I may update with some current images later, but for now this is what I have to work with.

I’m trying to hold myself accountable because I need to find motivation to wrangle my mess. It’s especially hard when I have ADHD and WFH (small business owner). And since we’re living in hell (aka end stage capitalism in the US), I’m staying with my parents for the foreseeable future because who can even afford the current cost of living?!

Anyway, my mom is OCD (neat freak that loses her mind when even the smallest thing is out of place), so you can imagine her meltdown whenever she walks into my room. Well, she JUST retired, as in yesterday was her last working day, and now she’ll be home ALL. THE. TIME. No way in hell am I going to deal with her CONSTANTLY nitpicking the state of my room, so I’ve resolved to get this done over the holidays. (I really don’t want her to help me either because the last time turned into a nightmare for me where I absolutely LOST IT.)

I’ve written up a 3pg list of the many things I need to accomplish (which I’m still adding to as I find something new). I find it’s easier for me to have a plan on paper that I can check off as I complete something. (Dunno why I find the physical act of crossing things off a list so satisfying, but that’s what works for me. Gotta love being neuro spicy!) I plan to start shortly, as in right after lunch, and work until we need to leave for our dinner reservations for my mom’s retirement party. I’ll continue after we get back.

Hoping to have progress pics by the end of the day (or more like middle of the night because I’ve got the weird circadian rhythm that makes me more of a night person). Feel free to pester me if I don’t post. That’ll keep me accountable and motivated (as long as you’re nice about it).

Well, time to eat then get to work! Wish me luck!

Thankfully I was able to maintain the rest of my home but my kitchen fell apart hard during my most recent depressive episode. Feels amazing having no dirty dishes and the ability to cook in a clean place

Hey do you guys have the problem of having no space for your in-between (half dirty half clean) clothes? Draw a solution and I'll try to make it with AI!

they used to use this place as a storage room, i cleaned up in 3 days

I'm not completely done, I'm probably 80% there, the counter needs wiped off and I need to go through drawers again and get rid of more stuff, but I pulled out 3 30 gallon trash bags and pretty much completely filled my 60 gallon garbage can.

My bedroom is a much bigger project and I'm not even sure how to begin tackling it, i just needed to share this small win

Img 1: January 23rd Img 2: June 22nd Img 3: June 22nd progress Img 4: yesterday (11/13) Img 5: yesterday’s progress Img 6-8: today

It wasn’t for lack of trying. My bedroom is also very messy so for awhile I was focusing on both at the same time. June 22nd looks worse because of not only that but I had to be away for 2 weeks & my dad dumped all of his hoarded stuff / anything I had in common spaces in there.

I have been feeling so overwhelmed/depressed for this past year. I’ve posted on here before about my bedroom being clean, but it’s since fallen back apart. I’ve been purging up to 7 garage bags as I was cleaning both rooms each time but I still have a LOT of decluttering to go. It’s hard living with ADHD & parents who have varying degrees of hoarding issues.

My question is: how do I keep this clean? With my adhd I can’t just “clean as I go” & even though I have spaces for everything now when I’m done with a project I get overwhelmed & end up leaving the mess. I’m trying so hard to break this cycle for myself but it seems impossible. I have a lot of morality attached to cleanliness so even though I finally got this clean I don’t feel accomplished because I have so much more to go in regard to my bedroom. I’m tired of feeling like I’m drowning, I’d really love some ADHD friendly advice (the cleaning method I used was from How To Keep House While Drowning which was really helpful but I struggle so much with sticking to a routine)

Anyway, thanks for listening! I’m gonna put a heating pad on my back now I’m pretty worn out!

I need help cleaning my kitchen any suggestions?

I randomly got motivated to clean my room. And my floor isn’t disgusting and has crumbs all over it. And thank you so much. For everyone who said they are proud of me. I genuinely didn’t think anyone cared, and I don’t think anyone cares about I cleaned my room, but thank you. Just one “I am proud of you” literally gave me so much motivation I love you guys.

I don’t think anyone cares I managed to clean my desk and bed the other day. I don’t think anyone’s gonna see this, nor care. I just wanted to post something and thought abt not? It’s something I’m proud of.

Feel free to post, I just became a mod of this sub and will allow posting again. Feel free to comment if you have any advice for me or what direction this sub should take. Thanks!

Was in a really shitty house situation, roommates left and was FINALLY able to live in a hygienic and pretty environment

I find it difficult to keep up with housework during the week when I work, so my days off are a good time to get back on track. Sorry for the low light