r/ufyh • u/TiredonMaine • 2d ago
Work In Progress Back to Work
The pics don't look too different than the first time I posted, but after some mental health issues, work issues and other stuff getting in the way, I'm finally back to work seriously unfucking my apartment.
Being diagnosed and medicated for my adhd is definitely helping lol. For the first time in ages I managed to start a project and finish it with minimal distractions but always coming back to it. Today was mostly dedicated to dusting and cleaning areas i haven't touched in significant time (I swear the layer of dust and shed cat fur was an inch thick on the shelf in the last pic). I'm slowly but surely tackling the bottle city and have a bottle opener now so I don't rip my poor hands apart draining the not fully empty one.
Tomorrow's holiday puts it on pause for a day, but since I'm still off work till the start of 2025 I'm hoping to dedicate most of this week to seriously working on this.
If I could just brave the cold and snow to hike to the dumpster more. 😫
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u/kibonzos 2d ago
Cheering you on. Cleaning up all that dust is excellent work well done.
Because I am a magpie I want to gather the Pepsi bottles into a bag. Don’t give a shit about anything else. Just the bottles 😅
My magpie tendencies are good in some ways (can often help pick a small chunk to attack) but do leave me with an impressive ability to ignore anything that is not The Current Thing 😂😂
Bins being far away in the snow is just rude of them. My new hack is throwing bin bags out of the window at my bins when I’ve stacked my dishes to take downstairs to load the dishwasher. I then have to go straight downstairs to do both tasks because we have gulls and I don’t want to have to pick the same trash out of my yard. I don’t know if there is an equivalent thing for you, if you could load up a sledge maybe? Pretend to be a really rubbish Santa?
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u/TiredonMaine 2d ago
The pepsi bottle stockpile is an absolute gold mine, this is after clearing out 3 garbage bags worth. Maine participates in a great program called Clynk so I've been using their bags and dropping them at hannaford bit by bit.
It's just that it's cold outside and the dumpster is on the opposite end of the building from my entrance, I'll probably take a few boxes and bags out tomorrow because you can't just wait for the next warm day when you need to do a litterbox refresh
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u/kibonzos 2d ago
Oof yeah cat litter encouragement ftw.
Love that you’ve got the bottles moving to the rebate place. Well done.
Happy whatever you celebrate today x
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u/TiredonMaine 2d ago
If nothing else having a very fastidious cat is good for making sure their stuff is clean. If he thinks the litterbox is even slightly too dirty he will dig until he reaches China 😆 I couldn't let their litterbox get too dirty if I value my sanity.
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u/Sand-fleas 2d ago
I’m proud of you. 👏 Keep going!
As I fight against the chaos that surrounds me, I keep reminding myself that I am worthy of a life of calm and order. One where I don’t trip over things and can find things when needed.
Good luck!
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u/Fragrant-Tomatillo19 2d ago
Keep up the great work! My house looked like this because I have ADHD and depression. I know it’s hard but I believe you can do it. Hang in there!