I normally make a huge mess. I take everything out, clean it, and leave them in a pile in the middle of the room until the room is basically unusable. A true disaster. A disaster of such proportions that it makes me desperate to a point where it triggers an unrelenting hyperfocus that will not let go until everything is put away and organized. Then and only then will I remember to eat or sleep.
PS: Clean things as you take them out, not the other way around. Otherwise you’ll either put them away dirty or give up entirely, leaving a monster mess behind. If all you have to do is put away stuff, you can reach a state of flow and be done before it runs out.
It’s the most peaceful (yet stressful) cleaning I manage on most days I even clean.
Yet another post making me wonder if I have ADHD.
I’ve noticed huge improvements since I started to just sweep the floors daily.
Now, from time to time, when I feel more energetic, I do one extra random thing while I’m sweeping the floors, sometimes is for making the sweeping easier by taking out some of the clutter because I want to reach that particular corner, some other times is dusting a shelf that I’ve been seeing every day and today seems easy for some reason.
Let’s be clear, the house is still a mess, but at least now it feels nice instead of depressing.
