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[quote=Anonymous]I was a messy teen and it took me a long time to learn how to keep my spaces more or less clean. I wish I had more help. But in hindsight, I understand better that my mom really struggles with organizing/clutter. I didn’t know how to manage it either, and once things get untidy it’s a lot harder to keep clean. My brain just tunes everything out.

So even though they’re kind of distinct tasks, I needed a lot more help with tidying/organizing and then the cleaning part came pretty easily. But only in sequence.

One moment of clarity for me in case it helps others. I was in a preschool classroom. Every day, twice a day, the whole room was basically trashed. And then within 10 minutes, it was totally tidy. That’s because everything had an easily understood and accessible home. So it was just a matter of quickly putting things away and doing a little cleaning.

If you couldn’t tidy your teen’s room in a half hour, it’s probably not as organized as it should be and/or has too much stuff. So when you say “clean your room,” it’s actually a pretty big and complex task. They’re probably going to get overwhelmed and end up just shoving the pile in a closet or just walking away entirely. [/quote]

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