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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you know how I clean my house?  I entertain large groups of people. I have to clean up then to host.  It is extremely stressful but if I don't do that, I am quite capable of becoming an extreme hoarder. I am at heart a filthy and lazy person. Cleaning and throwing away things are hard for me.  I just put myself into extreme situations to clean.  Right now, I have three days left to clean my house before a big party. Do you even know how stressed I am?

OP - you have it.  You got it.  Do only one box at a time. Only one box.  If you want to cheat and throw the content of one box in another so that you can feel you have cleaned out one box - well, in my books, even that counts.

How am I going to clean today?  In about 1 hour, I will get to cleaning.  I take "before and after pics" of every place I clean on my smartphone.  Initially, I clean the 'already clean' spaces, and just move clutter from all the rooms to one room.  That way, visually I feel I have clean space and I have cleaned many rooms.

Then, I basically do the same for the clutter-dump room.  I work from one quadrant at a time.  My mantra is "A yard is hard, but an inch is a cinch"

So, I will clean with specific things in mind.  I will clean only one drawer. I will bag only one ziplock bag of bits and bobs. I will recycle only two containers worth of stuff. I will give away only 3 bags of laundry.  I will put away only 10 things out of place.   I am able to clean when some areas are very clean and all the clutter is in one room.

You can do Marie Kondo too.  I use Marie Kondo for only doing all the clothes and it is very, very effective for clothes.   Last time was 3 years ago.

Cleaning, decluttering, organizing, making space, repurposing, salvaging - all of these are different tasks.

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OP again. This is great! We will work together! We hosted big dinners monthly before covid, not so much lately. That was helpful. Though with short time we sometimes did shove all the clutter to the clutter room.

I'm embarrassed to have photos exist of this state, but maybe that'll help.

I just scheduled Green Drop for next week!
Will listen to A Slob Comes Clean at lunch.

A yard is hard but an inch is a cinch, I like it![/quote]

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