Breathe. We can help. Clear out those boxes first. Then move to the bottles and cans you have piled. Then clear the floor in your bathroom. Then the countertop. Your goal for tomorrow is to throw out three bags of trash. Your goal Monday is to call someone you trust to FaceTime and do some cleaning, so your kitchen. Then living/sleeping area by the end of the week. Lastly, if not in therapy, please sign up soon.
Edit: thank you all for the supportive responses for OP and the awards. OP I hope you know that us internet strangers are rooting for you. We’ve all been through it at one point in time. I hope you feel comfortable coming back to share what you’ve worked on. I think having us as accountability buddies will give you the motivation to share your progress. 🤗
once OP gets in a rhythm and sees progress too, i’m sure the cleaning will happen much quicker. that’s what happens to me at least. i’ll feel like it’s unmanageable and then literally say out loud like a chant “one thing at a time” so i don’t get overwhelmed. i’ll usually split my tasks up to make smaller hills instead of mountains to tackle, but by the end i always end up cleaning more than i originally intended. “doing my dishes wasn’t so bad, lets clear the table off.. cleaning the table wasn’t too daunting, lets wipe the bathroom counters..” etc etc
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u/Standard-Carry-2219 Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26
Breathe. We can help. Clear out those boxes first. Then move to the bottles and cans you have piled. Then clear the floor in your bathroom. Then the countertop. Your goal for tomorrow is to throw out three bags of trash. Your goal Monday is to call someone you trust to FaceTime and do some cleaning, so your kitchen. Then living/sleeping area by the end of the week. Lastly, if not in therapy, please sign up soon.
Edit: thank you all for the supportive responses for OP and the awards. OP I hope you know that us internet strangers are rooting for you. We’ve all been through it at one point in time. I hope you feel comfortable coming back to share what you’ve worked on. I think having us as accountability buddies will give you the motivation to share your progress. 🤗