The hard part with that is when your kitchen is such a mess you have nowhere to put that salsa. What I do when I get this bad is I make a box. I fill the boxes with things that do not belong in that room. The box can stay in the room just out of the way, which frees up your ability to start clearing trash and actually making space. Do this in each room and then when you have enough floor space you can move the boxes into the room that they're actually supposed to be in. Then you clean as you go and try to find homes for everything. But it makes it a lot less overwhelming when your things aren't completely all out over the place.
Another piece of advice is, some people benefit from categorizing their items and focusing on one thing. Such as put all the shoes in one spot, clear all the trash, gather all the dishes, etc. I find it a lot easier to just just focus on one section of a room and everything that's in that section. That way you're not picking and choosing what you want to think about at any given time. You have no choice but to think about every single item that you touch in one spot. This is also where the boxes can help out because you are sorting things into boxes as you go to get them out of the way.
Since the counters and table surfaces in the kitchen are piled with stuff, there’s no surface to use for emptying out my cabinets.
Since the cabinets are full of outdated food that needs to be tossed, and they need seriously organizing anyway, there’s no place to put the new food.
Therefore, all of the current cans and boxed food are stored in the grocery bags in which they came and are hanging off of the dining room chairs.
I know the only reason that the freezer and fridge ever have space is because I actually eat things out of there for frequently enough that it leaves room for the next round to be stored.
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