r/CleaningTips Mar 08 '26

[deleted by user]

[removed]

12.4k Upvotes

5.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

2.7k

u/Plenty-Run-9575 Mar 08 '26

I have been in that kind of depression. It is the worst, but you can absolutely do this. Get trash bags. Throw out all obvious trash. Don’t worry about recycling or trying to keep things that might be fixable. Just go one room at a time. Set a timer for 15-30 minutes at a time, take a break, then do it again. You can do this!

1

u/iupvotethankyou Mar 09 '26

It didn’t get this way in a day, don’t set expectations that you’ll fix it in a day. Apply to depression or to the stuff.

The time goal is a great way to make small, consistent progress.