HELLO.
I cleaned my room after 2-3 months of living like this and I’m so happy, there’s still more to get done but to have done this with my ocd which usually makes it more difficult or takes longer to clean makes me feel ecstatic!!

Today is a big day. The floors are mostly clean. There are some areas I need to spot treat but other than that things are going well on that front. For the first time in idk how long there is no garbage on the floor of my apartment. Not even under my bed. I want to clean the walls today and do laundry. Tomorrow I want to clean the bathroom and wipe down all the counters/organize.

First two pics are from one month ago. I cleaned up just the floor section because it was getting impossible to walk around. The third pic is from today. This feels endless.

Partner and I run a business together (we make stuff). We both have ADHD. My workspaces alone are hard to manage but then I have to work around our shared spaces and his work spaces too. It's so overwhelming because there's so much that we are bringing in and scraps and trash getting generated in the process of operating a business and our home is slowly being consumed.

I don't know what the mechanism is that he just drops stuff and then walks around it like it doesn't exist. If I drop stuff I might put off putting it away but I eventually clean up. The only space left that I can keep under control (barely) are my personal office and the kitchen (which is the only area I'm constantly cleaning).

Its immensely overwhelming to even look for things (and we are constantly looking for things) because it's like a review of everything that got put off, at least for me. And cleaning one space is often just opening a can of worms because the same type of stuff is in piles in every room so I can't even find a place for anything until I have gathered every one of the thing to be able to decide how it should be stored. Not to mention the tools that I don't know what they do and can't help to organize them in a way that makes sense - easy to take out and easy to put away.

I hate squirreling things out of sight in junk bins because that's the way his mom comes and "helps" and now we have a whole basement full of junk bins that I can't even properly sort through. Out of sight out of mind. Where do I even start?

Current apartment has been fucked for a year. Signed new lease for November 1st. Made some progress but generally habitat is still fucked. Got a good idea of how to manage the situation. All I need now is consistency. Wish me luck!

I've been working really hard at uf-ing everything. My front hall and living room are clean and free of trash now so that I can open my curtains and front door without being embarrassed. My kitchen and backhall are still gross (but making big strides). My eldest didn't go to his dads this weekend since he felt sick, though his younger brothers went. My ex knows how I can be (he's not much better tbh), and he tried to force his way into my house saying he wanted to see his son but I know he was just snooping. I blocked him because my son was SICK. My son did come to the door but was obviously unwell.

I know now that I'm going to get phone calls and messages accusing me of hiding something. Its set off a panic attack and now I'm going to panic clean all night despite having work in the morning.