A small guide on cleaning depression mess
If you have a person that can help you that’s great. A lot of the time it’s overwhelming because not only is there so much to do but we need someone to take charge and make sense of it all because there’s so much.
I am terrible at task management and organisation and really need someone who can take charge, run the whole operation and calm me down when I get too stressed.
But what can you do if you don’t have that person? That just makes the whole task waaaay more daunting doesn’t it?
I thought I would write out this guide so that hopefully I can be that person for you.
This is the system that my mum lives by and enforces on to me and it really does make things a hell of a lot less stressful and overwhelming.
So okay let’s get started.
First! Go around the house and collect all the dirty cups and plates etc and put them all in the kitchen.
Then go round the entire house and get all the dirty clothes and put them all in one room
Then go get all the rubbish from every room and fill up black sacks. Put them all in one room too (a different room so you aren’t overwhelmed)
You now have a few rooms with small jobs in and a few rooms with big jobs in.
Now do one room at a time. Focus on that one room. Don’t think about the other rooms and just go to town on that one room. It shouldn’t take too long to do one room an hour or two (depending on what jobs need to be done in that room) and you instantly get that pay off feeling when it is complete and that will give you the motivation to keep going. If not well done anyway, you did a whole room! And it looks great! The next day do another room and see if you can push yourself to do a little bit more than you did the day before.
What we like to do is Do a room with with small jobs in it that will only take a short amount of time and then do a room with the bigger jobs and then keep going, alternating between the two types of rooms (big jobs and small jobs) going from doing a big job room to a small job room is very satisfying.
Put loud music on that you can sing along to (singing and focusing on the lyrics takes your mind off of the stress) Have tea breaks regularly but keep them short. Set alarms for meals so you don’t run out of energy because you haven’t eaten anything. Have an energy drink handy for when it starts getting a bit much.
I did this both on my own and with my mum for the last week until the house was spotless. All I have left to do is the laundry and I am so proud of myself and thankful that I had someone tell me what to do.
I really hope this helps you make sense of your depression mess and makes it less overwhelming. You will feel so much better once it’s done I promise you.
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