Do you live in a cluttered environment?

[Bethany22]

Do you have clothes and dirty dishes everywhere, or do you put things away and clean immediately when things get out of place? Why are you bothered or unbothered by the disorder?

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Anyone have tips for cheap storage ideas? Everything like that has gotten SO expensive since covid and everyone wants to organize their homes

[Ian69]

As you are probably aware from one your previous posts, I live by myself. So I tend to be a good boy and clean as I go. During my working week, yes…I will admit I leave my work clothes layered out on the floor, because I be wearing them the very next day. So the general rule of thumb is, when I finish my last shift, which is Thursday. When I get home, I go and have my bath and change into my lounge clothes. Then I’ll put all my work clothes in the washing machine, and start the wash cycle. Then, when it’s finished it’s cycle, I’ll get them out and hang them around the house overnight to dry. Then Friday morning, once I’m up and had my wash I’ll put them away until Monday.

I’ll change my lounge wear on a weekly basis as I keep myself clean, so everything gets washed together, including underwear and socks which I’ll change daily. On a Sunday, I’ll prepare my sandwiches for work for Monday and Tuesday, clean up and then have breakfast, but I’ll leave my breakfast things until I’ve had my evening meal and wash up everything in one go and leave it to drain overnight. Then Monday morning before I go to work, I’ll put everything away, then just a quick wipe down and everything’s good.

I don’t tend to do much housework during the week, as I seem to spend more time at work, including travelling, so my house doesn’t have chance to get dirty. Any post I receive, I’ll sort it out when I get home and discard anything I don’t need. So basically as I’ve already mentioned I clean as I’m going along.

[matchrestore]

My kitchen was always cluttered. Not because we were lazy and let stuff like up, but because it lacked adequate pantry and cabinet space. My wife and I just renovated it and it's amazing how much easier it is to not have it look like a disaster now. It's also a lot easier to motivate yourself to keep it organized when it's not a nearly impossible task.

[matchrestore]

For inexpensive organization ideas: we had some old VHS/DVD racks we no longer used- we now use them to organize screws and hardware in our workshop in the basement. Command hooks on the inside of cabinet doors are good for potholders/measuring cups/etc, freeing up space in drawers for other things.

[Bethany22]

Good idea!

[Kori1236]

Hit or miss. For the most part I live in a clean environment with a regular cleaning schedule. Daily chores are run the roomba and do the dishes/clean the kitchen. In my room it’s pretty clean; nothing on the floors. But my hamper has become a clean clothes graveyard because I haven’t had the time or energy to fold. Maybe this evening.


My roommates room is a disaster area but as long as she contains her mess I don’t mind. Our spare room has all the extra clutter items and neither of us have the energy to deal with it currently. But the doors shut and it’s out of sight. So again hit or miss depending on the day.

[TrueConfection]

I don't. I don't like clutter or knock knacks because it's harder to clean with all that stuff around. My husband calls me a minimalist, but I'm really not. I just like a clean fresh look and feel.

[NathanDavis]

I'll just say... even the garbage in the garbage bins are properly organized and ready to be orderly disposed... lol

[melanieeeB]

My place is always clean, I get stressed when things are out of place or dirty... I'm that friend that will apologize to you for the "mess" when you come over and still everything is fucking clean lmaoo

And I would search on Amazon for storage stuff

[melanieeeB]

Or the "dollar" store

[Chazmatazz269]

A little. I live room to room so it often feels like i just have way too much crap. Ell oh ell! Otherwise, i’m fairly organized and tidy. I always have been, but now it’s a must!

[jennifer_bloom]

Our house is cleaner than a French restaurant and we do not obsess over cleaning or washing. We just make sure not to add dirtiness in how we live.

[andreasderjuengere]

My ''family'' at home are 3 Thai people. I surrendered my idea of a tidy enough house to THEIR idea of 'culture'.

I hate it; but a discussion would lead to nowhere :D

[AviatorTom]

We live in a pretty neat and ordered environment. There's a place for everything, and things are only out of place for a short period of time.

[whereismyjohnny]

I clean as I go, so no.

I'm a bit of a neat freak so that's why it bothers me. 😂

[boobliker]

Yes, I am a bit clitted in how I live but I am 67 and have things that mean a lot that was given to me and they make me happier to look at them!

[Heolurt]

I'm a very clean and organized person but a very depressed person and by the time I get to my room I just undress and go to bed, I see the mess of clothes start to pile up, then I get mad at myself, get more depressed, clean up and begin cycle again. There's always that horrible day or so that starts the cycle over.

[peedy]

No everything has a place and everything is in its place, and I just hate messy and unorganized
Don't like tripping over or stepping on things in the dark either

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

I can't handle things cluttered, it must clean up

[Sparkie460]

No I don't live in a cluttered house. Dirty clothes go in the hamper. Dirty dishes get washed immediately and put away.

[Havthrills]

Right now it's cluttered. I don't want it to be. I'm trying to clean it up some. Lol

[PamelaRivers]

Can't stand clutter. Bed made as soon as I get up. No dirty dishes left laying. All looks good.

[Wish4UrB00ty]

I wish I was cleaner. My thing is I often know where everything I want is anyways so It isn’t “messed up” it just isn’t in its place. You know?

[Jdjfjcjj]

For the most part, I have a clean and organized house. First time I'm seeing a girl's place though, I definitely take note of this

[Andres77]

Empty sink every night. Dirty clothes basket, just wash when it’s about half full, put the clothes away that night, don’t let mail pile up…but don’t ask me about my yard. So many leaves.

[Noahzaid]

I have OCD, so basically seeing a carpet just a bit on the side drives me nuts 🥜

[Sixgunsound]

Anybody who lives in an urban area or works in an office lives in a cluttered environment.

[Sixgunsound]

I miss seeing land that isn’t built up with so many buildings crammed together. I can’t wait to be able to afford to move to a more rural area and have a classroom instead of an office.

[peedy]

That doesn't just apply to and urban areas have you ever been to an old farmers farm well especially if they were around during the 30s they dont throw or get rid of anything they might need it sometime but at least they stuck it back in the trees so. it was out of sight and out of the way

[Sixgunsound]

@peedy that is the depression era mentality where you can’t throw anything away. It rose out of gross incompetence and negligent, miss management of monetary policy by a government, which could not bear to let the market inside of itself be the most powerful economic force in the land. If the government had simply done nothing, the Great Depression would have been shorter, less painful, and very much more attention to the physical speed bumps that happened in the country. Up to that point, none of which were a worldwide catastrophe that needed the deaths of millions to figure out how to navigate.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the day you catch me. I'm a clean person by nature but I'm also a lazy person by nature. So I always got those two sides of me in conflict with eachother and it depends which side is winning that day. 🤣

[Opinion Owner]

I live a pretty spartan life. I'm in no danger of clutter. My parents used to save EVERYTHING because that's generally what you do when you ain't got a lot of money. I may have inherited thier views on saving money, but not material things.

[jamesgoldman]

It's organized chaos, to the uninitiated it's just clutter and chaos but I know where stuff is so it's good

[Lkid23]

For me, cluttered environment puts me in a bad mood. It makes me feel like that clutter environment is a reflection of my life. That’s why I tend to put things away. Everything has its own place.

[rachel776]

my house is like the space station

[joeldalton]

I try not to. Living in a cluttered/dirty environment only adds to your stress level.

[pizzalovershouse]

No but I dont put everything in a to z order but I'm tidy

[alance99]

Everything around me is organised , neat and clean coz i have little bit of OCD

[Anonymous]

At the moment it's clustered as I'm stuck in a bad environment for myself and don't have the space I really need to manage as I have only my bedroom.

[dustybiker]

My chaos is organized.

[Immie85]

Clean and tidy. Can’t relax if there’s mess

[Nikki1989]

No, I am a clean freak.

[exitseven]

nope, I try to get rid of clutter.

[FunkyMonkee]

Yeah, thanks to my aunt and my ex-sisters.

[Kelly6]

No

i can’t live in that condition

[Stevefiveo]

No, every thing must be put away.

[Guardian45]

My room is cluttered; my house is spotless!

[CubaPirate]

No because I'm borderline ocd

[Anonymous]

Cluttered at home; organized at work.

[Anonymous]

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