This is why I never try to deep clean or declutter all at once. I become overwhelmed, tired, sweaty, frustrated, and then I give up.
I tend to break big tasks into small pieces and do a bit every day. As they say:
This is why I never try to deep clean or declutter all at once. I become overwhelmed, tired, sweaty, frustrated, and then I give up.
I tend to break big tasks into small pieces and do a bit every day. As they say:
I love the elephant metaphor. I used to look at everything that needed doing and feel overwhelmed so nothing got started. Then a therapist told me to look at things one room at a time, if a lot needed doing in one room break it down into sections and do one section at a time. This I still do today, I now live in one room so it isn’t so bad, however, decluttering is done in stages. Cleaning is done on a Monday, bathroom is cleaned on a Tuesday (it’s shared so I don’t see why I should be the only one cleaning it.) although the bath itself is rinsed out before every shower.