If I had to choose one word to describe my cleaning style, I would pick...
Perfectionist.
This is not a good thing.
This leads to the following kinds of thoughts: "I can't clean the kitchen today because I do not have time to wipe down every cupboard, clean out the inside of the fridge and microwave, clean the oven door in between the glass, clean underneath the sink, etc so I guess I won't even get started on it right now." or "Yes, I did pick up and vacuum the living room, but it's not clean because the couch covers need to be laundered, the drawers in the entertainment center are filled with disorganized cords, the video games are not alphabetized, and there are syrupy child fingerprints on the arm of the chair."
I am also prone to get caught up on one area for so long that nothing else gets done. For example, I decide I am going to pick the clothes up off the bathroom floor. Then I figure since I am there anyway, I should switch out the shower curtain and towels and launder them with the clothes. And since I am doing that, I should probably clean the shower so the clean curtain is in a clean shower. Eventually, I am sorting through all the hair ties to throw away any that may be worn out, and on and on until I have spent all time that I may have to clean that day on one part of the house that is probably low on my priorities list.
I am pretty sure there is no way that I will ever in my life feel like my house is clean. There is always something else that needs to be done.
Does anyone else out there struggle with finding "good enough" in your efforts to keep your house clean and still have a life outside of cleaning?
Sunday, January 11, 2015
On cleaning
Posted by ShaNae at 12:01 AM
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I struggle with that but in a totally different way. I'm a perfectionist about having things pick up and in order but not in having things be "clean." I'm sure I spend way less time cleaning that you do, but I still never feel like it's clean enough without spending all day on it. It doesn't help that the only thing Harper does all day is re-distribute all of our things throughout the house.
I don't even try. As long as no one is writing their name on the table in the dust or can't see the dust bunnies, etc I feel pretty good about myself. I think you can blame your mom - she taught you how to clean thoroughly. Sounds like you are really doing okay and very organized.
Your house has always looked perfectly impeccable to me. When I am stressed about my house, I try to imagine what I'd think if I visited a friend's house and it looked exactly equally messy. And the answer to that is almost always, I wouldn't think of it at all.
That helps me realize that I'm definitely just reaching the standard of "normal," and to take it easy on myself.
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