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finally cleaned and reorganized the bedroom! half the furniture in this picture is new, we got so much more storage for things, and it looks so much better now!

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laundry stimboard for @rosewaterbubblebath 🧺

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seamless loop of this gif 🌐 💧

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🐤ducky🐤

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･ ﾟ✧ squeeze ✧ﾟ･

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I’m a very messy person who tries VERY HARD to keep a clean home. It’s probably ADHD. Anyway, the best advice I ever saw about it was:

“Instead of changing your habits to keep clean, look at where the clutter is. Now put a bin under it.”

I tend to remove my socks at the computer and then there’s a mountain of socks on the floor? I put a small bin and now it looks tidy. There are piles of junk mail on the table near my front door because I can never bring them to the recycling bin? I put a smaller recycling bin there. Etc etc.

Another trick that helps me immensely are BOXES.

The bathroom sink is covered in small bottles and all sorts of products? I got small plastic crates and I put them over the toilet lid, one for my stuff, the other for my roomate’s. The linen closet is just piles of things that fall when you open the door? Baby I just got a bunch of baskets and I will separate them by function.

I have baskets and small boyxes for: my cleaning products; my bird’s toys and stuff; my workout accessories; my meds and daily skincare products; my tools; and pretty much all my art stuff. 

It still takes some effort to keep everything in its place, but having everything in a box still looks tons better than having everything on the counter, and it’s so better for the mental health. 

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Eco-friendly drain cleaner

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Executive Dysfunction Cleaning Tips

I discovered a great cleaning tip when I was living in the dorms, after I started doing this, my dorm was clean for 2 months straight. That's never happened in my life.

Put things away close to where you leave them out.

• In my dorm, I kept my bottom drawer open all the time and dumped my clothes in a pile there, instead of on my desk and chair.

• Now that I'm in an apartment I have two laundry baskets and rotate them (ironing doesn't bother me at all but I hate folding and hanging things up). My meds are on a shelf in the order that I take them

• Basically, if something takes more energy to put away than it does to take out find a new place for it.

I also find it easier to start cleaning by getting a trash bag out and throwing out whatever needs to be thrown out.

• This works because you can do a lot without switching tasks, and it makes the rest of what you have to do look a lot smaller.

• Because of adhd I'm pretty clutter blind so when I have to clean it's super overwhelming because I can't plan what to do first or distinguish between what needs to be put away and what needs to be thrown out.

• Once you've thrown out whatever needs to be thrown out it'll be less overwhelming to look at and you'll be able to plan what to do next easier. I really recommend planning how you clean in a way that minimizes how often you have to switch tasks. That's helped me a lot

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productive things to do that aren’t studying part 2

watch a ted talk

declutter your closet

organise your emails

spend time with family and friends

cook something

drink some water

wash the dishes

start a bullet journal

do your laundry 

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johnson’s bedtime bubblebath

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