I'm stuck on the flat surfaces during emergency cleaning. Where do I put stuff that doesn't have a home?
I'm trying to do an emergency clean, but I'm getting paralyzed on what to do with clutter on flat surfaces. Here's my situation: My husband has ADHD and needs to visually see things or he forgets they exist. But I have AuDHD and the clutter is overwhelming for me. We're basically working against each other's brain wiring.
Example: Our kitchen counter has a basket of random stuff, an old coffee machine I'm trying to sell, and whatever my husband drops there so he can visually track it. He asks me 100 times a day where something is, so I just leave everything out so he doesn't have to ask. But it's driving me insane and I don't know where else to put it. When I throw things in a basket to hide them, it just sits there forever and becomes invisible anyway—defeating the whole purpose of his visual system.
How do I emergency clean flat surfaces when: Some stuff needs a visible home (his ADHD accommodation)? Where does the "temporary overflow" go during an emergency clean if not the garage (which is already full) or a basket (which gets lost)?