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Had less than 24 hours to clean my apartment so maintenance could come do a filter change. I didn’t declutter, just stuff shifted and moved a lot of things (aka moved a lot of stuff into other rooms for temporary stowaway lol). I also cleaned the cat boxes, vacuumed, threw out some expired produce from my fridge, took out the trash, recycled, put my dishes away, cleaned and polished the kitchen sink, and Clorox wiped my surfaces (kitchen counter/table, bathroom counter, coffee table). My apartment is definitely not even close to being done, and I’m going to have to move everything back into the living room after maintenance comes, so I’ll have to deal with those bags and boxes still eventually. But this does give me a clearer picture of how I want my place to be (of course I’d like it to be cleaner/more decluttered and more organized than this). Hopefully this helps drive my motivation because I’ve been declining there lately. Nothing like a good panic clean due to a deadline though 😅

Reiterating that this is NOT done, it’s just better and is good enough for maintenance to come in (in my opinion at least). I have a clear path for him to get to my filter which is in my living room, and he’s seen my place messier than this before. It’s also clean 🧼

Side note my cat keeps peeing on my new blue rug which is insanely frustrating and I’ve been using an enzyme cleaner but the best way to deter her from it is by putting stuff on the rug. 🫠 yes I have enough litter boxes and yes the boxes are clean. Yes she’s seen a vet and is healthy with no issues, it is a behavioral thing for her and she poops in the litter boxes but won’t pee in them. She just likes to pee on soft things and usually pees on pee pads that I change out for her, but she wants to ruin my rug and sometimes pees on my carpet. Girl just doesn’t want to share the litter boxes with my other cats but I can’t prevent them 😅 I might have to get rid of the rug entirely which makes me sad, but I can’t deal with always keeping things on the rug to deter her. Has anyone had issues like this with a cat? I’ve used different kinds of litter boxes and litter as well as litter attract 😅😭

Before & current pics of my living room/kitchen. Before pics are 1-10, current are 11-20

EDIT*: I’m aware that I’m a hoarder and have been working on it. I’m not asking for advice on that, I’ve been working on my decluttering journey for a long time and have posted about it before. Honestly all I wanted with this post was to show my progress and to keep me accountable but these comments are not the most supportive. I’m aware I have a lot of things. You don’t have to point out the obvious, I’m working on it. I’m a bit disappointed in the feedback I’m getting so I might delete this post later.

Extra edit*: even when my apartment was empty, she would pee on soft things. It’s a behavioral issue. But yes, I am working on decluttering and clearing out my apartment overall for my cats. I’m not looking for comments on the hoarding and how many things I have, I am fully aware of that. I’m a little surprised with some of the comments I’m getting because normally people are a lot more supportive and less judgmental….

EXTRA EXTRA EDIT: dang, some of you are really rude. Lots of unnecessary, unhelpful, and unsupportive comments. Y’all are soooo judgmental. If you’ve never struggled with hoarding/messiness/depression, lucky you. The Comments are not passing the vibe check here. I’ve literally never experienced this when posting in this subreddit before, so I’m really confused. Did you guys just wake up on the wrong side of the bed today? Also, I take amazing care of my cats and spoil them so hard. They are my children and I provide plenty of time, love, and care for them. My decluttering journey isn’t just for me, it’s for them too. They always have clean cat boxes, fresh food and water, and have a variety of cat trees/toys and I always look out for them.

To all of the KIND commenters, thank you so much for being supportive and kind. I appreciate you. To my haters- luckily I have a great support system irl so suck it.

I’ll leave my post up for now, if only to help motivate others. Might take it down later though. To any haters, my cats hate you. ✨💅🏼🎀🐱

I’ll try to respond to everyone’s comments that warrant a response or are supportive! Thank you!

My brother is visiting me by the end of this week so I took a couple of days off from work just to focus on decluttering/cleaning/unfucking my home- specifically my living room and kitchen, which is also my entry way. I don’t need to be completely done or perfect, he just wants to see my cats. But I do need to make it semi-okay just so he doesn’t freak out over how bad i’ve let my place get. He’s known I’ve always been a bit of a hoarder and that I have a lot of things, but this is not how I want him to see my apartment currently. He lives in a different state, so he doesn’t get to visit me often. I took last Thursday & Friday off from work, but I ended up sleeping in sooo late on both days and used Thursday as an extreme lazy day and didn’t get much done Friday either. Yesterday and today I’ve been better at dedicating more focus to my apartment, and I still have two more free days to work on it. It doesn’t look like I’ve done much yet just because I do have so many things.

I’ve taken out the trash, done two loads of laundry, changed my bedsheets, vacuumed, washed my couch blankets, hung up some more decor, refilled my cat feeders/washed the cat food and water bowls. I cleaned and polished my kitchen sink, have broken down some boxes, and washed my dishes/put them away. I deep cleaned my bathroom last week.

I’m working on clearing my living room and kitchen floors, as well as the surfaces like my coffee table, kitchen counter and table. I also need to do some store returns, take donations to Goodwill, and take my recycling out. I think I’ll definitely get a good chunk done tomorrow/Tuesday so I’m not too stressed 🤗 will update more as I go!

Pictures 1-14 are my before when I started, and pictures 15-20 are my current progress

Unfortunately my Adderall prescription ran out and my pharmacy has been out of stock since I’ve had my days off from work 🫪🙃 but I’m doing my best while listening to clutterbug’s podcast with my headphones in 🫡

If you’ve been following along with my posts, I have been working on unfucking my bedroom for a long time. The last picture is from my first post of this room, which was taken on July 22. So this is my progress over a little under one month. I haven’t been able to declutter/work on it every single day, but I have been more consistent with it. For the past two weeks, I’ve been dedicating 2-3 hours after work to work on my bedroom. I did my closet not too long ago, but now it’s filled with some bags again just because I’m trying to sort through things. I also did my vanity over the weekend. I’m very slowly working through my bags and boxes of things and still have a ton of clothes categorized in boxes. I’ve probably donated like 15 full trash bags to Goodwill so far.

My bedroom was the worst room in my apartment, but now it’s no longer the worst. After I get this to be semi-okay, I need to work on my living room and kitchen, then back to my office and bathroom. My brother is coming to visit in early September so I need to be quicker 🙃🫠 it doesn’t need to be perfect for when he visits but I do want to make it better than it currently is. I clearly have a lot of things and am a bit of a hoarder/shopaholic, so this has been very difficult for me to declutter. It’s very slightly getting easier each time but ugh. It’s a lot of work. I’m feeling overwhelmed. I thought I was going to be almost done with my bedroom by this weekend but no, I still have so much to do.

I could use some support/accountability/motivation. Listening to Clutter Bug & Dana K white’s podcasts have been super helpful. But I can’t help but feel like I haven’t done much because it’s such a mass amount of things. I know it’s not a race and I just need to make things better, not perfect. But it’s still so overwhelming 🫠

Note- first pic is my current state, then it goes in order to when I first started. A little under a month of decluttering.

Goals- I want to continue working on clearing floor space, major decluttering of course, add my rug under my bed, change my bed frame/headboard. I want peace and I want my bedroom to be a gorgeous sanctuary. It’s slowly coming together with my vision of how I want it to look

This was another small win for me, I took everything out of my vanity’s drawers and put in liners/organizers and added some of my makeup into them. Also added skincare and extras to the storage space behind my mirror. 🥰 happy Sunday! I also vacuumed an area in my bedroom that has been untouched for over a year, hung up more wall decor, and made my bed. Off to toss a load of laundry in and to continue decluttering ✨

Still working on my bedroom overall and I still need to also work on organizing and cleaning out the drawers in my vanity, but I took everything off and dusted the surface. I bought this vanity months ago and haven’t really used it because I ended up putting a ton of things on top of it. I want to start using it to do my skincare and makeup instead of in my bathroom mirror. I’m excited to figure out how I want things to be organized, and my bedroom overall is getting better slowly too 🎉 will post more pictures later of my bedroom progress!

Anyone unfucking today with me? 🤗 if not, please join me

I’ve been working on my closet a ton over the past week every other day when I can. I’ve gotten rid of like 10 trash bags full of blankets and clothing, and I still have sooo much more to go through. I also started decluttering my closet in my office the other day- I am trying to figure out the best way for me to organize both my bedroom & office closets, so it’s going to take me a lot more time before I feel like it’s fully done. But I can finally step into BOTH closets, where I couldn’t before. I’ve gotten rid of so much, and it is kind of getting easier for some things. I feel like I still need to fill up at least 20 more bags in order to feel semi okay lol. Why do I feel like I need everything 😂 I’m such a maximalist. Here are some current pictures of my bedroom closet and before pics! Will post about my office closet later on 🫪 I don’t even workout anymore, decluttering is my workout 😂 I get so sweaty

I’ve been unfucking my closet in my bedroom for the past two days and wow…. It is HARD to declutter clothing, blankets and bedding for me. I took one bag to Goodwill yesterday and I have 4 trash bags full of more donations. I felt like I had gotten rid of a lot of clothes, but nooo I still have SO much. I know it should get easier as I declutter more, but wow, I am definitely attached to my clothing lol. I even found a dress that I’ve had since high school, and a ton of clothes from when I was in college. And of course, plenty of clothes that I’ve bought but never worn, and still have tags attached. I’m so tired 😂 I keep reminding myself, how much would I pay to have more space instead of the things I own? Would I buy this again if I saw it in the store? I’m also donating a really nice & super soft comforter that I love that has a small rip, and that’s difficult for me to part with because I keep thinking I can fix it and will use it… but I have plenty of other blankets and comforters so I don’t need it.

Dresses, bathing suits, and tshirts- definitely the bulk of my closet right now that I need to continue condensing. How did I get so many things 😂 my poor bank account and my poor closet. I’m really looking forward to being able to access my clothing in my closet again, because I haven’t really had access to it in almost 2 years. Majority of the clothing I’ve been wearing is sitting in boxes in my room and living room from laundry. I’m trying!!!! I need to be so much more selective about buying new things haha.

It doesn’t look like I did much because I stuffed things back into my closet for now because I’m going to take a little break and then reconvene. Why do I love everything 😭

First pic is current. The other two pics are before I got to my closet

I haven’t had time to work on my bedroom in the past week, but I am working on it right now for a couple of hours. I did some returns yesterday which was really nice, did 2 loads of laundry, and changed my bedsheets/pillow cases. Made my bed today, started working on the area near my dresser- I’m still putting clothes into boxes and hampers for me to go through later. Goal right now is just clearing more floor space. I did get rid of a few bralettes that I’ve had since college, so that was a small win lol. I still have mass amounts of piles in my bedroom, but it is slowly clearing. I also hung up wall art above my bed that I absolutely love. Here are updates of my current progress! I have SO MUCH STUFF 😂😂😂😂 my brother is coming to visit in about a month, so I need to speed this up a bit so I can work on the rest of my apartment too.

Links to my previous posts:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnfuckYourHabitat/s/50SL9n48kP

First post/beginning of my room: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnfuckYourHabitat/s/CQnFC5TQMc

I have a bug bite under my left butt cheek and one behind my left knee. I can’t tell if it’s from a mosquito, flea, ants, bed bugs… really hoping it’s not bed bugs. Can anyone identify? Pretty sure I got them after sleeping as I haven’t really left the house much recently. I haven’t found any other bites on my body

Day 4 progress of my chaotic bedroom! (Current and before pics are after the first few pics). I can see some of the floor, woohoo! Also managed to get access to my dresser next to my window lol. I have a couple of trash bags full to drop off at goodwill, and one large trash bag full of random trash/old papers. Hoping to focus on the area in front of my large dresser next. Then to the area by my door (right now I only use my bathroom door to get into my bedroom), then work on my closet, and then the area where my vanity and nightstand are. Still pretty difficult for me to decide what to get rid of because I love all of my clothes and a lot of them are new with tags so I feel bad about donating them, but it’s easier for me to donate than to sell clothes. I have posted some decor to sell on Facebook marketplace. I’m working from home today so I’ll be toggling between work and working on this room, and I also need to get some laundry put in. Please send me more motivation 🫠

I’m glad I finally was able to get up this morning instead of sleeping in. I can see the end!!!! I want to swap out my bedframe/headboard and put down my rug under my bed, and vacuum as well. But that’s only doable once I get the floor cleared out. I’ve also got shelving and new wall decor I want to hang up once I figure out where I want them. I also need to change my bedding and toss it in the laundry

Update- dropped off 3 bags today at Goodwill 🎉

I’m baaaack did you guys miss me? Anyway. I haven’t been decluttering or cleaning much lately and have been putting it on the back burner as I’ve had some other things I’ve had to deal with. I’ve been a little depressed recently. My whole apartment is still a mess, but I had been planning on saving my bedroom for last because it’s going to be the hardest and the worst one to work through. However, the other day I had to return some shirts I had bought and it was the final return date. This forced me to try to look for them in my bedroom so I could return them. My bedroom was already a huge mess, but now it’s even worse because I was looking for those shirts to return (I did find them and return them). But now my bedroom is soooooo much worse than it already was, so I’m going to start decluttering it in an attempt to just clear up my floor space some more. I currently have to step on things just to get to my bed. The issue is I just have too much stuff. Mainly clothing, because I am a shopaholic (don’t worry, I’m being a lot more intentional with buying things now, but this has been an accumulation over the years). I’d like to rearrange my bedroom furniture once I’m done decluttering too, as I have new decor I want to put up.

Posting this for accountability, and for advice or suggestions to gain more motivation. My motivation comes and goes a lot of the time.

I’m aware of how bad it is 🫪 it’s a work in a progress. I’ve lived here for 4 years. I only use my bedroom to sleep 😂 I’m clearly a maximalist that loves to have a variety of options of things. Idk how long it will take me to finish my entire decluttering project of my whole apartment or even just my bedroom floor, but I’ll post updates as I go. Time to listen to Dana K. White’s podcast while I work! Someone join me and post your updates in the comments!

Update- I got a little bit done yesterday but I have all of today to work on it too. Hoping to get more progress in for today! I’m also up early, yay me ✨ gotta take my Adderall and energy drink and then I’ll be ready to take on the day. I currently have 2 trash bags full of clothes to donate or return and one trash bag for trash or random things.

Please help! This is my current layout for my bedroom and my bedroom furniture placement. I have high ceilings. Sorry I don’t have a better diagram, I did my best lol. I have had it placed like this for 4 years but am thinking of changing it up. Thoughts for fengshui? I am trying to avoid the death position but want to change where my bed is. Thank you!!!! All recommendations/suggestions are welcome.

This is my current layout for my bedroom and my bedroom furniture placement. I have high ceilings. Sorry I don’t have a better diagram, I did my best lol. I have had it placed like this for 4 years but am thinking of changing it up. Thoughts for fengshui? I am trying to avoid the death position but want to change where my bed is. Thank you!!!!

Added a better diagram of my room layout in the comments!

I’ve never had an organized under the sink cabinet (where I store majority of my cleaning supplies) and finally bought some acrylic organizers from Amazon. This helped tremendously and I also bought sticker labels to know what bin holds what. It’s not perfect because some of the drawers were too large and didn’t fit the way I wanted them to, but it still looks a lot better than it did before and will make it so much easier for me when I’m looking to use something specific. Just some small success!