That’s right! Our house is in a state of CHAOS (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome). Just saying that our house is in a state of disarray or just needs a little tidying up would be disrespectful to the creative state of upheaval our house has become.
Of course, my partner and I both have issues about this CHAOS. We both want a tidy and clean house, but we just don’t seem able to execute the chores to make it so. So what do we do?
We buy books about housekeeping (My partner even reads them!). We also try “take back your house” programs (with some success until we’re overcome with some additional stressor that derails us for a while). Or we do the sure fire method: invite people over to our house for a get-together or a party. (Now it’s necessary that you actually care about what your invitees think about you; otherwise this motivational technique fails miserably.)
Still, after the party, the read book, or the Internet housekeeping program, our house de-evolves into another creative mess. At best our cleaning and tidying up rotates like the lunar cycle. Now, it only takes 28 days for it to become a full mess again.
But things are getting better. Both my partner and I are committed to overcoming the CHAOS somehow or someway. Because, you know, we’re really not messy people.
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