Basic home routine
Since I had some... problems... that made it very difficult to do the most basic things in life, I need to have a very strict routine so I don't fall off the wagon.
This has only been fixed once I started taking anti-thyroid drugs, cleaning became easy, even effortlessly easy, but I still enjoy having a routine.
Does this make me a lame person? No, I don't think that anymore. People didn't understand that it was thyroid problems causing me to be "such a bad person", even I didn't know it. I tried, and tried, and the house would look even worse than before I started. I'd have panic attacks and wish I had the courage to kill myself. I just thought I was a lazy, bad person. I should have known that wasn't true! Before having problems, I had always been a clean, hard-working, responsible person.
Anyway, I like that I can come to this page when I "forget" to do something ;-)
This has only been fixed once I started taking anti-thyroid drugs, cleaning became easy, even effortlessly easy, but I still enjoy having a routine.
Does this make me a lame person? No, I don't think that anymore. People didn't understand that it was thyroid problems causing me to be "such a bad person", even I didn't know it. I tried, and tried, and the house would look even worse than before I started. I'd have panic attacks and wish I had the courage to kill myself. I just thought I was a lazy, bad person. I should have known that wasn't true! Before having problems, I had always been a clean, hard-working, responsible person.
Anyway, I like that I can come to this page when I "forget" to do something ;-)
Morning:
Do breakfast dishes.
Tidy up bedroom and bathroom,
Sweep back of house + bathroom,
Clean cat food and water bowls, clean her food area if needed, feed kitty,
Laundry
Tidy up bedroom and bathroom,
Sweep back of house + bathroom,
Clean cat food and water bowls, clean her food area if needed, feed kitty,
Laundry
Mid-day:
Dishes,
Scrub stove-top and surfaces, (I hate, hate, hate doing this in the evening!),
Clean litter box,
Scrub stove-top and surfaces, (I hate, hate, hate doing this in the evening!),
Clean litter box,
Late afternoon:
Moooooooooooore dishes!
Sweep kitchen and front of house,
Put things where they belong
Sweep kitchen and front of house,
Put things where they belong
Friday:
Clean trash bin,
Wipe appliances, cabinets,
Spot-dusting around the house,
Mop floors,
Hang blankets out in the sunlight to freshen them up,
Launder bed linens if you still haven't you naughty girl.
Wipe appliances, cabinets,
Spot-dusting around the house,
Mop floors,
Hang blankets out in the sunlight to freshen them up,
Launder bed linens if you still haven't you naughty girl.
First of the month:
First day or week of the month, depending on how motivated I feel. I'd rather not setup myself to crumble, by making myself feel like a failure if I don't do all this in one day. It's okay to take the whole week!
Dust doors and walls,
Dust blinds,
Dust ceiling,
Dust air vents,
Dust plants,
Wash curtains,
Wash windows,
Sweep stairs outside, sweep porch.
Dust doors and walls,
Dust blinds,
Dust ceiling,
Dust air vents,
Dust plants,
Wash curtains,
Wash windows,
Sweep stairs outside, sweep porch.