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Unfuck tomorrow morning!

Wash the dishes in your sink Get your outfit for tomorrow together, including accessories Set up coffee/tea/breakfast Make your lunch Put your keys somewhere obvious Wash your face and brush your teeth Charge your electronics Pour a little cleaner in the toilet bowl (if you don’t have pets or children or sleepwalking adults) Set your alarm Go to bed at a reasonable hour

amiokay asked: Any tips on where to get cheap boxes and such for moving? I have 2.5 weeks!

sinsoo asked: So this is gonna sound like an excuse/silly question. But I've never seen a point in making my bed? I do when someone is coming over or when I change sheets. But I haven't besides that. What am I missing out on?

yeezysdisciple replied to your post: Make your bed! we go through this everyday Noticing a pattern, are you?

Today was... Rough

amyunicorn001: Dreary weather weighs heavily on my mind and spirit. I woke up feeling miserable and knew it without looking through the curtains that it was miserable outside. I was not happy with leaving the basement mostly finished (I managed to basically shift everything from being stacked on the floor to stacked onto a counter, although I did get rid of two aquariums, a smell corner shelf,...

ouiser-boudreaux asked: Another "Thank you UfYH" askbox message. My apartment has been UNFUCKED PROPER and every evening post-work there's a 20-10 to just clear the clutter and then prep for the next day after dinner. The constant challenges and sparkly text and awesome gifs are the best motivation.

The great unfuckening

viciousbeastie: I’ve had a lifetime of perma-fucked habitat. It only got worse when I fell in love w/ and moved in with someone with an equally fucked habitat. It is time for things to change! My entire house needs some level of unfucking, but here’s what I’ve done recently: The “dining room” before: Clearly not being used for actual meals - we have been eating in the living room (our one...

xibalbadance asked: Can I get an Unfuck yeah for doing laundry and putting it up AFTER I made my bed?! Somethings that I don't EVER do?!

geekcubed replied to your post: of course i love this tumblr & it’s made a big difference in my life, even if parts of my house are still a disaster. Question: I’m wondering how many male readers you have? Most of the photos/reblogs that I’ve looked at indicate in some way that the poster is female. So are there any guys out there unfucking their habitats? are they just doing it silently? Man...

You guys are saying nice things to/about me.

Am I dying? Do you know something I don’t? Or is it that your own awesomeness is being reflected back onto you, and you don’t all recognize quite yet that you’re the ones who are making these huge, positive changes in your lives? Either way, I think I’m going to check my blood pressure. Just in case.

myownrobotbutler asked: of course i love this tumblr & it's made a big difference in my life, even if parts of my house are still a disaster. Question: I'm wondering how many male readers you have? Most of the photos/reblogs that I've looked at indicate in some way that the poster is female. So are there any guys out there unfucking their habitats? are they just doing it silently?

mssileas: So I wanted to say a big, heartfelt thank you. This blog really has opened my eyes about a lot of things, and after following your blog for a couple of months I finally enjoy coming home, because my place is not a smelly, unsanitary mess. I made a lot of progress and after one thourough cleaning session I find it a lot easier to maintain a normal standard of cleaning and organizing...

Unfuck tomorrow morning!

Wash the dishes in your sink Get your outfit for tomorrow together, including accessories Set up coffee/tea/breakfast Make your lunch Put your keys somewhere obvious Wash your face and brush your teeth Charge your electronics Pour a little cleaner in the toilet bowl (if you don’t have pets or children or sleepwalking adults) Set your alarm Go to bed at a reasonable hour

utterlyfubar: Thank you to PoM and UFYH and to the Tumblr community at large. I’ve only been at this a week (and a bit). But from my first post, I felt as if I’d stumbled into a room where everybody wanted to encourage me and give me a hand up - even though y’all don’t even know me. I’ve got a long way to go, and I know that. I’ve only just begun, and I’m only taking baby steps, and believe...

Unfuck Your Habitat

skysailor99: Hey, people who follow me. Go follow Unfuck Your Habitat. It’s awesome. Thank you, Unfuck Your Habitat! I started following you right before moving in with my boyfriend. Before you, I was a right messy bastard, with many a terrible tale to tell of dishes left in the sink to the point of grotesquery. Now I only let the dishes touch the sink if I’m cleaning other dishes or letting a...

phoenikoi asked: I saw a challenge I can actually do, but I have no easy way of taking a photo and uploading it to show my efforts. Help?

aligzandra asked: Even when I wring them out and hang them up to dry, any washcloth I keep in my shower gets mildewy. Can I stop this from happening and how can I clean the already-mildewed washcloths? The tag on some of them says that they can be washed in a combination of Clorox and detergent.

weirdisourschoolmotto asked: I just cleaned the sink and the bathtub to the point of sparkling with the magic of vinegar! this is BRILLIANT!

dastardlyromantic: My desk was my invisible corner. I had let it spiral out of control for months, ‘til I discovered Unfuck Your Habitat. Through that blog, I realized that it was only my sheer laziness that kept me from slaying that beast. I grabbed my duster (sword) and a damp sponge (shield) and got to work. Read More

ladycluck: I love you. Because of your good habits, wisdom and encouragement, it is 8.40am on my day off over here in the UK and already: My kitchen is clean and tidy and wiped and the washing up is done My bathroom is scoured My living room is tidy with the table clear and wiped and the sofa re-plumped MY BED IS MADE! The first load of washing is on to whirl And I have a list … a goddamn...

Unfucking: The Room

theunfucking: Unfucked the floor of my room As you can see - pretty fucked. THE FLOORDROBE IS GONE See! There is floor under all that! A washing basket, so the floordrobe doesn’t make a comeback tour. the other side of the bed. Also unfucked!

sometimesifindstuffinteresting asked: What do you think about those bleach tabs you drop in the tank that keep the toilet clean?

largebargemarge asked: This is probably a dumb question but what do sleepwalkers have to do with using toilet bowl cleaner at night or not?

Unfuck tomorrow morning!

Wash the dishes in your sink Get your outfit for tomorrow together, including accessories Set up coffee/tea/breakfast Make your lunch Put your keys somewhere obvious Wash your face and brush your teeth Charge your electronics Pour a little cleaner in the toilet bowl (if you don’t have pets or children or sleepwalking adults) Set your alarm Go to bed at a reasonable hour

New people! Hello!

Welcome aboard! If you’re new to UfYH, here’s the welcome packet: I curse. A lot. If this is problematic for you, we may have to admire each other from afar. There will be many f-bombs, as well as some more creative stuff. A 20/10 is 20 minutes of unfucking (cleaning, studying, what have you) followed by a 10-minute break. 45/15s are the same, only, you know, 45 and 15. A drain volcano is...

heytherehydrangea asked: to the Japan unfucker (hi, i live here, too!) perhaps try kabi killer (カビキラー）or something? idk i haven't had to do crazy heavy-duty cleaning here, but you should prob have some of that stuff on hand anyway. what i used back home (US) for tough stuff was SOS pads. and idk if they have that sort of thing, i feel like i've definitely seen something similar to steel wool. might help?

Extra credit if you have today off and spend extra time washing your bedding first! (If you haven’t already done it this weekend, of course.)

Tackling clutter.

missvoltairine: So I’ve been pretty good at keeping the important stuff unfucked - doing the dishes every day, ~making my bed~, keeping the floor vacuumed, litter boxes get cleaned out twice a week. Some of this stuff is automatic (litter boxes), some of it I have to struggle with (doing the dishes every day, it is my least favorite chore ughhh), but if I’m honest my worst housekeeping habit is...

Office: Unfucked!

krazy-kar: Finally got something done. I split my iTunes upbeaat songs into a bunch of UfYH playlists (45 to be exact) spanning from 20 minute lengths to about 50 minutes. Idea? Music stops=time for a break. Music stopped, I started next playlist and kept going. Went for about an hour straight at first, then took about a half hour break before doing another hour and a bit. Read More

spacetugboat asked: Do you have any tips for getting mildew off those supposed "mildew resistant" plastic shower curtains?

Even if you’re getting right back into it!

imaebyabluth asked: So a few months ago, the city I live in decided to turn off my block's water for several hours without notice, and when it finally came back on, black filth (disgusting sediment, I guess) spewed forth from my shower and bathroom sink. This horrible experience led to what seems to be a permanently grey bathtub floor and a dingy sink. I have tried regular bathroom cleaners, straight up...

eileenpaints asked: I was wondering what tips you might have for last-minute visitors - there's nothing more terrifying than having a fucked home and finding out your date/mom/landlord is "just stopping by" in an hour. Obviously the long-term solution is to keep up with things better, but what do you consider the best use of an hour or so to clean before surprise visitors?

unfuckyourhabitat: You can do this. You can accomplish so much this weekend. You can keep it all together. Check the Twitter, too. Everyone’s rooting for you!

Unfuck tomorrow morning!

Wash the dishes in your sink Get your outfit for tomorrow together, including accessories Set up coffee/tea/breakfast Make your lunch Put your keys somewhere obvious Wash your face and brush your teeth Charge your electronics Pour a little cleaner in the toilet bowl (if you don’t have pets or children or sleepwalking adults) Set your alarm Go to bed at a reasonable hour

You can do this. You can accomplish so much this weekend. You can keep it all together.

parksjl2 asked: I left a damp cast-iron pan on the counter for several days and it left a rust stain on the counter. (Dumb.) The counter surface might be a sort of laminate; whatever it is, it seems really absorbent and there are various other stains in it. Can you tell me how to get that stubborn rust stain up?

shoemoney2night asked: Hi! Where do you get your glitter letters from?

My very own vinegar & baking soda success story!

utterlyfubar: I’m normally a hard chemicals go-to-girl. Is it stained? Bleach it if you can. Mold? Bleach. Mildew? Bleach. Yeah, probably not the best idea. I blame growing up in small-town Illinois, where our water was the hardest I’ve ever seen anywhere. I used to have to scrub the kitchen sinks (porcelain, ofc) with Zud every week and by the next time I got to doing it, they were...

Unfuck tomorrow morning!

Wash the dishes in your sink Get your outfit for tomorrow together, including accessories Set up coffee/tea/breakfast Make your lunch Put your keys somewhere obvious Wash your face and brush your teeth Charge your electronics Pour a little cleaner in the toilet bowl (if you don’t have pets or children or sleepwalking adults) Set your alarm Go to bed at a reasonable hour

Hidden corner 1: Unfuck the Dresser

amethyst246: When I read about “hidden corners” on Unfuck Your Habitat, several areas of my home come to mind. But the first one is always my dresser. Behold: This is actually a little bit worked on; contents of the Giant Back Pack (two comforters and some pillow cases) were spread out in a giant cloth monster of doom which did not allow me access to my clothes. It’s not a floordrobe for...