Unfuck Your Habitat

month

December 2011

Go clear off the surface of your coffee table, end table, or kitchen counter. Don’t have any of those? Go clear off your dresser top or nightstand. You can come back in 10 minutes. Up. Off your ass. Ready? Set? Unfuck.

Hi! can you answer this privately and if you’d like cut and paste it to blog without my name. You’re amazing. As a gift to my parents, I decided to unfuck their house. I had no idea how “dirty” Not but nothing really had a place. My mom seems to always be cleaning but I noticed when I went in to really get to work that it was all spot cleaning. There’s a layer...

Unfucking tip of the day, 12/22:

Get a kind but objective friend to take a quick walk-through of your space. They might be able to see problem areas or invisible corners that you don’t notice anymore. “So, that pile of stuff next to the couch? Is that its permanent home?” When things have been in (the wrong) place for too long, they become part of the landscape, and you may not even notice them anymore.

yukon-cornelius: unfuckyourhabitat is seriously the best tumblr ever like if I had a follow forever, it would have all the people I know IRL and unfuckyourhabitat. and probably some other people too but that’s not the point.

I'm going to unfuck the shit out of my apartment...

theconductor: I’m debating whether to photograph the before. I’m living in squalor. But it feels so good to see the progress. Decisions… Take them! You don’t necessarily have to post them, but it’ll be good for you to see how far you’ve come.

UNFUCK YOUR HABITAT

thesarcasmstore: So, our house is vacuumed, and dusted, I did a load of laundry, kitchen is spotless, all bad food has been thrown away and dishes have been done, shower curtains have been washed and put up, laundry has been folded, shit’s been organized, and our house smells pretty and looks nice. YAY UNFUCK YOUR HABITAT! Its amazing what 40 minutes a day will do to your house.

moderntrickster asked: Tomorrow morning my dad is coming to (FINALLY!) get his chest freezer our of my pantry, which means that I'll be able to put TWO shelves back up in there and relocate all of the boxes of storage from the coat/bedroom closets to the storage-designated area at last. I'm super psyched. I also have a night without a dog tonight, so I'm doing all my backed-up vacuuming tonight.

You're on a computer RIGHT NOW.

spiraldots: unfuckyourhabitat: Or possibly a phone, but likely a computer. Move your eyeballs away from the screen and look to the closest flat surface, whether it’s your desk, your nightstand, or the coffee table. It could be the very surface that your computer is on! Clean it off. Come on, you can survive away from the Internet for a few minutes. This is my table before I started ...

You're on a computer RIGHT NOW.

selfsamewoman: unfuckyourhabitat: Or possibly a phone, but likely a computer. Move your eyeballs away from the screen and look to the closest flat surface, whether it’s your desk, your nightstand, or the coffee table. It could be the very surface that your computer is on! Clean it off. Come on, you can survive away from the Internet for a few minutes. I’ve been unfucking my habitat slowly...

You're on a computer RIGHT NOW.

Or possibly a phone, but likely a computer. Move your eyeballs away from the screen and look to the closest flat surface, whether it’s your desk, your nightstand, or the coffee table. It could be the very surface that your computer is on! Clean it off. Come on, you can survive away from the Internet for a few minutes.

Hello, all you lovely new followers!

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...

I'm back to 20/10s.

isopod: I seriously burned myself out a few weeks ago, after four 8 hour days of unfucking (and forgetting to take my breaks!) in a row, and progress on my study stalled. Today, I’m on my second 10 minute break. I’ve cleared my desk, moved it, and put up my 2012 calendar/put together my 2012 planner. It’s not enormous, but it’s got me feeling productive. Learn from my mistake: respect the...

redchickpoet asked: i just wanted to share some success. i've unfucked 1/2 of a messy coffee table, 3 more loads of laundry (and put them away), changed the bed, cleaned the computer table off, cleaned out the top drawer of my nightstand, watered all the plants, clipped 1 (out of 3) cat's nails, dusted the tv, and menu planned for the week (just gotta cook the stuff after i get some sleep). my friend...

Unfucking tip of the day, 12/21:

Have a million little tubes of things in your medicine cabinet? Keep them from rolling around, falling out, or getting lost by cutting down an appropriately-sized box (I find Band-Aid ones work well) to about half its height and storing all the tubes in it.

New house unfuckery!

jellynotjam: We’ve only been in the new house 3 days and we’re making great progress. The kitchen as it was on Sunday: The kitchen this evening: The living room as it was this morning: The living room this evening: Now on to the rest of the house…

Time to unfuck tomorrow morning!

I’m feeling lazy, so you guys tell me what the steps are. It’s like a pop quiz, only you won’t be graded. OR WILL YOU?

perhapsallthedragons asked: I LOVE YOU. PLEASE DO A PODCAST ONE DAY.

jumblejo asked: Dear UYH: I love you. Not only am I able to unfuck large portions of my life, but I've been staying on top of it cause I can "hear" you telling me to KEEP it clean. Every day I come home to a peaceful abode instead of cringing and slamming the door shut to keep the neighbors from seeing the mess. Success!

scoldylox: unfuckyourhabitat: Look around. Find five pieces of trash. Throw them away. Sit back down and get back to your very busy Internet life. My desk is now seven pieces of trash cleaner. Watch out! We’ve got ourselves an overachiever here!