Unfuck Your Habitat
To the living/family room! Start by clearing off the coffee and end tables. Straighten the bookshelves. Put away anything that belongs somewhere else. Fold any blankets, fluff the pillows, dust what needs dusting, and run a quick vacuum.
How did you know? Do you have cameras in my house?!
A comforter, usually made of down or synthetic fill. They go inside washable covers.
Back to the bedroom. This time, focus on your surfaces: nightstand, dresser, etc. Clear them off, put shit back where it belongs, and give everything a good dusting.
If you came up with “floordrobe” on your own you need to trademark that shit. Genius.
It’s totally borrowed from someone else. I’ve heard it a lot over the years.
Flip the cover inside out, match up the top corners of the duvet and the cover, and hang on to them while you flip it right-side out. Pull the cover down to the bottom corners.
To avoid this problem in the future, try this.
Time to head into the bedroom. This 20 minutes, focus on getting rid of the floordrobe, put your shoes back where they belong, and put away any laundry hanging out in baskets or on surfaces.
Sheets dry yet? If so, make your bed. After that, start another load of laundry. How’s your laundry area? Gross? Use your 20 minutes making it less gross.
20 minutes cleaning the bathroom. Start by filling the tub and sink with hot water and cleaner. Pour some cleaner in the toilet. Wipe down all surfaces, get the gunk off of the bottles in the shower, empty the trash, sweep or Swiffer the floor, wipe down the walls, then drain and wipe the sink and tub, and scrub the toilet.
Any time left over? go through your medicine cabinet or drawers and do some unfucking.
10 minute break when you’re done.
20 minutes in the kitchen. De-scuzz the stovetop, wipe down the counters, throw away the gross food in the fridge. If you see it, clean it. You’ll be surprised how much you can get done in 20 minutes. If the washer’s done, put your stuff in the dryer. If there’s already stuff in the dryer, PUT IT AWAY. Like, AWAY away, not languishing in a basket.
10 minute break when you’re done.
OK, kids, it’s serious business here at UfYH headquarters this weekend. We’re going to be throwing challenges at you all weekend long.
Here are the rules:
- You don’t have to do every challenge, but you need to do some.
- If a particular challenge doesn’t apply to you for whatever reason, there’s no need to be a snide brat about it. Just do something else.
- When all else fails, do a freestyle 20/10. Twenty minutes unfucking something that needs it, then a ten minute break.
- Before and after pictures always get love here.
- If you’re working on a specific project (schoolwork, the garage, whatever) instead of general unfucking, use the challenges to remind you to get back on track, or do one or two to break up the project a little.
- No excuses, no whining, no being brats. If you aren’t doing or don’t want or need to do something, keep that to yourself. I may be a bitch, but Team UfYH runs on encouragement and doing, not laziness and negative thinking.
- Check in! Let us know what you’ve accomplished.
OK, folks. Go get your coffee and breakfast, drink your water, and get ready. We’re starting soon.
I can already tell you what I will be doing (assuming my fever doesn’t come back, and I can will myself out of bed to do all that moving) today! LAUNDRY EXTRAVAGANZA at my g’ma’s! It’s rather unfortunate that I will have to miss the challenges today. I guess I’ll just save them for later :D Also flu + unfucking probably isn’t the best mix. (I promise that I’m not trying to make excuses or be negative.)
Ah shit… first I need to go put away all Mom’s clothes so that I can use her laundry basket. She didn’t have time before she left for her trip. Why do I have to be sick this weekend? :’(
Everything’s tagged with “weekend challenge” and all the challenges are numbered. They’ll be really easy to find when you’re ready to do them!
Ready! *elbow drop*
Get out of your bed and pay it some attention. Throw your bedding in the washer before you start today’s adventures (and then add detergent and start the washer, smartasses). Be honest, your sheets need washing, don’t they? If not, or if you don’t have access to a washing machine right now, MAKE YOUR BED.
After you start the washer or make your bed, round out your 20 minutes washing some dishes, unloading or reloading the dishwasher, or scrubbing your sink and drying rack.
10 minute break when you’re done.
OK, kids, it’s serious business here at UfYH headquarters this weekend. We’re going to be throwing challenges at you all weekend long.
Here are the rules:
OK, folks. Go get your coffee and breakfast, drink your water, and get ready. We’re starting soon.
If you were to look at my room right now you would probably wonder how a human being can get so behind in general life tasks. Like vacuuming. I have a ton of boxes out, nothing in the boxes, just empty boxes and things next to the boxes and covering the floor that should be in the boxes. I think that is the first step for unfucking my habitat.
That’s my plan for the weekend - get shit done.
Saturday - go rollerskating in the morning (EXERCISE), then dye my hair because my roots are about 5 cms long :/ THEN after I’ve done unfucking my appearance I can move onto my habitat.
Sunday - fully unfuck my habitat, vacuum, throw things away, put my clothes away, make sure my laundry actually dries instead of living on the clothes horse in my room for two weeks, and while I’m at it, unfuck my academic life and figure out what I need to get for the next semester. I don’t know what books I need yet but there’s a few stationery things I need so I’ll get them.
Don’t forget to pace yourself and take breaks. Marathons are no one’s friends.
