Unfuck Your Habitat

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October 2012

If you’re in the Get the Fuck Off the Internet Machine and Go the Hell to Bed club, it’s that time!

consulting-anachronist replied to your post: Oh boy. WELCOME TO UFYH HELP YOURSELF TO TEA TRY THE BISCUITS DON’T ASK ABOUT THE ANDROID APP OK?

We have a fuckton of new followers tonight, for some reason. Hello, new people! Here’s the welcome packet. Make yourselves comfy!

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

September 2012

I’m turning off the askbox for a little while. I’m a bit bogged down and not able to respond as quickly as I’d like. I’ll open it back up once I can catch up a little.

wantthepharaohs asked: I just got an iphone yesterday and the unfuck app was the first thing I bought! I'm so happy i could finally support that way! :)

feminerdism asked: After you posted that master list of vinegar uses, I says to myself I says "Hey, I can reuse vinegar in different ways to conserve this precious substance!" So I microwaved a bowl of vinegar and water in the microwave before cleaning it. Then I dumped the same bowl of vinegar in the washer with my towels to remove their musty scent. Unfucking... conservation-of-resources style!

Unfuck Your Weekend: Challenge 14

Time for a final wipedown of all the germy surfaces in your house. Those little fuckers like to linger. Take a few minutes and wipe down your door handles, sink and tub faucets, toilet flusher knob, and light switches. While you’re at it, switch out your hand towels and dish towels for fresh ones. Enjoy your clean(er) house and the rest of your weekend!

Unfuck Your Weekend: Challenge 13

Unfuck your bills! Find, organize, and, if you can, pay your bills. Now is a good time to set up automated payments or online bill pay if you haven’t already. If you’re out of stamps, still get the bills ready to go and put them on top of your purse or bag so that you get a book of stamps the next time you’re out.

Unfuck Your Weekend: Challenge 12

This one’s for pet owners. No pets? Do a freestyle 20/10 on whatever needs unfucking. Pet owners: wash out those slobbery food and water dishes, and wipe down the area where your pets get fed, including any cabinet or wall surfaces that may get accidental splatter mess. Cat people, clean out your litter box. Gather up any toys and pet-related detritus scattered around the house and put them away....

Unfuck Your Weekend: Challenge 11

To the bathroom! Time to go through the medicine cabinet, drawers, and any other storage you have in there. Throw out anything expired or gross, wipe down anything icky or sticky, sort, toss, organize and clean. Check to see if you’re running low on anything (especially critical stuff, like toilet paper).

Unfuck Your Weekend: Challenge 10

By this point, almost everything should be done but most of your floors. (If you were following along, you’ll have swept your bathroom and vacuumed the living room.) Grab the vacuum and a mop and bucket (or, if you’re me, your steam mop WHICH IS THE BEST THING EVER) and go to town on your floors. You should have access to most floors, since you picked up all of your clothes and put everything...

Unfuck Your Weekend: Challenge 9

Time to double check your flat surfaces. Any table, counter, desk, or bookshelf that you haven’t already dealt with is getting some attention. Clear them off, put or throw stuff away, and clean or dust off the surface.

Even if you’re getting right back into it!

If you’re in the Some Of Us Have Shit to Do on a Sunday Morning So It’s Time to Turn Off the Computer and Go To Bed club, it’s time!

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

Top ten cleaning products: Vinegar Baking soda Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Bar Keepers Friend Comet A steam mop Swiffer dry mop (you can replace the disposable cloths with a microfiber cloth) Scrub brushes Goo Gone Rubbing alcohol Top ten uses for vinegar: Drain volcano! (Pour baking soda down drain. Pour vinegar over it. Watch magic happen.) Add a cup to your laundry to get rid of musty...

Unfuck Your Weekend: Challenge 8

You’re avoiding something. It might be an invisible corner. It might be a box of crap you need to deal with. It might be your junk drawer. Whatever it is that you’ve been relieved that none of the challenges so far have made you deal with, that’s what you’re dealing with for the next 20 minutes. Don’t lie to yourself. You’re putting something off, but now you have to go deal with it. When you’re...

Unfuck Your Weekend: Challenge 7

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.

Unfuck Your Weekend: Challenge 6

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.

Unfuck Your Weekend: Challenge 5

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.

aviswolf: I need help, ufyh! There are some patches of that sticky glue/sticker residue on my floor that I didn’t notice until recently and nothing will get them off. They’ve sort of dried now to make matters worse. Help! Have you tried Goo Gone? If that’s a no go, my next suggestions would be (one at a time) oil of some sort, rubbing alcohol, or WD-40.

karsonk replied to your post: [redacted] asked you: 2012-09-28 21:12 Are you… Are you writing a ufyh book? Oh, jeez, no. Writing a book and getting it published are really really difficult and labor-intensive, and I have about six other UfYH-related projects on my list before I’d even start thinking about it. Although a pop-up book would be fun. It’d just yell at you a...

Unfuck Your Weekend: Challenge 4

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.

unfuckyourhabitat: reaperella: Yo, fellow unfuckers, there’s a UFYH Group over at Chains.cc TEAM UFYH!! For anyone who uses chains.cc. Here’s the link. I know a few people were having trouble finding it.

baileyeverywhere replied to your post: I love your reminders I genuinely do not understand how it’s possible that you have addressed literally this exact thing so many times and people are still asking about it. Even nicely. I really don’t. I get a bunch of new followers every day, so I give people the benefit of the doubt that they haven’t seen the timezone or Android app discussions a...

Unfuck Your Weekend: Challenge 3

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...

derpyfeet asked: Do you have any advice for unfucking your sleep schedule?

obligatorytoast asked: I love your reminders (or commands) to get people to turn off their shit and tuck their asses in to bed at night, but I work overnights and obviously, I'm not about to go to bed when I'm heading off to work. Would it be too much to possibly do a little reminder for us night owls in the morning? I'd love the motivation, especially since sometimes it's a bit of struggle to get to...

Unfuck Your Weekend: Challenge 2

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.

Unfuck Your Weekend: Challenge 1

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,...

lattedrinkingliberal asked: How long should dishes be left lying around? I'm trying to get one of my roommates to wash them same day - but he insits it's alright to leave them for a few days, even up to three.

chikoringo replied to your post: Unfuck tomorrow morning Do you change your routines on the weekend, or stay consistent thought the week? If it’s a weekend day that I don’t have to work, I skip the outfit (because I usually stay in my pajamas on my days off. Don’t judge me), the keys (because they’re always in the same place), and making my lunch. I do everything else,...

khalilahalston replied to your post: [redacted] asked you: 2012-09-28 21:12 Are you… That person was rude. This is your blog. You can post about unicorns for all I care because you take the time to help other people become unfucked. It’s your business you shouldn’t have to apologize for that. (I already had the sparkly unicorn text gif. Don’t ask.)

If you’re in the Friday Doesn’t Mean the Weekend For Everyone, So Turn Off the Computer and Go To Bed club, it’s that time!

Unfucking the living room: Invisible Corner time...

hellison02: My living room is… well. One big invisible corner at times. But so many small corners, between, behind, under furniture. So much STUFF. And MESS and piled up post and cat hair and god knows what else. But, now my MSc course has finished I have time, and nothing much else to do, so. It was TIME. Firstly, Beside (and on) The Big Sofa - Before And after Read More

crazymessedupfamily: Need to summon the UFYH team pronto! Son and girlfriend left toast in the toaster and left the room. Toast got stuck, fire resulted. Big flames that scorched the bottom of my overhead cabinets before the extinguisher could be used. Fortunately no permanent damage - nothing a sander cant fix, but the smell is still horrible after a full day of airing out with all the windows...

[redacted] asked you: 2012-09-28 21:12 Are you going to talk about the app every day? We know you have it, so can you just get back to the unfucking stuff so I don’t have to unfollow you? (Anonymized by me) This is a totally valid question. I do talk about the app a lot. If it’s annoying, I apologize. But right now, it’s the only way I get “paid” for doing...

Unfuck tomorrow morning

movesliketinaturner: unfuckyourhabitat: 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...

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

Mini-challenge!

Open a closet door. Spend five minutes doing something to improve that closet.

If you’re in the Shut the Damn Computer Off and Get the Hell to Bed club, it’s time!

The kitchen: unfucked (mostly)

myunfuckening: I finally tackled a big chunk of the kitchen today! Not only did I actually manage to do a whole 20/10 (a month ago, a 20 minute stint was beyond me physically), but I kept going afterwards, because I close to photo-ready and wanted to post this. :) So tonight after work I: Did a massive drain volcano on the kitchen sink, both sides. It did my heart good to hear that shit...

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