Unfuck Your Habitat

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Asker chiquorinha Asks:
Don't care what you say/Excuses are boring, dudes/Make your freaking bed.
unfuckyourhabitat unfuckyourhabitat Said:
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Asker chiquorinha Asks:
I've meant to ask and keep forgetting: when you leave cleaner in the toilet in the evening, do you scour it in the morning, or does it leave it clean enough to just flush away? (I haven't tried it yet. I have sleepwalking adults & kids and also dumbass cats in the house, so I just make sure to scour it as soon as any minor funk appears. I have a toilet brush in each bathroom.)
unfuckyourhabitat unfuckyourhabitat Said:

I just flush in the morning, and scrub it once a week or so.

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Asker chiquorinha Asks:
Catching up on UFYH, I saw the gal who uses events as motivation to clean. I just wanted to chime in on that, because I totally do it, too. If I don't make a point to do it for other people, I tend to let my tidiness slide in a big way. I'm not really happy or proud of that, but it is something I'm working on. I know I'm happier when it's clean, but until I get into a permanent habit of doing nice things for myself, I use other folks to light a fire under my ass.
unfuckyourhabitat unfuckyourhabitat Said:
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Asker chiquorinha Asks:
Any tips on unfucking laptop screens? Try as I might, I can't convince the family to keep their damned fingers off my screen (IT'S NOT A TOUCHSCREEN, DAMMIT!), and I'm very, very neurotic about fingerprints. I'm afraid of damaging the screen material with chemicals or even vinegar, but just using water and a microfibre cloth (as I have been advised before) never seems to fully do the trick.
unfuckyourhabitat unfuckyourhabitat Said:

Oh, welcome to the CONSTANT BATTLE between me and my coworkers. THESE ARE NOT TOUCHSCREENS.

Anyway, I use a half and half combination of rubbing alcohol (the higher the %, the better) and distilled water. Distilled is very important. Dip a soft clean cloth in the solution, wring it out until it’s just barely damp, and clean the screens. If you Google what commercial screen cleaners are made out of, this is the combo you get. (Go ahead, check. It won’t hurt my feelings.)

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mariatatuada replied to your post: Make your bed!

I just want to let you know that I have been making my bed every day, even on a pain day (since my wake-up is different from y’all’s I can’t check in at the same time). Thanks for prodding me to greatness.

AND SHE’S IN A DIFFERENT TIME ZONE. ONE ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE WORLD, IN FACT.

Want to know how many excuses I’ve heard from mariatatuada from across the world? None. And she was one of my very first followers.

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mariatatuada replied to your post: 

I have found that 45/15s work better for me for cleaning, truth be told! I think 10 minutes of a break just makes me feel rushed, whereas the 15 feels just right. Same for 20 vs. 45 minutes for unfucking.

Personally, I usually do 45/15s for cleaning, too.

Here’s my logic for 20/10s, though:

The whole premise of UfYH is that a lot of us feel in over our heads. It seems overwhelming. There’s SO MUCH to deal with. And when you’re in that state of mind, unmotivated, surrounded by mess, 45 minutes is a really long time. 20 minutes, though? Not so bad, especially if you know you’re getting a decent break at the end of it. 20 minutes is enough to rationalize getting off the couch, because it’s not a major commitment. Once your habits are in place, you can do more because your mindset is different. I still don’t really like huge cleaning marathons, though. Yes, your shit gets done, but it’s exhausting and it files cleaning under “all-day pain in the ass” instead of “easily managed on an everyday basis” in your mind.

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mariatatuada replied to your link: Unfuck Your Habitat has a FB fan page now!

yesssssssssssssssssss, I was hoping for this! :D

Hey man, I’m only one very tired, very overextended lady! I have to pace myself!

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Asker chiquorinha Asks:
Will you ever do any posts on how to make things simply APPEAR unfucked in a hurry, even if it's not for real? On one hand, I realize that kind of goes against the spirit of UFYH, in that you show everyone it doesn't really take much to just Get It Done, but then, sometimes life trolls you and OH GOD MY MOTHER WILL BE HERE IN 10 MINUTES AND IT LOOKS LIKE A DUMPSTER THREW UP IN HERE.
unfuckyourhabitat unfuckyourhabitat Said:

Oh, the “shove everything in the spare room/closet/anything with a door that closes because visitors will be here in six minutes” unfucking? Yeah, that’s pretty much it. I won’t pretend I’ve never done that. Clear horizontal surfaces are the key to making things look clean, even when they aren’t. Counters, tables, stuff like that.

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It is my fondest desire that every one of you go unfuck yourselves

Is there a little voice inside you saying, “I don’t feel like it,” or “Why bother?”

Who should be unfucking?

EVERYONE!

How do I feel that 500 Tumblrers’ habitats are being unfucked?

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mariatatuada replied to your post: So, I just thought I’d put this out there: I’m now following the unfuck your habitat tag. Also, I’m planning on taking pictures of things before/during/after unfucking. Don’t know if I’ll post them to my personal Tumblr, but.. they’ll be inspiration either way. And if I do, you can be sure I’ll tag them appropriately! (I wonder if I can start a list of achievs somewhere…)

Oh, I love the before and after idea! You could post the best ones to your site as testimony to the power of unfucking. :D

I’m reblogging all the ones I come across, because so far, they’ve been amazing.

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