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Do you enjoy doing it?

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WarriorMom2024 profile image
WarriorMom2024

Hi. I do and I don't. I do in my home. It's an obligation otherwise. Then I dont enjoy it but it has to get done. I hope you're having a good day.

in reply toWarriorMom2024

I enjoy it sometimes but not always.My day has been fine thank you.

I hope you are well.

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jackiesj

Yes, i love order but no i dont like to do it because soon as its done i can look back on the same clean counter and my plate will stick to what i just cleaned(thank you husband)....my solution is, i have one corner that noone else invades...when its a bad day i can see that one go...yip did good! more to life and it doesnt stop. Definition of cleaning? Recently my daughter who is a sweety saw me clean a dresser drawer on the bed..mom remember...if something happens i dont want your garbage...that pretty much said it for me and i sang..Let It Go! clean enough not to have critters.....how do you eat a 🦕...one bite at a time....

in reply tojackiesj

One bite at a time lol

There is always someone around to mess up the hard work!

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Blueruth

hell no... I get sucked up in details and forget about the big picture. My ears are sensitive clangy, jarring sounds so putting away dishes makes me cringe. It is a luxury but worth it to have someone come in every other week. Last year I spent a month in another country where my possessions fit in a suitcase and backpack. For a short time it was so nice not to have all that stuff to clean.

in reply toBlueruth

So you have someone come to do your cleaning, you are lucky!!

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Blueruth in reply to

I know it!

No one really likes to do it. You just do it so you have some neatness and order and your not living in complete chaos and mess!!!

in reply to

I know some people that never do it.

Isinatra profile image
Isinatra in reply to

Lol

Dolphin14 profile image
Dolphin14

I love to clean. Looks like I'm the odd man out. Lol

I do love the post:)

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in reply toDolphin14

Why do you love to clean?

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Dolphin14 in reply to

I find it peaceful and rewarding.

Arymretep profile image
Arymretep in reply toDolphin14

Me too👍 It’s so satisfying . If Im feeling down I give my oven a good clean and I always feel better afterward, and it’s a form of exercise .

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Dolphin14 in reply toArymretep

Yippie I'm not alone!

❤️🐬

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Arymretep in reply toDolphin14

You’re not, the only thing I hate is ironing 😳👎

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Dolphin14 in reply toArymretep

Oh yes, ironing is a drag. I try not to do that at all.

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Starrlight in reply toDolphin14

I enjoyed cleaning recently, fellow odd ones.

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Dolphin14 in reply toStarrlight

I do know you get enjoyment out of it. We often compare notes lol

❤️🐬

Isinatra profile image
Isinatra

I hate to clean. It’s repetitive and boring. I’d rather be out climbing trees and I’d pay someone in an instant to do it if I could. It’s like Sysiphus (?) and his boulder. But it’s a necessity and it feels so good when it’s over. Free at last!

A lady once said….I dust once every two years. 😂 Truth! ✌️

in reply toIsinatra

Every two years lol that's to much 😉

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Dolphin14 in reply to

Lmao

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Arymretep profile image
Arymretep in reply to

Yuck 🤣

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Dolphin14 in reply toIsinatra

You crack me up. Sounds like you have a good system going. Whatever works I say

❤️🐬

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Isinatra in reply toDolphin14

😁🙋‍♀️

Tara52 profile image
Tara52

I like the order it brings. I hate clutter! I dont bring the junk mail into the house. I deposit it immediately into the recycle bin before I enter the house! The days of severe depression I cant get anything done. I double up on the housework on my better days.🙂

in reply toTara52

So it get you motivated and makes you feel good?

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Tara52 in reply to

I get motivated after the depression lifts and then I can get alot done. I live alone so I only have to clean up after myself though. 🙂

in reply toTara52

How many times per week do you do the housework? 😊

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Tara52

If I am not depressed I do some everyday.

in reply toTara52

Not the whole house every day? 🙁

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Tara52 in reply to

No,. I rotate the work. Except for sweeping, doing dishes making my bed everyday. Sounds exciting huh? How are you feeling today? I just got back from grocery shopping.

in reply toTara52

If you find it exciting then that's what matters.

I'm back from grocery shopping about 30 minutes ago, its another thing I don't like 😅

I'm feeling OK today what about you?

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Tara52

I am doing so much better today than yesterday. 🙂 I was very depressed but just for the day. Unfortunately I watched a program on YouTube about narcissistic mothers and it brought up alot of anger. She passed in 2013. I thought I forgave her for all of the abuse ( control, manipulation and verbal abuse). However I never really released the anger . I suppressed it. 😟

in reply toTara52

Do you watch stuff like to try to get answers and how would you release the anger?

I'm glad you are feeling better today 😊

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Tara52 in reply to

A friend said he released his anger years ago by yelling underwater in his family pool. ( He didn't want his family to hear him). I'd be afraid of swallowing too much water!😳

in reply toTara52

Not sure I'd be trying that either 😕 could you get a punch bag I give it some...

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Tara52 in reply to

I have to do some research on it. I guess I could scream into a pillow. 😝

in reply toTara52

As long as the pillow doesn't mind I think you should go for it 😜

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Tara52 in reply to

LOL🤣😆😁

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😅😅

Midori profile image
Midori

I'm 74 and disabled.

I have decided that the house is My sanctuary, and I will have it as I want it and to blazes with what anyone else thinks!

Certain things I will keep pristine. other things can get cluttered.

Those who come to see me will understand, and those who come to see the house, can go away unfulfilled!

Cheers, Midori

in reply toMidori

That's a good way to look at it.

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Midori in reply to

Old, cynical and grumpy, that's me! Besides, it's nobody else's business! :)

Apart from that, I don't want to disturb my spidery pets!

Cheers, Midori

in reply toMidori

I agree, it's nobody else's business, you are right.

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Tara52 in reply toMidori

😃👍🕷

Qr83k_-Jd profile image
Qr83k_-Jd

Yes I do infact I would say I enjoy doing it. I hate my room dusty and the bathroom has to be as nice as I can get it. So it is one thing I my life I can say I really don't mind it.

in reply toQr83k_-Jd

Do you spend a lot of time on it?

Qr83k_-Jd profile image
Qr83k_-Jd in reply to

Yes quite a lot of the afternoon and evening. Bit stupid don't you think? Too much time I think.

in reply toQr83k_-Jd

It's not stupid if you like it.

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Qr83k_-Jd in reply to

Yeh well I don't feel so bad now, I can happily continue with what I'm doing.🤣😂

in reply toQr83k_-Jd

Well that's just great 😅👍

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Qr83k_-Jd in reply to

Thanks for what you said and for not judging me. I wish you happiness in your future but you have to believe that you will.

in reply toQr83k_-Jd

I'm happy now and I hope you will be too.

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Qr83k_-Jd in reply to

I am happy, sort of I am so glad that you feel happy. That is grreat. May you always feel happiness in your life.

in reply toQr83k_-Jd

Well that's good if your even sort of happy.. Be happy always.. 😊

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Hb2003

During ramadan i clean the dishes i love doing it but sometimes my hands get irritated . My mom in the other hand dreads it she now has Carpal tunnel syndrome on her left thumb so doing house work is painful for her 😬😕

in reply toHb2003

Doing dishes 😵 I hate it.

I hope your mum isn't to sore.

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Midori in reply toHb2003

Rubber gloves are your friends here Hiba!

Cheers, Midori

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