My never-ending quest to have a tidier house continues. I am making some progress, I think. No, I definitely am, it’s just that there is so much to do that it is daunting. I think that I’ve mentioned before how my poor habits lead me to leave things lying around and not clean up after myself.

Despite this, things are slowly improving at the moment. It goes in fits and starts but if I just focus on doing a little at a time I can make inroads into the piles that I’ve accumulated.

One technique I have learned that works for me is to start with my back bedroom, which is full of things thrown in haphazardly. There is no room for the bed; I’ve had to leave that dismantled. Anyway, I file or throw things out from there. Then when I’ve made a small space I move things from other rooms into it.

That way my living area gets an immediate benefit and I don’t have to view the debris every day.