#cleaningwithadhd

How I Clean My Room

(even when its a disaster - the neurodivergent guide)

I call this method the Colour Wheel Clean-up Method

1. make your bed. < no matter how messy the room is, making your bed will make it feel less overwhelming.

2. pick your colour palette and play some bangers 🎶. <count how many colours you have in your bedroom and make a little list of them. (my bedroom is full rainbow explosion)

3. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, white is my list.

4. begin with your first colour, only put away and straighten things from that colour.

5. TAKE BREAKS BUT COME BACK!! seriously, about 8 minutes is a long enough break, have a snack, some water, breathe and get your butt back to it! you can do it. :)

6. keep going with each colour! if you've gone through every colour and there's still more, start at your first colour again!

🌱 Remember that you are not a bad person for having a messy or disorganized space. sometimes tasks can be overwhelming, or the world can be overwhelming. (I feel ya, trust me.)

the important part is that you found this post.

you ready to give it a try?

🍓 if you're comfortable, share a before and after photo if you try out this method and let me know if it worked for you!

I'll be updating this post with my after photo soon. (I have no shame, and neither should you. this is a real, and safe place :)

- Cl0wnic0rn

Dear endless void that is the internet, It’s me again!

I know, I know, long time no see. But its been busy. Between work, spring break, and school. There has been chaos that has kept me from my pen and ink. More link my screen and keys but you get the idea.

Today I over slept. A lot. I had a class at 9 in the morning and was going to my siblings “Field Day” at 11-3. I was going to do homework afterwards until my next class at 5. 

What happened instead? I woke up at 12, made it to field day at 1, had lunch at like 3:30 with my best friend and got to my last class a few minutes late. 

The fucked up part was I was dreaming that I was going about my day. I was so convinced that I was in class and doing my work that when I woke up at home I was so confused. Now I’m in my last and right now only class of the day where I am being given an assignment to do a press release on myself. Which sounds fun so I’m gonna do some manifesting. Since it doesn’t have to be a real one and we could have fun with the assignment, I’m going to make it as if I became an EGOT winner while completing medical school. 

Is it stupid?

Yes.

Do I want to actually be me?

Also yes.

Also my ADHD has been a raging fucking bitch. I haven’t been able to focus on shit and with the Adderall shortage I have to be cautious with my stock. I can’t clean and the little I do slips back into a fucking mess. Same thing with homework. I can’t get stuff done. It sucks cause I don’t know when this shortage is going to end and I don’t know if I TRULY need my meds. Meanwhile my entire life is spiraling into the mess it was two years ago. Room: A mess, Work: Undone, Hotel: Trivago. 

Im gonna make this Saturday (whole day off) wake up early pop an addy and just clean my room (throw out trash, put away laundry, clean the clutter) and my desk. Once my room is cleaned, swept, and mopped, I will work on the kitchen and just put away and clean dishes and clean out the island and counter tops. I’ve heard playing the Mario racing music helps with cleaning so I just might do that. 

Once thats all done, I will prep for the next week and make sure that everything that needs to be done is done a head of time. 

That’s all for now. 

Hopefully see y’all next week with an update