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Do you struggle to keep your house tidy? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 2 years ago by Lateralking to c/[email protected]

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I feel like my house is constantly a fucking mess. My wife and I work 80 hours between us and we have a 2 year old and I feel like it's constantly a mess.

We do what we can and often spend a couple hours on a weekend tidying but it's a losing battle.

How do you cope/keep on top of things?

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[–] S_204 28 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Moved from 1000sqft to 2400 and all hope was lost.

With 2 kids under 5 and a couple of pets, I literally can't clean fast enough to make a dent.

Bathrooms and kitchen are clean.... the rest belongs to the animals.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

So me and my wife talk about this.... Is keeping a small house tidy easier than a large house? We have a 2400 sq ft house as well. I would assume if you had a small house, it's the same amount of mess, but it'd be more overwhelming because it's compressed into a smaller space. And clean space would fill up faster. So you'd be cleaning more to at least have some space that's clean.

[–] Kilamaos 1 points 2 years ago

I say it depends on the type of people making the mess. I myself can live with a little mess. If it not catastrophic, I might add to it by not putting some stuff away immediately. But at some point, it's too much, and I'll be putting things in order as I go, instead of adding more.

But with a bigger place, I can spread it more, so overall more mess can be made before I stop adding more

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