I uh, might print these out and make em into dry erase board check lists
is this some kind of funny man practical joke time sketch what the fuck who does NINE THINGS A DAY. who’s cleaning their microwave every week WHO DO YOU THINK I AM push 90% of these things into the “Every year” bracket lmao
Me, reading these lists and lying on my bed covered in five different layers of clothes: unfortunate
sanitize the sink every day what the fuck bish
who the fuck does laundry EVERY DAY?
can someone explain to me the purpose of making your bed?
I’ve been Officially An Adult for two decades now and I have never understood the point of making one’s bed when one isn’t putting on fresh sheets. I mean, unless you require your sheets to be tucked under on the bottom and sides to feel comfortable when you get into bed, in which case by all means do that? But I actually find that super uncomfortable, and if I’m getting into a Neatly Made Bed, I have to pull out the sheets before I can sleep.
Except for “clean dirty dishes” (to which I would add “as needed”), there is nothing on the Every Day list that my husband and I actually do every day. Some of the stuff in the Every Week list we do on those weeks we can; some of them we only do every month. Most of the stuff on the Every 3-6 Months list we only do once a year (and some of it applies to stuff we don’t own).
tl;dr this list is not authoritative and you are not Adulting Wrong if you don’t follow it.
Especially considering people with disabilities and/or mental illnesses LITERALLY may be unable to do that whole list if they want to also, say, eat that day. Never mind work and having time for fun shit so you don’t burn out. And bathing.
This can be a good STARTING POINT to make your own list that fits your own needs and abilities, but if you ain’t doing it exactly the same that is okay and you’re not failing.
As someone with disabilities and mental illness, I find this useful despite the inherent ableism. (If I got a dollar for every ‘helpful’ thing that infantalises me for being unable to do all the things, I’d be able to buy so many Tangles.)
I am in no way, shape or form able to do all of these things with the frequency and regularity the OP suggests, but just having a list of things like this is INCREDIBLY HELPFUL for me.
Both my disabilities and my mental health interfere in a huge way with my executive function. That is, my ability and energy to plan, sequence, carry out and complete tasks. I find it incredibly difficult to know what I’m meant to be doing to keep my environment clean in the first place. Sometimes I can be staring a big pile of stuff in the face and still have no idea what to do. (Strangely enough, if I’m in someone else’s space and they need something done, I often have no trouble at all.) Writing a list like this? Completely beyond me.
So this list is something I can look at when I feel like I should be doing something in my home less obvious than dishes. I can look at and go, “oh, shit, yeah, haven’t mopped the bathroom floor in months” and then I know what I need to do if I want to do that task. And if I don’t, if it can go a little longer, or if something else on the list is more urgent, I don’t have to.
knitting in the dark 