TOO MUCH SHIT!!!

It’s Saturday morning, and I have WWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much shit in my room. Every weekend, or at least every-other weekend, I straighten this room, and make a somewhat halfhearted pledge to keep it that way. Of course it is always a complete disaster area by Tuesday at the latest. Coming back to my initial statement, I don’t feel the issue is my habits (since I genuinely like cleanliness and order), but the fact that I am being out gunned by the staggering amount of SHIT that piles up in my room over the course of the year.

Just last year I carried 13 filled trash bags out of my room. I had decided to do some cleaning, and was in the mood to discard anything I didn’t think I would need. The result was 13 jumbo trash bags, overflowing with years of useless junk. Making a concerted effort to actively discard things that are past their time has done little to solve the problem.

My mom has always held on to things saying, “you never know when you might need it”… and although I think she is quite MAD in this regard, I can’t help but wonder whether I inherited some of those genes. Order and cleanliness have always been my father bag, when it comes to messy rooms, or things lying about the house just a little too long, its my father delving out the “I have to look at this room every day”-s and the “You’re bag has been sitting there for over a WEEK!!”-s. He’s lightened up significantly since I decided to live at home for the remainder of college. Maybe my “you don’t have to look at my room all week because my door is always shut” argument began to hold water.

The two halves of my parents are in constant battle, my mom’s knack for creating disorder, and my dad’s obsessive compulsive demand for cleanliness. But what does this all boil down to?... I’m sorry I completely strayed from the point… I’m going to overhaul my room this morning/afternoon. Get things in order and try to get rid of the aforementioned SHIT piling up. Here are a few preliminary photos of the mess. Do stop back for some post cleaning shots…