Do you leave things lying around, lying open?

No, you are NOT alone. I am similar, but not as bad to leave doors/drawers open... that can be dangerous! There's a great website that can help you organize your life, no matter what stage of MESS it may be in... it's called www.flylady.net Give it a GREAT SITE!!! I do house cleaning AND organization for people, so I have seen lots of people like you. In fact, I am dealing with one right now... a cluttered, dirty mess. So far, I have spent 12 "man-hours" simply WASHING (you can't DUST) the kitchen, living room, 1 bathroom, and the hallway/stairs. We still have the dining room, bedroomS, and another bedroom to go... BEFORE we even begin to ORGANIZE the place!

Hi you absolutely are not the only one,i am not like you ,but i really know my girlfriend is ,she often looking for glasses with it wearing, and she wearing the slippers out of her dom forgeting changing them,and she has lost 5 cell phones till now .what's more,she alwalys takes a big bag,with all things in it,but always cannot find what she really want. Thanks to me,lol,she is better for that,i will remid her once again and again.you husband should try his best,lol. but for one thing,when going shopping,her memory is ok,and will easlily find the one where she had seen before.

I'm not like that but several people in my house are and I have to go behind them cleaning up their trail or else it will never get done. Or in some cases, they'll have to go clean up their own trail and then they'll complain because they think someone else did it. I think the best thing to do is just to remember to do it while you're at it. If you get a plate out of a cupboard, close the door. Plain and simple. Just start making it a habit and it will start to stick.

I am far from being a 'neat freak', but I don't leave cabinet doors open, for the simple fact, it bugs me. I may leave something laying around, or not put back something I had out, but at least once a day I go around and pick up things and put them away. I don't leave on extra lights, fans, etc, cause I'm the one who pays the utilities! lol, so in order to keep the bill low, I just have gotten in the habit of glancing around whatever room I am leaving and turn off lights or fans or whatever, unless of course I'm coming right back to that room. My house is not the cleanest on the block probably, but I don't like a messy house either. When I look around my home and figure that I wouldn't be embarrased if someone stopped by unannounced, then I'm okay with it. I also like having it picked up for me. It's just me and my s/o, so there really isn't a lot to do, other than picking up after him, which I'm lucky enough to have a guy that will put his dirty clothes in the hamper LOL

i dislike being careless.If i take a thing or open a cupboard i will place in their origin that is i will not leave them as it is.Instead i will arrange and keep them with neat.

Lol! Hi pitstop! No, you are definitely not the only one. My room is very messy to my mom, and I always get scolded by her. I also left electrical appliances on sometimes, forgetting to switch it off and got nagged.. Well, now I'm better because of my family problems lol. I start to think about the extra cost on the electrical bills and how much inconvenient it will bring to my family. Like when I did not close the refrigerator door properly, all the food inside will be spoiled; if I didn't keep my room neat (than it used to be), I will get nagged big time and nobody likes to be nagged =P

Oh God thank you!!! I thought I was the only one that was such a scatterbrain. I have gotten better at turning things off when I am not in a room, but I do forget about the cabinets frequently, and I tend to leave a trail of things when I am doing something, especially when I am engrossed in something that involves the computer. We have a glass-top stove, and I even leave the eye on occasionally when I am done cooking. I usually catch that before I leave the kitchen. If you find a way to solve this problem please let me know!!!

Hello pitstop. I'm not super organized but still, I make sure that our house looks neat. At least almost everything is in their right places. Now, it's my husband who is a little messy.I usually, see his things lying around somewhere wherein they don't belong. So, I put these things where they are supposed to be because my husband tends to forget where he last these items. I applaud you though for making an effort to be a little more tidier now that you're married. That is a big plus to your wife. And I'm sure she appreciates what you do. You may not be that too perfectly organized but at least you're doing your part. Just put yourself in your wife's shoes. She is the one who picks up after you. And just think it will make her very happy to see you helping her. In a way that she regularly sees you making a conscious effort to be a little more organized. If you want, you can take a step back and survey a room in your house. Look if there's anything that seems to be out of place. And I assure you, once you make a regular habit of doing these things, your wife will be very appreciative. My husband is still a little bit messy but I can see that he's trying to do his part. And I truly appreciate that.

I always try to put things back because I believe I might not find them the next time if I don't know where to look. I got my tiddiness habit from my grandmother who used to insist that we children be neat and tidy. She, by the way, was the epitomy of tiddiness. Everywhere I go I meet untidiness. You should see the office I work in. There's been several injunctions from the bosses about keeping desks tidy, not that it makes a very big difference. Its a good habit to have. You lose a lot less things and you always know where to find something. It will take some effort, though.

I have a tendency to leave cupboard doors open and not put things back where they belong. I don't however ever forget to turn things off or lock doors. I don't like to waste electricity and I don't like things open for anyone to walk into. My husband is worse than me. He leaves things out constantly and he leaves lights on in rooms he walks out of and he forgets to close the garage door and turn off the light in the garage and he also forgets to lock doors. It gets kind of annoying. I feel like his mother nagging him to turn off the lights. He should know better by now but nothing has really sunk in. I don't really know how to get rid of this habit other than just try to remember next time. I tell my husband that but it doesnt work with him. Maybe it will work for you. Also, maybe put a little post-it up to remind you.

I m not that person,but we all have fault in different ways. I definately know of someone like that. Sometimes it would fraustrate the life out of me, but I try to hold my peace, sometimes I pick up after them other times I dont. I hope they learn from their mistakes. I really dont know what to say to that person; that sometimes I just nod my head. lol

I think I was more carless with messes when I was a kid because most times it was like 2nd nature for my mom to see a mess and just clean it , or close an open cupboard.I sometimes will leave the coffee pot still on and my cup still on the table with a moring dish . For the most part I try to right away clean up after myself . It will bulid up and it just has became like 2 nature to me now to do it . My fiance is always leaving doors to all rooms open and leaving things all over the place . He must have a few pairs of shoes just laying around the whole living room , and the worse thing is he will put them on top of the coffee table like the are a decor . What the heck you know My finace gets mad at me because I sometimes will leave the tv on upstairs or not lock the back porch door . Those are the things I do and he is the on who will make the mess .Ugg, he even leaves things outside and misplaces things and rebuys. well I will end there or this will go on . Have a good rest of the day

I am a forgetful person as well. but sometimes when i knew where are the items that i have placed on the table or so, eventually, the things gone missing and it's due to my mum who loves to clear my things by treating them as junks. and i wonder whether am i really that forgetful or just because of my mum's actions.

Haha i do every single one of those you posted here lol.. I forget alot because usually im in a hurry or i have bad memory.. hehe but yeah i want to know how to fix that as well!

My biggest pet peeve is to see open cabinet doors or kitchen drawers left open. My daughter drives me to the brink of my sanity wih this. My only clutter bug is tabletops if there is a tabletop available I manage to clutter it up big time. I don't even realize I am doing it. One day I have it all cleaned up the next minute I can't see the top again.

Me too! I always leave my things around but luckily I always managed to find them back. www.wecareprint.com

ya its a regular thing for me .i always take the things that i need them and leave them lying there just like it.i dont wanna take burden of picking them up and placing them up in its own place.my mother always scolds me for this kind of behaviour and thinks this is my bad manners and i too wanna change them but what to do im habituated to them