Do you ever just rebel against doing your housecleaning?

Hi pearl! Oh my yes! In fact I can do it for a week! I can put off my chores for days! Sometimes I feel bad and sometimes I don't. Eventually I will get mad at myself because they will sooner or later have to get done because if I don't do them they won't get done. But, I am a procrastinator by birth (am a Libra) and can't make a decision so it's easier to just put it off! I do that very well I'm afraid! I snap out of it when I get disgusted enough looking at the things that I put off that are piling up and then I just do them or my bf starts his rant about my not doing my housework and I rather just do the work then listen to him! That usually gets me moving rather quick!lol

I figure, "On the 7th day he rested," so maybe everyone needs to rest once a week. After I have rested one day, I generally am ready to go the next day. If I'm not, my blood pressure meds need to be changed.

I do bits when I get home from work, but most of it is done on Sundays. I often have days wher I don't do anything, but then I make up for it later. My new thing is to try and get on top of everything so I don't have loads to do in one go. I t appears to be working :-)

well, i live alone. so i only have myself to discipline. i hate cleaning house. it's all so short-termed ! although i will always clean my cats' litter box, there's not much else i feel forced to accomplish. eventually, i will feel guilty and do the dishes, or clean up, but i don't let it get me down. you remind me of my disciplined mother. thursdays is always grocery shopping, fridays is always laundry day, saturday is always ironing day. and, it has been since i've known her !

I admire you for having a set day for cleaning. I try to do a little bit of it every day to keep up with the housework, but sometimes it doesn't happen. There have been many days where I just haven't felt like cleaning, and didn't. I usually feel guilty, but I don't think it's bad to take a day off. We get days off from work, why not housework as well? I usually snap out of it on my own if I allow myself to just relax for that day, or even a few days. I have always started back up again and manage to keep a clean house (although not as organized as it could be).

perfect. i can totally relate to this. im always guilty of being the 'lazy' one among my siblings. and to think im the only girl (have 2 brothers) and for that, you know, im supposed to be the one who's always cleaning..etc this is currently a problem with me. sooo, guess im looking for answers too :)

When it comes to housecleaning, my wife and I share the responsibilities and do it together. I usually do the laundry as I want to make sure that she understands that housecleaning is not a problem for me. I cut the grass, I clean the gutters and I mow down the flowers! It was kind of funny, yet sad, that the week before our outdoor wedding a little over 7 years ago, I planted some azaleas in the backyard and then by accident got to close to them with the weedeater. I then decided, well, I cut them too short, might as well kill them completely! Dusting and vacuuming is not a problem for me either. What is important is that I continue to do the housework most of the time as my elderly mother lives with us and I need to make sure that she does not overdue it herself as she has terrible arthritis as well as a number of other illnesses. So, no I do not rebel against housework. I just wish it does not have to always be on the weekend. What else is so horrible is that I usually end up having to take the laundry to the laundromat to dry it all as our dryer went out on us and I have not bought a new one yet.

Don't beat yourself up. You were in a rut. You had to do NOTHING in order to break that rut. I work full time outside the home. So on the weekends, the last thing I want to do is housework. Thats what the teenagers are for . My room gets neglected for months until I get tired of looking at it. I know at the very MOST it would take me an hour to tackle it and get everything done. But as the Queen of Procrastinationtown, I say "screw it, I know there is something MORE fun I could be doing." Lifes to short to fret over the condition of ones house. As long as it is presentable when someone drops by.. good to go. If you have a lazy day, someone drops by, just say, "The house was clean yesterday, sorry you missed it" and don't give a sh!t about what that person might think. It's OK to have do nothing days. You are not a horrible person

Oh yes all the time today for example! I have lots to do but im not doing it im being lazy instead and I dont feel guilty either! The only thing I will do is take the dog for another walk later on he shouldnt suffer from my laziness of course!!!

Chores become chores when we allow them to. I have days that I look at my house and view it as a project and just sit around and make me a game plan for accomplishing the things I want to. At one time I was a perfectionist in cleaning my home. Now I keep it clean but am not a constant in anything, anymore... Thus, allowing me to do my own thing when it suits me!

Yes i do felt it sometimes,doing nothing for the whoke day,just lay or play in the computer.We cant help it i guess everybody can felt laziness sometimes.Sometimes it is good but not always cause i think it would not be good hehehe.

hi,my name is long . i like cleaning my house.and i usually clean it on sundays.i do not know why.when i am in good mood,i like to clean my things.i feel it is good

No idea, I just like my room to be neat and tidy. I hate cleaning it up, cuz I'm pretty lazy, and have tons of other things to do... Then again, sometimes I realize my room has became really messy and dirty, I will throw aside everything and make sure it is really tidied and cleaned enough, cuz' there are people who visit me and enter my room from time to time. I want it to be presentable haha.

Well, i usually clean the house which only mean wash clothes,sweep and mop the floor about 3 times a week. As this is my school break, i am so free that i have nothing to do and my work start next week. I will at least do something useful everyday instead of just surfing the net...etc Just do stuff to keep yourself occupied.

Yes...some days you just don't feel like doing it and like you when I don't get anything done then I want to kick myself for wasting time! I usually am better the next day and get to it!

Hi PearlGrace my philosophy is that there is more to life than housework, don't get me wrong my house is clean and usually tidy but if I don't get round to it because I don't feel like it I don't feel bad, it may mean I have a slightly larger ironing pile and need to change all the beds in one way instead of staggering but I do this when I feel more inclined to. I was so organised and used to get everything done laundry wise on a Monday, hoover through on a Tuesday etc but these days it is as as when and I am sure there is a cobweb or two somewhere or a skirting that needs wiping down but not noticibly so. Huggles. Ellie :D

I have alot of those days..lol. Theres some days when I don't get anything done and I've been home all day, I just tell myself I'm entitled to a day off of cleaning house and chores, it'll get done sometime. On those days I'm on the computer, on Mylot all day, thats when nothing gets done... I don't know how you snap out of it, I just do. I guess when the house starts looking terrible and theres no more clean plates or cups, then you'll snap out of it...Have a good day

Sometimes we just want to enjoy a day off! If you feel that this might be mild depression, maybe getting up and going somewhere instead of laying around the house would be a better use of relaxing time. You could just go to the park and take a nice walk, or go to the library. Just abandon house and work and do something else for a change. I know it makes more work when you do clean if you miss a day, but I don't think that you should feel guilty over it. Sometimes you just need a change of pace.

Hi, you are very disciplined, to have set a day weekly for cleaning. I wish I could! Well, I certainly rebel against housecleaning, and if I have scheduled a day like you, I'd wake up hating that day. Fortunately (or unfortunately?), I work 5 days per week, so when weekends come, I'm too lazy to do any housework, unless the house is in a total mess! However, I've once or twice scheduled to clean the house, as guests are coming for a stay. I've got to clean - and I didn't do it on the scheduled date. And you know what, I couldn't sleep, and got up in the middle of the night to do the cleaning! Fortunately this rarely happens!

There are times when I wake up in the morning, raise my fist in the air and say, a-la Scarlet O'Hara..."As God as my witness, I will never do housework again!". LOL I think we all have days like that. I generally feel guilty about it when I have a blah, do-nothing day but sometimes you've gotta take a "mental health" day for yourself! :-)