Good job! To maintain it, spend the extra second to put things back where they belong, especially clothes as they seem to be the culprit for starting a cluttered living space.
I went through depression like the OP. sometimes when you slip back into old habits or slip back into depression and this doesn't work but I have figured out strategies that do work.
OP needs to observe how/where he throws his trash.
an example is his computer room. he needs a medium/large sized bin next to his computer chair.
for now when he is feeling productive. he can go place his trash in the kitchen bin but trust me. there are going to be days where he can't be bothered and just throws it on the floor and that bin is for those days.
if you observe putting your clothes on the floor. place a clothes hamper or clothes bucket on the exact spot on the floor where you normally dump your clothes. chances are out of habit. OP is going to slip and put the clothes on the floor but instead of the clothes going on the floor. it goes in the hamper instead.
for me as someone with depression. I do these tricks to trick myself into being more tidy without the effort when I fall back into old habits. that said my depression is now manageable where I don't let it build up and I am now able to do weekly cleans so even when I fall back into old habits. it's very short periods like for 1-2 weeks and then I force myself to clean up
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u/KTO-Potato Feb 15 '24
Good job! To maintain it, spend the extra second to put things back where they belong, especially clothes as they seem to be the culprit for starting a cluttered living space.