I don't want to clean my apartment

[jpgray]

But I have to have it clean by Wednesday. Now, I am having important people over Wed and Th, so I will have it clean by then, but I'm wondering if there's any way I can trick myself into cleaning it well before my usual inspirational state of last-second panic sets in. It only takes four or five hours to do a decent job of things, but I'm also thinking about Spring cleaning so I sort of want to do everything--move furniture, disassemble/clean bicycle, that sort of thing. Is worrying about that a covert method of avoidance? Or should I just do the quick and "dirty" so-to-speak four hours and worry about the full overhaul later? And please note that I hate vacuuming my stairs, so don't bring that up in any motivational advice you have to give me.

[texanwitch]

1. I have to clean house to, just putting it off.

I wish the clean house fairy would show up and do it for me.

[jpgray]

2. Part of me thinks I went out tonight...

...just so I would sleep too late to feasibly clean tomorrow morning. I hope you're not doing the same here.

[texanwitch]

3. I will find some reason not to clean up, I am good at that.

I will have to clean by Friday, have guests for the weekend.

[radwriter0555]

4. The more you think about it, the more overwhelming it gets. Just start in

ONE corner. Just clean that one corner. FOCUS on the one corner. When that corner is done, move on to another area and clean it. If you break it down into smaller tasks it really gets a lot easier.

Also, prioritize it. What area would be the most important to be clean for the people coming over? Save the least important stuff for last.

[riona]

5. Take a nap

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. Hire someone to do it.

That's what I do - my time is too valuable to waste it on doing something that I despise and find no fulfillment from doing.

[retrospective66]

7. I don't want to clean your apartment either

Really though, I wish you luck with that. I'm one of the worst procrastinators in the world but once I finally get going, I get the job done. The key for me is to snap on some tunes and just start. Easier said then done I know but...

Good Luck.

[peekaloo]

8. String up some crime scene tape and tell your guests the police

have asked you not to touch/move/clean anything until they are finished with their investigation.

[jpgray]

9. OK--cleaning begins Monday morning.

Now I just have to make sure I get to bed early.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

10. We really need to clean our apartment...

But we are just too lazy. I have shoes everywhere, and if I'd put up the clean laundry out of the hamper, we wouldn't have dirty clothes all over the floor of the bedroom. God, We suck at keeping house.
Duckie

[dolo amber]

11. You might as well

It's not like you had a long weekend hanging out with friends from far-flung places or anything.