Yep, there goes another limit.

[serinde]

It is inevitable that, having begun surfing the wave of X-TREEM housecleaning, one's extensive yet originally-manageable list of action items will expand like balloons at a kiddie birthday party, as one strips away clutter to reveal inefficiencies or other clutter or the like behind it. It is also inevitable that the inexorable drive that is forcing one to do said list at a given time will then impel one to do all the rest of it too. And inevitably, one will overspend one's energy but not be able to stop because one does not feel done.

And thus, at last, I understand why Mom was always so damn cranky when she was cleaning.

Comments

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

It works the other way for me... when i'm cranky, i do my best housecleaning.

[lillilah]

I can definitely get that way. However, if I have headphones on and am listening to a podcast, then I tend to roll along doing what needs to be done without feeling too fussy. Of course, I say that while sitting in a room where the floor and desk are just covered in stuff. Maybe I need to do some cleaning....

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Aerobic cleaning?

[heliumbreath.livejournal.com]

There are times I feel obliged to freak out at the kids for creating yet another mess or failing to clean up the previous one as requested, just so SWMBO can take a break and not have to freak out herself yet again.