(March 9, 2018 at 8:18 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(March 9, 2018 at 7:55 am)Brian37 Wrote: I do love being single, but it does have a downside. I did better keeping my living space cleaner when I was married. I did a better job even simply when I lived with my mother. But having lived in the house I am just about to replace, for the past 10 years, I can tell you, sometimes it sucks not having someone get on your ass about the yard or the upkeep inside.
I have every intent once I get this heap replaced, to make it a point to have someone over at least 1 time a week to force me to do a better job. The irony is that on the job, I treated my work space far better than my house.
Try setting one hour a day aside for "necessary maintenance". When I was single I'd treat the house like the landlord was coming to visit the next day. The ladies who visited were usually surprised at how well I kept the place.
The hour before lunch worked best for me. "No food until you've done X, Y, and Z!"
I get what you are saying. I am hoping to mentally do that to myself once I have the new house. I have one of my mother's teaching friends I still keep in touch with, I know she will want to visit. I also hope my younger sister will come visit during the holidays. But yea.
If you looked at the way I kept my work spaces at work, you'd have thought I was a different person. I drove my co-workers nuts worrying about the health inspector trying to keep everything clean at work.
