• The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 days ago

    Because maybe the pressure you apply to doing something for someone else exceeds what you do for yourself.

    (Or I could just be speaking for myself here)

    • AhismaMiasma@lemm.ee
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      4 days ago

      No no, I get you. I can happily spend 6 hours at work reorganizing and cleaning my workroom and storage but once I get home, managing the dishwasher is a Herculean effort.

      • Senseless@feddit.org
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        4 days ago

        I once spend half a day cleaning, reorganising and throwing out old stuff with a friend in her basement. Meanwhile I feel guilty for over a year because my basement is full of stuff I want to get rid off.

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      4 days ago

      That and, at least for me, an overwhelming need for approval. If I help someone else clean their house, they might think I have my own shit together and I’m a considerate person. If I clean my own house, I’ll still hate myself.

    • peoplebeproblems@midwest.social
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      Or maybe the pressure of someone else potentially cleaning my place will actually get me to do it.

      Not that I have weird stuff I don’t want people to know about. Not that I would say I do either. Or comment that I don’t have weird stuff because pointing it out would kind of say I have weird stuff. I don’t have weird stuff.