A new habit to tidy up (literally) my life

I think being tidy or messy is part of one’s DNA. I have 4 kids. They’ve been growing up in the same environment. Some keep their spaces tidy, other live in a perpetual mess.

I think I’m in the middle, though my wife would disagree. “When you see something like this, does it not bother you? Do you not see it? Do you just decide to pass by?”, she’d ask me sometimes referring to a piece of trash, clothing item, or something left in the kitchen.

Hmm… I don’t know what the answer is. Maybe I don’t notice, maybe it doesn’t bother me. And I’m just lazy in many ways. That said, I remember well the dorm spaces or rooms of some of my boarding school or college mates. Shitholes. Their floors were completely covered with clothing, textbooks, and whatever. I was never that bad.

My wife also said I’m spoiled referring to my childhood. She has a great relationship with my mom but thinks I had everything done for me. She’s right here. I am the only child. I had a couple of chores like vacuuming the carpet in our living room but I had things done for me.

There are several reasons why I feel it’s time to change. I owe it to my wife. Tired or not, irrespective of her many other commitments, she restlessly takes care of our house. She says it’s a full-time job and no one pays her shit for it. Second, I want to help myself. In recent years I went through multiple career struggles, both in my corporate jobs and entrepreneurship. They resulted in financial hardships. I’ve also…