I had a cleaner’s high

Alexei Sorokin
4 min readJan 30, 2022

I experienced it yesterday! People talk about a runner’s high, but there is a cleaner’s high too, I discovered.

If I could pick one area of my life where I could really really improve, it’d be keeping my space tidy.

Sounds awkward to be saying this. Shouldn’t I fully control this part of my life? What stops me, what stops anyone from cleaning up the space around them?

Yes, in theory, I should be in control. But I’ve failed miserably, for decades.

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Alexei Sorokin

A Russian immigrant in America, father of 4, Cambridge and Harvard Business School alum. I run and write every day. https://runningwritingliving.substack.com/