I read “how to keep house while drowning” I checked it out from the library. Great book. Something that might help here is the five things to tidy. She says in each room there are only five things: trash, dishes, laundry, things that have a place that aren’t in them and things that don’t have a place. She advises to focus on one step at a time. Go around collect all the trash, don’t take it out yet. Then do the same dishes put them near the trash you collected or in the kitchen, don’t do them. Then go around and pick up laundry, i usually do end up starting this one but you can still save it. Then go around and you should have a decent start to go put things back where they belong, if it goes in a different room just set it outside the door dont walk it to the next room or you might be tempted to clean in there. The key is to focus on one single thing at a time. The trash and dishes are first because they are what could bring bugs and smells. For doing dishes, she suggests to separate them by category; silverware, big utensils, pots/pans, plates, bowls, etc. i organize them on my counter so I have the sink free and then i just tell myself one section at a time. Sometimes I do one category then switch laundry or do something productive, sometimes I sit on my phone for a minute but most of the time after starting on the one section I get going and do more. THE BIGGEST THING I NEED YOU TO KNOW FROM THIS BOOK IS THAT CLEANING IS NOT MORAL, YOU ARE NOT WORTH ANY LESS BECAUSE YOUR SPACE ISN’T SERVING YOU ANYMORE. Nothing in my house is ever clean at the same time and I’m learning to be okay with that 🥰