ADHD and Cleaning: 30 Ways to an Organized Home (Without Marathons or Guilt)

Picture this: It's Saturday morning. You woke up with the best intentions – today's the day you'll finally tackle... everything. Fast forward three hours. You've reorganized your bookshelf by color (looks amazing!), discovered a science experiment growing in a forgotten coffee mug, started laundry but forgot to add detergent, and somehow ended up researching the history of vacuum cleaners on Wikipedia. Meanwhile, the dishes are staging a hostile takeover of your kitchen, and that chair in your bedroom? Still wearing its permanent outfit of "clothes that aren't dirty but aren't clean enough for the closet." Sound familiar? Yeah, we see you. If your home feels like a constant battle between "I swear I just cleaned this" and "how did it get like this AGAIN," while everyone else seems to have absorbed the secret manual for adulting that you definitely missed, then welcome, friend. You've found your tribe. ADHD & Cleaning isn't another preachy organization book written by someone who naturally folds fitted sheets and has a label maker for their label maker. Nope. This is your judgment-free, been-there-done-that survival guide, written by someone who gets that your brain isn't lazy – it's just operating on a different frequency in a world obsessed with color-coded cleaning schedules. Inside, you'll discover 30 actually-doable (and sometimes ingeniously lazy) strategies to help you: Make peace with "good enough" because perfection is overrated and exhausting Create systems that work WITH your ADHD brain instead of against it Tackle the Mount Everest of laundry without requiring a full day and a miracle Conquer the daily battles with dishes, surfaces, and that mysterious pile of papers Build cleaning habits that actually stick (for more than three days) Master the art of the 15-minute panic clean for when life happens Forget trying to become a cleaning influencer with a Pinterest-perfect home. This book is about finding what works for YOUR brain, YOUR life, YOUR chaos. It's about function over aesthetics. It's about celebrating the small wins, like finding the bottom of your sink or remembering where you put the cleaning supplies (hint: check the bathroom, the kitchen, and that random closet). So, if you're tired of feeling guilty about your "floordrobe," if you've ever used paper plates to avoid dishes (no judgment!), and if you're ready for strategies designed by someone who understands that "clean as you go" sounds like a personal attack... this book is for you. Grab your timer (or your phone, because who owns an actual timer?), crank up your cleaning playlist, and let's figure out how to make your space work for you. Your brilliant, creative, wonderfully chaotic brain deserves a home that feels good – whatever that looks like for you. Because here's the secret: You don't need to change who you are. You just need strategies that match how you work.