Hi! I am screwed and have a week to unfuck my habitat. I changed my unsername to protect the not innocent… me. I have a week to unfuck the apartment or i’ll be evicted. depression, anxiety a heat wave and broken ac did me in. How do i post on twitter I could really use this group’s support over the next week/ or i am totally fucked. I am new to tumbler so can’t figure out how to post on the page! Thanks! N.

unfuckyourhabitat:

OK, folks, we have an unfucker who needs some support!

While you’re doing this (and honestly, good for you for reaching out and making the commitment to doing this!), make sure to take care of yourself and your health. Take plenty of breaks, stay hydrated, check in with your mental state pretty often, and don’t beat yourself up if you get off track a little. Give yourself plenty of rewards, listen to some good music or a favorite podcast, treat yourself gently and kindly, and keep your goal in sight.

You can do this!

Something that helps me when I’m panicking about something is I give myself a set amount of time where I’m allowed to let loose and panic. I know I’m going to be panicking anyway, so I just sort of let it happen so all that emotion can depressurize. I try to give myself about 5 minutes of free feeling. You can even set a timer if you have to. Then take a few really deep breaths and dive in and try to channel all that adrenaline from panicking into progress. 

I second staying hydrated. Stress can make you sweat and so can not having A/C. Get a bunch of bottles of water and keep them in the fridge or the cooler. If you empty one, immediately put it in a trash bag or BETTER – refill it and put it back in the fridge. 

I have a problem with fussing over what needs to be recycled and what needs to be donated and all of that. Those are good priorities but if you have a deadline, learn to say “Screw it.” The earth will forgive you if you don’t recycle this one time. Like if you have a plastic gallon jug that has bad milk in it, and normally you’d clean it out and recycle, just toss it. If you’ve got a bunch of papers lying around and you don’t know what’s important, have a designated place for papers and put them in there to be sorted later. 

If you have anyone you can enlist to help you, do it. Good friends would be more than happy to help you out and won’t give you hell or look down on you for losing control over your situation. It happens. And massive cleaning parties can be sort of fun – in a “We’re all sweaty and gross and getting shit done” kind of way. A good cleaning buddy can keep you on track too. 

Dollar stores carry cheap as hell cleaning supplies. If you have a mold or bug issue or even lots of dust, I highly recommend picking up some disposable breathing masks. You can get them cheap at walmart or home depot, places like that. They’re also good if you’re working with harsh chemicals. Keep the area ventilated.

Best of luck!  You can do this. I believe in you.