Why isn't heaven filled with clutter?

They say you can train a child from infancy and when he grows old he won't turn away. I ask what if you never taught the child or what if your non spoken word was garbarge so to speak. I am what one may consider a neat freak in today's standards. I think if you use something, clean it, put it back and keep it moving. That is not to say you have to always have a show model home, but show some effort in showing that you are a responsible person who is an adult! Seems simple enough to me, but so many times I see and hear of people who just don't get the message that- cleanliness is close to well......you get me point and if you don't, by all means suckers read on!
I guess its the New ODD couple, because I was recently asked how do you live with someone who does not believe in the power of pine-sol? Perhaps its a college roommate, a spouse who is lacking, or maybe its just "U" and you don't realize you are the solution to the problem. I sometimes wish others could see the people we are when we are not in the public's eye. I am sure our views might change on how we view them-lol. Would we really eat their food at the pot luck, would we continue to trust them with our belongings? Would we even visit?
Now to answer that aforementioned question, here is some Wardy adivce.


1

Set boundaries and arrange to make certain areas of the house off-limits to the slob. You can set up places, such as your own room, or a bathroom that you can keep as clean as you like without having it constantly messed up by the other person.
2

Stop picking up after your slob. Once he/she runs out of clean clothes or has no room to park the car in the junk-filled garage, your slob may decide to clean up after all. As long as he has you to keep things in order, there is no incentive to change.
3

Tell yourself that at least you are not living with a neat freak that is constantly cleaning and moving stuff around. She/he can be just as annoying as a slob.
4

Try embarrassing your big fat slob when you go out. Point out when other people stare or invite some people over unexpectedly and look at their reactions!
5

Accept your fate and decide what you can live with and what you can't. Choose your battles and do the cleaning that bothers you the most. Realize that you can't always make other people change, but you do have control over your own reactions.

At the end of the day, "we are what we do"
I am Ward......