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[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

I dump out the content of my luggage on the floor when I arrive home. Then it’s easy to clean it up piece by piece, sort into heaps and such.

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Realistic but the key to emptying the suitcase is using the clothing it holds.

[–] apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

Then they eventually make their way to their true natural home; the dryer.

[–] ComradeMiao@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

When the cats pee in it it’s time to move it out of the hall and to the bedroom

[–] tatann@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

2 weeks ? Those are rookie numbers, I still have my tuxedo hanging on the coat rack in my hall, from a wedding I went to in june... 2024

I'd put it back in my dressing room, but I have another wedding in october so...

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Needs a clip of them foraging for clean undies in it without putting anything else away.

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yes, but that is literally everyone.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I love immediately unpacking. Makes me feel at home ^^ but I’m weird

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I can't stand the clutter. There's enough of that in my brain already so I always unpack fairly quickly.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Neurotypical, can't relate. Put your shit away.

[–] mittyta@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

ADHD, can't relate. I'll put my shit away within first hour after moving in.

[–] Daedskin@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

When I got out of college in 2015, I packed my suitcase; a month ago, I unpacked it while getting reday to move (I moved 5 other times in between without ever unpacking it, or packing anything new it).

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Sounds like it might be time to get rid of some stuff

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I had a similar story which I relayed to my boss once.

He said "at that point it just sounds like storage."

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago

That reminds me, I should probably unpack soon...

[–] scintilla@crust.piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago

Me and my wife still haven't unpacked fully from moving. We just signed our first lease renewal and will have been living here a year in November.

[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago

for real though

[–] Parasail2109@jlai.lu 5 points 1 week ago

OK, this one hit home a little to close for comfort

[–] mittyta@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Absolutely don't understand how it's related to ADHD

[–] astropenguin5@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Have you ever seen a neurotypical person actively see and step over a problem/task for multiple weeks and not do it? And like, fairly often?

[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago
[–] mittyta@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Yes, my very neurotypical wife can do that. While my hyperactivity push me to unpack immediately. I just constantly forget about important things. But when I see problem I solve it immediately, even when I shouldn't.

[–] astropenguin5@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

(I'm sure there is a specific mechanism that explains it but I'm to tired to figure it out rn)

Report it to a moderator, then they can yank it.

Make that a month

Wouldn't adhd be starting the task repeatedly, picking up 1 piece, then moving on to something else?

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Too real tbh

[–] underreacting@literature.cafe 1 points 1 week ago

I have boxes of stuff from three moves ago, I finally unpacked them. Now I have two or three of almost every kitchen utensil. I'll sort them out into a box for getting rid of, soon... I suspect the "soon" will take a long time, and that the discard-box might just become a repeat of the prior cycle.

I need more rooms to store my trash in.