I bought a bunch of nice storage boxes and have had the BEST time tidying stuff into them.
Unfortunately I made the mistake of tidying some of my partner's stuff while they were in the bathroom, so one box got anxiously unpacked and repacked with a bunch of stuff left out because "it needs to sit here!"
As I am also #neurodivergent, I of course apologised and helped.
@astronomerritt I spent some time cohabiting with a neat person. Doing an audit of the garbage became a regular thing.
@alan Were they throwing out things of yours?? I don't do that, at least. I just hate looking at clutter, my mind is noisy enough without adding visual noise.
@astronomerritt Yep. All the time. "No immediate use for this, out it goes" was the philosophy. I'd take it out, put it back where it belonged, and sometimes this process would repeat a few times, until they figured it out. I would have protested more loudly, but the lack overall of clutter actually made for a better space to live in, so it was a relatively small price to pay.
@alan That's so wild. I'm glad you didn't mind too much, but I'm appalled at the notion