Does any other men, or women suffer from this?

Jay D

When I have to tidy, sort or pack stuff it takes me forever (and a day)! Fúcking hell.

Like for something that should normally take anyone else, my gf is great at it, around half an hour it takes me hours!!

Help!!

Biggins

Some people have better "spacial awareness" than others.
It helps when it comes down to organisational skills.

O' Schite - this is "After Hours"...
Your just an untidy muppet - now gimme back my borrowed lawnmower your keeping under your bed.

Hank_Jones

You just need more practice.

That, or a maid.

NothingMan

Nope. Packing, even for my 5 week interrail trip, took about 4 mins. 3 T-Shirts, 1 shirt, 2 pairs of shorts, swim trunks, underwear, washbag, towel and my sandals. Done. Pretty much the same whenever I go anywhere. (that's pretty much all I own, aong with some slacks and shirts for work.)

As for my apartment, a place for everything and everything in its place. Only reason it might take long is my gf is a sloppy mess. The floor is her wardrobe and dishes sit on the unclean side of the sink. I'm trying to train her, but she's having none of it. If she didn't have such distracting bewbs I would probably be more annoyed.

Dr. Feelgood

money
tickets
passport

if you have those you're sorted

syklops

Packing for 2 weeks takes me about 5 minutes.

Tidying is different. I started tidying the house about 6 weeks ago, and I have not actually finished yet.

petes

Moved house a couple of weeks ago. Took me an hour to pack stuff and one trip to move it.

Although when I say pack I mean throw everyting in black bags. Some of it is still in the bags and boxes. Packing is fine, its unpacking I'm ****e at.

PCPhoto

and there was me thinking I'm a messy baxtard .... when I'm really suffering from a common illness !!!

FouxDaFaFa

I'm fairly alright when it comes to packing. I do bring along a lot of unnecessary crap but at least I get it packed pretty quickly.;)

I think there are just some things that you're destined to be crap at. Like, lots of people find sewing relaxing. The last time I tried sewing I would have lost less blood if someone had shot me.

bonerm

Nope. A place for everything and everything a place. Simple really.

stovelid

Subconsciously you are being inept at tidying up so you won't be allowed to do it again and a more efficient person (usually female) will exasperatedly complete the task for you.

It also works with cleaning and cooking, but is a less efficient gambit for dodging DIY tasks given the more rigid, patriarchal gender-demarcation of the latter.

HTH.

WindSock

Everything takes me ages, especially tidying. I go through every single little thing and scrutinise it then head off on a nostalgic daydream. It can last months sometimes.

Ash_M

Once I actually make myself unpack straight away I'm grand. But coming home after a tiring trip can often lead to me living out of a suitcase until I've used everything that was in it, thereby taking them out of it. It's a perfect system, but unpacking can take weeks.

Alessandra

I'm useless at packing. I always leave it until the night before. Then I dash round in a mad panic looking for that top I probably won't have the opportunity to wear anyway.
I don't iron so I just fire everything into the case and hope for the best when weighing my bag at check in. Can never manage with just carry on.
Unpacking isn't as bad for me. Put on a wash and put away anything that's not been worn or else leave the case there indefinitely until I have used all the clothes that were in it and then put away my case.

OutlawPete

I'm a tidy freak but I leave an awful trail of stuff behind me.

Books, CDs, DVDs, Magazines, Leave food out of the fridge, Jeans thrown on the bed, Biscuits on the counter, Shower Head lying in the bath, towels all over the shop, pile dishes up .. etc etc.

I am just a lazy tidy freak.

It bugs me too fcuk that I am like that but in a way I don't care.

I am a dichotomy.

If anyone fixes my post and removes 'hotomy' - I'll, I'll, I'll ..

Overheal

Biggins wrote: »

Some people have better "spacial awareness" than others.
It helps when it comes down to organisational skills.

O' Schite - this is "After Hours"...
Your just an untidy muppet - now gimme back my borrowed lawnmower your keeping under your bed.

Nonsense. I have fantastic Spatial Awareness - according to aptitude tests im in the 98th percentile - I'm still a horribly unkempt bastard and it takes me a week to organize anything.

Or maybe thats a week of Getting Around to it - I guess when I actually do it - its about an hour. I just have to watch hours of television and drink 2 gallons of coffee first.

OutlawPete

Biggins wrote: »

Some people have better "spacial awareness" than others.

Are you trying to say that women can't park??

/stirs pot

/goes out back door

sam34

its not packing as such thats an issue for me, it could be anything

if i have all day to do something, i'll take all day to do it

well actually, i'll waste all day on boards then do what i was supposed to do in a hurried panic at the last minute

MaybeLogic

Jay D wrote: »

When I have to tidy, sort or pack stuff it takes me forever (and a day)! Fúcking hell.

Like for something that should normally take anyone else, my gf is great at it, around half an hour it takes me hours!!

Help!!

Stop procrastinating on Boards and get on with it, so.

ashyle

The best thing is try to just bring a carry-on case, it makes you aware of how heavy it is cos you have to carry it for ages and you can immediately decide what is important to take with you. Huge pain in the arse now cos you can't pack a bloody tube of toothpaste/face wash/shampoo.
When I bring a big case its open suitcase in my room for about a week, constantly packing, then taking things out again to wear...then 5 mins before departure I need to unload about 10 kilos cos it's too heavy. God I hate air travel

alwaysadub

I used to be so organised and would have everything packed at least a day before going even if im only going away for a night. For the past couple of years im as unorganised for some reason.
Im in my house now nearly a year and a half and i still have a bag or two full of things that need to be unpacked.
But slowly and surely wins the race (apparantly)

alwaysadub

OutlawPete wrote: »

I'm a tidy freak but I leave an awful trail of stuff behind me.

Books, CDs, DVDs, Magazines, Leave food out of the fridge, Jeans thrown on the bed, Biscuits on the counter, Shower Head lying in the bath, towels all over the shop, pile dishes up .. etc etc.

I am just a lazy tidy freak.

It bugs me too fcuk that I am like that but in a way I don't care.

I am a dichotomy.

If anyone fixes my post and removes 'hotomy' - I'll, I'll, I'll ..

Must..not...fix...post.

What is a dichotomy when it's at home. (no i don't have a dictionary,and im on my mobile so don't want to come out of Boards to google it)

OutlawPete

alwaysadub wrote: »

Must..not...fix...post.

What is a dichotomy when it's at home. (no i don't have a dictionary,and im on my mobile so don't want to come out of Boards to google it)

Don't analyze the word too much, or someone far cleverer that me will come on explain that in fact I am using big words in their wrong context .. again :pac:

alwaysadub

OutlawPete wrote: »

Don't analyze the word too much, or someone far cleverer that me will come on explain that in fact I am using big words in their wrong context .. again :pac:

Ah so you're a sesquipedalian then :pac:

OutlawPete

alwaysadub wrote: »

Ah so you're a sesquipedalian then :pac:

A wah?

cafecolour

Tidying a kitchen or bathroom takes me very little time.

Cleaning my room or packing takes me forever.

The former is quick because I know exactly what needs to be done and where it goes. So I can do the dishes et al almost automatically while daydreaming of other things.

The latter isn't because I'm making on the fly decisions on things (as I tend to rearrange where I put things or what I'm taking for each room cleaning/trip). And I'm very, very easily distracted.

So something like a screwdriver results in me tightening all the screws in my room, or a compass leads to me spending 30 minutes on the internet reading about 'orienteering' and googling local hillwalking groups. And this will happen for every 3rd item.

My two solutions:

a) Make a list beforehand, especially for packing. Do all the 'research' (ie temperature at destination, activities, etc.) beforehand. Then I can go 'automated' for the actual packing, rather than rethinking and getting distracted when doing it.

b) Have less stuff. Really, I've gotten rid of almost all my stuff. Little stuff = not much to sort through when cleaning or packing.

Sleepy

Packing I do in about 10 minutes. I've almost given up trying to keep the bedroom tidy though. My side is usually reasonable enough but the Ms Sleepy's side nearly always looks like it's been hit by a hurricane and the living room looks worse - it's been hit by the kids!

alwaysadub

OutlawPete wrote: »

A wah?

Someone who sticks long words into sentences to look clever
yes i did have to look it up!!

OutlawPete

alwaysadub wrote: »

Someone who sticks long words into sentences to look clever
yes i did have to look it up!!

Go and leave me some positive feedback for the Dr.B scarf :pac:

Nothing naughty now

alwaysadub

OutlawPete wrote: »

Stop flirting with me you and go and leave me some positive feedback for the Dr.B scarf :pac:

Oh fcuk!! Forgot all bout it sorry :eek:
Been trying to avoid ebay-get a bit carried away! I'll do it tomorrow when im on a computer.

OutlawPete

alwaysadub wrote: »

Oh fcuk!! Forgot all bout it sorry :eek:
Been trying to avoid ebay-get a bit carried away! I'll do it tomorrow when im on a computer.

No bother, just say that I am the best Ebayer ever and that they should bid very high for all I sell