Most people seem to go through a life phase from around ages 9 to 15 where they learn how to organize and arrange their environment, how to clean up, etc. I am 27 and never went through this phase. Every day I look around my massively cluttered apartment and feel like I'm missing some essential skill that others learned earlier in life. I know this is really basic stuff, but what do I do?
Specifically:
* How do I efficiently clean up an area and keep it clean while still using it?
* How do I put away a large number of miscellaneous items in a manner that I know where they are and can easily be found again?
* How do I put away bowls and food storage containers such that they don't avalanche on me when I open the cabinet?
* How do I organize important documents such that I never lose them and can retrieve them after several years?
* About how much time should I expect to be devoted to house chores each day/week?
* What chores should I do on a regular basis, and how often? (How often should I dust? Vacuum? Clean toilets?)
Specifically:
* How do I efficiently clean up an area and keep it clean while still using it?
* How do I put away a large number of miscellaneous items in a manner that I know where they are and can easily be found again?
* How do I put away bowls and food storage containers such that they don't avalanche on me when I open the cabinet?
* How do I organize important documents such that I never lose them and can retrieve them after several years?
* About how much time should I expect to be devoted to house chores each day/week?
* What chores should I do on a regular basis, and how often? (How often should I dust? Vacuum? Clean toilets?)