Author: MissBekah

   Hello everyone, and thank you for returning to “Can a Slob Change?”, my story chronicling my journey from messy to clean. This is my conclusion, From Slob to Neat. If you haven’t read the first two installments, please go back and do so, since the end of the story is nowhere near as interesting without the beginning. Part one is Slob at Heart and Part two is Learn to be Neat?    

When we left off, I was distraught. I was down in my room afraid that in the future, I might not be able to Continue reading “Can a Slob Change? Pt 3: From Slob to Clean”

Hello everyone, and welcome to Part 2 of Can a Slob Change? If you haven’t already done so, please go back and read Part 1: Slob at Heart. In it, I outline what it was like to be a child with a perpetually disastrous room, as well as dive into some of the reasons why I was so comfortable in the mess. Continue reading “Can a Slob Change? Pt. 2: Learn to be neat?”

   As a child, I was always messy. My mom would tell me, “You’re just a pack rat, like your dad.” I never wanted to throw anything away, or put it where it “belonged”. In fact, none of my possessions had a place where they belonged—at least, not in an organizational sense. No, actually I used my mess as a means of navigating my room. Instead of the book I loved belonging in a certain place on the shelf, it belonged on the floor over to that side.
Continue reading “Can a Slob Change? Pt. 1: Slob at Heart”

  I tried to be perfect for the longest time. I’ve come to find that the pursuit of perfection is one of the most neurotic things that a person can do. Continue reading “The problem with perfection”