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i spent 48 hours cleaning my apartment

By Sydney Serena

Summary

Topics Covered

  • Mess Attracts More Mess
  • Saving It For The Video Was Just Procrastination
  • Some People Are Only Meant For A Season
  • Trying Not To Think About It Backfires

Full Transcript

Hey guys, it's Sid.

Please don't take offense to this, but I do not want to film this video because I don't want to clean. Okay, what

happened? I don't know. When my room or my apartment gets messy, I have this weird mentality that if it's already messy, what's the harm in continuing to add to the mess? This is bad. Don't do

this. I was trying to like get motivated. So, I was watching YouTube

motivated. So, I was watching YouTube videos of like people cleaning their room and I was like, why don't I make my own video? It holds me accountable, you

own video? It holds me accountable, you know, and maybe it will inspire you guys. I can see behind you guys. I know

guys. I can see behind you guys. I know

it's a mess behind there. I don't really want to show the before to be honest.

Welcome back to my kitchen. The thing

that is most urgent in here is really to organize my cabinets.

There's no rhyme or reason to this.

Everything is kind of just scattered.

Like even the spice cabinet is looking pretty rough as you can clearly see. And

same with my fridge. So I'm going to go through clean, organize. The question

is, what do I put on while I clean? I'm

thinking Drake's new album.

I wish it was as easy as I'm making it look right now. Unfortunately, this is sped up, I think, times 30. This whole

process took me 2 hours. Is that like is that embarrassing? I don't know. I will

that embarrassing? I don't know. I will

say I don't know if it's like something about turning 25 or what's changed. But

I really enjoyed organizing my pantry. I

don't know, something about it was so satisfying. But amidst my organizing, I

satisfying. But amidst my organizing, I did get a text from my grandpa, which stopped me in my tracks because he texted me a picture of a girl in newspaper saying, "Does she somewhat look like an older version of you,

mid30s age?" And it was a picture of

mid30s age?" And it was a picture of Demi Lovado. So, this kind of caught me

Demi Lovado. So, this kind of caught me off guard. I responded, "Wait, what?"

off guard. I responded, "Wait, what?"

And then he said, "Well, of course she doesn't have your everpresent smile."

And then proceeded to send me another photo of her Wikipedia. In all of my years of living, I have never once been told that I look like Demi Lovado. So,

basically the entire time I was cleaning, I was just contemplating, do I look like Demi Lovato? Does my grandpa know me better than anyone else and that's why no one has said this? Or do I absolutely look nothing like her? I do

love Demi Lovato and Camp Rock. Then I

decided to assemble a little snack basket. This is not ordinarily a routine

basket. This is not ordinarily a routine for me, but my family was coming to visit and I just wanted to put together a little quick, easy snack basket for them. Guys, I messed up. It's the next

them. Guys, I messed up. It's the next day. Yesterday after I finished my

day. Yesterday after I finished my kitchen, which took 2 and 1/2 hours, I took the night off. And seriously, like I'm actually done with myself. Like,

this needs to end now. I already know this is going to be quite the journey in here because I have laundry, I have deep cleaning, I have organizing, so many layers of things to be done. I just want to make this a little bit fun for

myself. You know what that means? I'm

myself. You know what that means? I'm

really predictable.

Can I have an iced vanilla latte?

I feel like we need a little game plan.

What makes the most sense, I think, is to start with stripping my bed and doing my laundry. I have, guys, literally so

my laundry. I have, guys, literally so much laundry. This thing is filled to

much laundry. This thing is filled to the brim. I have been putting off

the brim. I have been putting off clearly doing this. And I also need to wash my sheets. Takes a little bit of time. So, obviously, I figure I should

time. So, obviously, I figure I should start there and then clean the rest of my room while my laundry is going. This

is a good plan.

Going to laundry room.

So unfortunately it does look 10 times worse and not better. I also think I broke a record the fact that I have five loads of laundry going right now. It

feels like a luxury to me to be able to have multiple loads going at the same time. Even though they're not my laundry

time. Even though they're not my laundry machines, they're communal. The next

thing I'm going to do is just go through my room and pick up just like a general cleanup. I need to get rid of some

cleanup. I need to get rid of some piles. Let's start.

piles. Let's start.

I've been listening to the new Drake album while I've been cleaning, which has made this so much more enjoyable.

I'm starting to feel a little bit better because I'm seeing visual progress. It's

what I really needed to motivate me. I

just got a notification that my five loads of laundry are done. So, I'm going to go move them from the washer to the dryer.

So, that washing machine is out of order. My clothes are literally in a

order. My clothes are literally in a river. Oh no. Oh no. You know, I guess I

river. Oh no. Oh no. You know, I guess I was bound for one of the five washers to go wrong. It was just too good to be

go wrong. It was just too good to be true. I did have to call management.

true. I did have to call management.

They had to put a wet floor sign out.

That was a whole thing because the whole floor was like flooded with water.

Anyways, I had to re-wash that load, put the rest in the dryer. I don't have any pet peeves, but one of them is when people don't clean the lint filter after doing their laundry. Maybe that's just me. It's like not common knowledge, but

me. It's like not common knowledge, but I have been putting this desk off for about 6 months. Every single time I open these drawers to do my makeup, it

reminds me that I need to organize it.

In my mind, I was saving this until I film this video. So, I just it was like an excuse for me to put it off cuz I was like, I'm going to film it. I'm going to film it. And now here we are. I have no

film it. And now here we are. I have no excuse. I definitely have some like old

excuse. I definitely have some like old dried up makeup in here. I have some things that I should probably toss.

Sometimes I forget there's like an actual expiration date for makeup. So,

I'm just going to go through all this.

This is what it looks like currently.

I'm going to time myself and hopefully I can do this in like 15 minutes because it's more fun when I set a timer for some reason in my head.

The thing is, this probably seems like it's not taking that long because you're watching a condensed version. I can't

believe that I thought that that could take me 15 minutes. I'm so delusional.

It took me like an hour. I have this problem where I always underestimate how long something's going to take me. Maybe

it's like me being a little bit arrogant thinking that I can do more than I can.

And now I'm going to make my bed. I

think it's universally like accepted at this point that the worst chore of all time is putting your fitted sheet on your bed. There is just like absolutely

your bed. There is just like absolutely nothing worse than that. So,

for some unfortunate reason, my headboard attracts so much dust. I don't

know if you can really see what I'm talking about. Just trust me, it's

talking about. Just trust me, it's there. Anyways, a little hack that I

there. Anyways, a little hack that I discovered, not really a hack, I just use this lint roller every once in a while when I'm kind of like doing a deep clean and just go over the whole

headboard. A lint roller can really be

headboard. A lint roller can really be used for more than just clothes, guys. A

good lint roller is essential. This was

just from like 20% of the bed I've covered.

Okay, update. It is looking so much better in here. Knowing that I get to sleep in this bed tonight with fresh sheets is making me so excited.

Like, I just want to go to bed right now.

Oh my gosh. I think I have about half of my closet in laundry to fold. While the

sun is setting, I thought this would be a perfect time to not only fold this giant pile of clothes, but also do a little advice sesh. Whenever I see like a request and I like it, I'll screenshot

it. So, I have a little folder on my

it. So, I have a little folder on my phone now. Hey, Sid. I was in a 3-year

phone now. Hey, Sid. I was in a 3-year relationship and we broke up 6 months ago. I'm still struggling to move on

ago. I'm still struggling to move on completely. I know there's no way we can

completely. I know there's no way we can get back together with each other. It's

hard because of all the amazing memories we shared and it was a beautiful relationship. Can you give me advice on

relationship. Can you give me advice on how to move on? Going through a breakup is like one of the worst things ever. I

remember when I've gone through like a couple periods like this, I felt probably the most alone I've ever felt.

And I think what's helped me the most in the past is first of all time. So

cliche, but really time does heal. And

also realizing that what you're probably really holding on to more than the person is the memories that you guys shared, which is normal. And I think nowadays people try to like convince themselves that they need to get over a

breakup in a certain amount of time.

Like I see on Tik Tok there's all these like time frames like how to get over your ex in like 2 weeks and that's just like not how it works. You can't put a time frame on it. And to be honest, 6

months is still pretty fresh for a 3-year relationship. I think something

3-year relationship. I think something that's really helped me too is that some people really are only meant to be in your life for a season. And once they serve their purpose, that season ends.

It's one of those things that in the moment it's so hard, but then once you're on the other side, maybe a few months, maybe a few years later, you always look back or at least from my experience, I always look back and I'm

like so grateful that that happened. And

for me personally, a lot of my faith has really played a role in like dealing with situations like this because praying and reading my Bible during those times are honestly like what brought me a lot of peace. I would say

the one thing is don't go insane trying yourself to like force yourself to not think about it because the second you try to not think about your ex and the breakup, you're going to start thinking about it 10 times more. I would just try

to fill up your time with things that you enjoy. Your friends obviously are

you enjoy. Your friends obviously are huge I think in times like this. And

just like let each day pass. Don't put

pressure on like your healing timeline.

Suddenly like weeks pass and months pass and then one day you'll wake up and go through the day and realize you went through like a whole day without thinking about them at all. Every single

relationship serves a purpose whether you realize it in the moment or not.

Always learn something that kind of prepares you for the next person that you're meant to be with and hopefully that's forever. When certain things

that's forever. When certain things ended and I was maybe upset about it, I look back and I am like so so thankful that they ended. Not out of spite or anything, but just seeing how my life

has evolved and how things played out and who I'm with now. Like none of that would have happened if I would have still been with the person I was with before. Personally, I think everything

before. Personally, I think everything happens for a reason. I feel like God really knows what's best for you and it's hard to see it in the moment and I just trust that he knows what's best for me. Anyways, I wish I could give you a

me. Anyways, I wish I could give you a big hug. Go get some ice cream right now

big hug. Go get some ice cream right now because you just do it. Go get like a little sweet treat. I have so much more laundry to fold. help. All right,

that was the last step in cleaning my apartment. I put all my clothes back.

apartment. I put all my clothes back.

The feeling you get when you deep clean is like the most stress relieving thing.

Going to bed that night, I felt so good and this was definitely needed and so was an outro, but I forgot to do it.

Thanks for watching. Love you guys and I'll see you in my next video. Bye.

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