My problem with organization

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I've always loved organization. Figuring out new ways to lay out my space has always given me a boost of energy, in a way. The problem is, I've failed to keep my apartment clean and organized over the years since college, and it kinda bugs me.

As I type this, I have wires strewn all over the floor. They've been there for weeks. Actually, more than a month, I think. As much as I want to put them away, and get this place set up in a way I really like, I just can't be bothered with it after a day of work, when that free time could be spent on video games or movies.

Granted, I've never kept the absolute cleanest of spaces, but I've always been significantly more anal about it than the average person. I also used to reorganize often. Nowadays, not so much. In general, I feel like I put off things that I don't like and a lot of things that I DO like, in favor of things that I like MORE. I think the fact that I'm on my own and no longer in school has let that part of me that manages an organized space die off. The schedules and expectations that dominated the first 22 years of my life exist in a much lesser degree than they once did, and it makes me feel lazy. I also have more free time than the average person, yet it feels like so little to me. I want to enjoy a clean and organized space, but I can't make myself do it when I want to spend my time on other things.

Oh I'm exactly the same. i love being organised and the process of organising things, but for some reason my room's an absolute mess nowadays- it bugs me but i just can't be bothered to spend my time organising it. mainly because I have a lot of stuff and know it would take aaagess. I'm going to force myself to have a bit of a sort-out at some point over the weekend though, because i know i'll feel much better if i do

When I realise my place is a wreck and needs to be cleaned.. it usually takes me several days/weeks of procrastination to get around to it, then I clean and am happy that everything is organised and put away, then the next day it somehow manages to devolve into wreck again and I can't find anything because I put it away and can't remember where I put it away.

i finally got my room back in order the other day. found store receipts from 2008. ive been busy with work and the last thing i want to do on my day off is clean.

i look at it this way, if the apocalypse happens in 2012, i wont ever have to clean my room again.