Imagine sorting through your bathroom cabinet, holding up that bottle of lotion you’ve kept for roughly a thousand years. Now picture it smeared with poop. Would you still wash it? If your gag factor is more about the cleaning than the nostalgia, the “poop rule” just told you everything you needed to know—time to toss. This hack, shared by influencer Becka (aka ADHDOrganized) in December 2024, is elegantly gross and bizarrely effective. It doesn’t spark joy—it sparks “Get it out.”
For people living with ADHD—or anyone plagued by decision fatigue—this trick slams the brakes on endless hemming and hawing. As one expert puts it, it bypasses executive function overload by turning emotional paralysis into a blunt “yes or no” game. If you wouldn’t scrub poop off the thing, off it goes. The mental imagery might be gross, but it’s shockingly clarifying.
The internet responded in hilarious droves. Reddit threads are full of comments like: “If it has poop on it, in the trash. IDC what it is besides my living things. Those I’ll wash up.” Or “This makes way more sense. Almost nothing sparks joy in me anymore so that would never work lol.” It’s all a reminder: decluttering doesn’t have to be serious. With the poop rule, you’re basically playing a satirical, gross-but-useful game—and surprisingly, many users say it’s a total game changer.
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