It's been a whole month! I was feeling like interest had seriously dropped, plus life got life-y and stuff. BUT WE'RE BACK THIS WEEK. With a secret contest! Or not so secret, I guess, now that you've read that. If you want to participate in the contest, the raffle phrase is "I unfucked a thing!" If you don't want to participate, don't use the raffle phrase. You don't need to post photos for the contest, but they can be very inspiring! End of introduction.

Never heard of Unfuck Your Habitat? Here's your official Welcome Packet! It contains two links. Click them. Then actually read the pages.

For those of you who are already on the unfucking train, there are two ways to play:

1. Go randomly generate a number between 1 and 39. Find your number here and click the corresponding link to read up on your challenge. NO REROLLING YOUR CHALLENGE unless that area is legitimately already unfucked or you have no control over it (you don't need to clean your apartments communal washing machines, okay). But let's be real, it's probably not and that's why we're here.

2. Scroll through the list of challenges until one jumps out at you as something that needs cleaning. Is yo fridge stanky? CHALLENGE TIME. Has Laundry Mountain grown to epic proportions equal to that of scaling Mt Everest? (Spoiler alert: NO.)

Once you've got your challenge rolled/picked, set your phone timer to the appropriate cleaning interval. Does your challenge need a 20/10? Maybe a 45/15? Set it and go! If you landed a mini challenge, set the timer for 5 minutes so you don't get carried away and accidentally a marathon. NO CLEANING MARATHONS. If you want an app for your phone, search for "Unfilth Your Habitat" on iPhone and "Unfuck Your Habitat" on Android. It's 99c. You don't need it, but it's nice. No love for WP users, as usual.

Let me know what challenge you got and how it went!

This is very important: No matter how fucked your habitat is, you are not beyond help. You can make progress. It will take time. But it’s easier than you think.