I've lost my cleaning mojo

I ve never had one 😂 do what’s necessary nothing more

Don't worry you'll get around to doing it sometime. maybe you are not fully recovered. Get a one-off clean as midgey suggests.
I should have been baking for guests this afternoon but instead was encouraged to go for a walk in the sunshine instead of redoing a cake, I miss read the instructions and used desert spn. instead of teaspoons of baking powder.

Sounds like you need more time to recover. Have you thought of getting a one off clean? There are companies that do that and once done you might feel better about life altogether. There is no shame in admitting defeat once in awhile!

I lost my cleaning mojo after cancer treatment and have never got it fully back. I decided I was more important than the house and look after myself more now.
Do what your body tells you and you will feel better sooner.

I am the same. I wouldn't say my house was ever spotless or immaculate but it was always a lot tidier than it is now.

I also feel overwhelmed and end up procrastinating and doing nothing.

For example, I have cupboards that really need sorting out in the kitchen and stuff in them throwing away. In have serving dishes and similar on the worktop that can go in the cupboard when I tidy it out. The worktops aren't overflowing but I wouldn't have left this (small) job for so long a few years ago.

Under the stairs and the loft need tidying and stuff getting rid of.

I think it just gets overwhelming when I think of everything that needs doing. I have read loads of stuff on decluttering so I know all the theory! I just need to put it into practice!

I have told myself that I will do some of these jobs at the weekend - I work full time - but I never do them.

I doesn't help that my DH has has become more and more untidy as the years have gone by. I feel like it is an uphill battle just moving his stuff. I know he should do it himself but it ends up being a battle of wills until I give in and tidy the stuff up off the dining table, bedroom chair etc.

As others have said, maybe we will feel more in the mood for spring cleaning when the nights get lighter. I hope so.

Don't try- give it time, give yourself time. And try and enjoy all the little bits Spring throws your way. Housework can truly wait.

Thank you

Just had a bit of a cry

I've fought for my mental health quite a few times in life but struggling with it due to an illness that mucked up my hormones was a completely different ballgame I didn't know how to manage.

Then someone else close to me struggled with mental health battles which impacted me very badly.

I think I've lost a lot of security in life and I think cleaning was genuinely something I could always do to let out stress or worry or frustrations and the tidier my home was the tidier my mind felt.

Now I it is not that I don't want to, I just can't, my body just says no.

Yet I'm happy at work, happy with my children and happy with my friends

I can't work it out

I don't have time for much cleaning, with DH to care for, but it is surprising how much you can do in ten minute bursts.

I try not to think of it in terms of big jobs like a whole room. Just a small section or aspect. Then rest for twenty minutes to recover.
Or vice versa- rest for 20 minutes to gain the energy to tackle ten minutes' worth.

Spring is on its way. It is a time, in between, when many of us feel flat and feel we've lost our mo jo- don't let it get to you. Go out and enjoy every bit of sunshine and fresh air, and all those little signs of Spring, flowers coming up, birds singing- and breathe. Give time ... time. x

One sister described that state exactly. I didn’t know what to suggest, but having just met up after she’s had a few days away this half term, she said she feels like a new person. She reckoned being unable to touch any housework made all the difference.

I suggest you make sure that you are fully recovered before forcing yourself to do households tasks energetically, just one small job at a time.

I'm not sure that I've ever had the cleaning mojo in the first place so no-one would notice if I'd lost it!

I never had one to start with.