While in college, messy standards were not uncommon or even looked down upon. Girls tend to be cleaner in the kitchens and bathrooms, but still, aren’t as clean as their mothers.

With your new life; environment, career, social, you will find that you really have little time to make sure you’re living habitat is…well livable.

It is up to you to make sure you uphold the professionalism of your new life in your home as well. You are no longer in college; gone are the days of pizza boxes on the floor and dirty laundry scattered around your bedroom. Your refrigerator will hopefully be stocked with actual food rather than liquor bottles and cases of beer.

Do not let your dishes pile up.

You may have had that roommate who would snap and do them, or maybe you were that roommate. You are a contributing adult to society; represent yourself that way.

Billy’s blog cover the perils of living in an apartment full of messy boys. He was the roommate that would snap and do the work, you’ll find on his site that he is glad to be graduating.

It won’t be easy at first; you’ll almost feel like you deserve to eat your good home-cooked meal and then relax–not clean up. But this is your living space–treat it with pride.

Save the heavy stuff like yard work or a home improvement projects for the weekends (yes you will have to do chores on the weekends) but remember to put your dirty clothes in the hamper, set aside a time to wash them and don’t let your dishes stare back at you until you only have one clean cup left to drink out of.

Plus you can’t invite any of your new friends back to your college-like apartment or house!

Good luck and happy living