I can also relate to all this. Clutter as a mirror of a depressed state of mind.
We (my wife and me) have done some major decluttering in our garage this weekend due to massive rats/mice infestation after returning from holidays, and it feels so good! 🙂 Clearer minds = clearer house. 🙂
And I love teasing her while we are doing such hard physical jobs to brighten up the whole process, and she likes it. Sometimes I just call her name while we are working, and when she probably thinks that I will tell her something about the jobs, I simply say: I love you. Also, I give her a lot of acknowledgement how amazing she is when she comes with some ideas and/or does some really heavy tasks. I can feel that lands really well for her. I tell her that she looks so beautiful and cute, all dirty and sweaty and she wonders how can I see her like that when she looks like a "grub". 🙂 We are Team and work like that always brings us closer to each other.
