Hello, as my title states, I'm in a bit of a pickle. I am eighteen years old, and after years of living with clutter (as many normal teens do), I decided recently to go through my room and get rid of the majority of my [mostly useless] things. It's made my life much better and stress-free. Finding this website has actually helped me with my near-hoarding tendencies as well, and for that, I thank you.
Now the problem is, since I'm still in school, I live at home with my mother and step-father, and they are not as enthusiastic about my decluttering. Both my mother and step-father are pack-rats, so although my room is nice and clean, the rest of the house isn't (although it's not terribly cluttered to the point where it's unlivable. Yet.) and I can't seem to get them to part with anything. My mother also works at a thrift store, so that certainly doesn't help with the clutter either. She's forever bringing home random useless things. I know this is probably a very rare, odd occurrence, but I was wondering if anyone had any advice about trying to get them to declutter the house.
My entire family also isn't too keen on keeping a clean house either, in the way of cleaning messes and things, especially in the kitchen. I often go to my friend's houses because I dislike being in a messy house. The sad thing is, is that even if I take it upon myself to clean the kitchen or another room, it will be messy again by the next day. I've even considered just moving out and living with my real father, just to get away from the environment in this house. Is that my only option, or is there something else I can do to make my mother and step-father understand that they need to clean house?
