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About Us

Good, Clean, Neurodivergent Fun.

Obsessive Cleaning Disorder LLC began with a late ADHD diagnosis, which is a highly misunderstood disorder in that we tend to focus well - too well to pull away.  At age 31, I ended my 10+ year corporate career as a software developer, having longed for my days spent as a cleaning specialist in a nursing home.  I quit my job, and channelled my intense level of focus into a physical labor task so that it made a tangible difference, benefited me, and improved the quality of life for others - a powerful combination of goals.

 

It's not well known that people with ADHD focus well, as its name suggests otherwise thanks to general medical misunderstanding.  In fact, we often cannot pull ourselves away from one task in order to start another.  The word best describing this phenomenon is "hyperfocus."

So, yes, our business name acronym is OCD, but it was not named for obsessive compulsive disorder (we thought about "hyperfocused cleaning disorder") but unfortunately, that terminology serves no purpuse to most people who don't understand ADHD.  "Obsessive" is how I clean as my personal AudDHD trait and superpower.  (But don't worry, I have staff to keep me in check for the sake of your cleaning bill!) I like to think that by providing cleaning services cleans up a really important type of space - your brainspace.  Your mind space is the priority, and a clear one is essential for living your best life. I dive deep to provide that for my clients by working through the entire pipeline of cleaning, which is a complex process.  Cleaning starts with how a space is designed and whether it's easy to clean (most are not), it involves decluttering and organizing which requires empotional bandwidth, and then uses materials and chemistry knowledge to ensure that the cleaning process is effective, yet safe.

 

I earned more than 150 reviews that are 5-stars on the hiring platform TaskRabbit, with nothing less than a 4-star at the time of writing, thanks to my high level of detail and focus. My intense focus also forces me to master the skill of establishing priorities, so that the job actually finishes. 

We choose to lean into the fun and positive side our neurodivergent traits, though symptoms can waver between incredibly powerful and out-of-nowhere debilitating at a given moment.  Of course, the educational side of what's "fun and positive" must follow. In our blog, we explain some of the misconceptions are neurodivergent abilities and disabilities (for example, medically diagnosing obsessive compulsive disorder goes far beyond cleaning...however our expertise is not in medical diagnosing, and our business was never named for obsessive compulsive disorder). The lines that we draw between educating each other about cognitive disorders, navigating them, and celebrating them, is real spaghetti code and sometimes it's best to simply start over, with help cleaning up the messy expectations around it. Our goal is to be intentional, be articulate, and to lean into our strengths to deliver the desired outcome.  As we say during our cleaning and organizing jobs, "it has to get messier before it gets cleaner!" 

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