depression_now!

Been there more than I can count. Can't say your room will never get depressy again but thankfully, you CAN get better at dealing with it. Here's what works for me:

Every time you get up, put one thing away. Yeah it's messy but no rush to get it clean. Rushing will kill your motivation. It's overwhelming because it's one giant task to you. And it'll be overwhelming if you mentally turn it into a million tiny tasks, too...

So just make it routine. Putting one thing away is easy. Sometimes, you'll get the bug and put away a dozen things at once. If you make it a "task" to be completed, you'll feel worse when you run out of steam and it's unfinished. Don't worry about that.

Don't move furniture, don't disassemble anything that isn't immediately leaving the room. Every step MUST be forward because you don't know when the sad will hit.

Every time you take something out of your room, say something like "When it crosses the doorway, this item is gone" to yourself. We have attachment to our things whether they're worth keeping or not. A little mantra as you work can help break that.

Lastly, take a mental picture before you do anything. Remember what it looked like with that shirt on the floor after you pick it up. Looks a tiny bit better now, huh?

Bonus: that's a nice window you've got there. Ever thought about getting a plant? My general cleaniless went way up when I got them because I wanted easy access to see how much they grew. I really started looking forward to it...It's still the first thing I do every day 5 years later!