New Year, New Beginning, New Resolution
It is the fourth day of the New Year. Life seems to be busier than before after school started a few days. The amount of clutter looked the same. I did not managed to clean as much as I intended to.
Let me share with you some dangerous table top spots in the house that can grow the mess.
1. Shoe cabinet
2. Dining table
3. Study table
4. Dressing table
5. Coffee table
6. Bathroom Sink table
Familiar??
Last week, I threw away a square IKEA table - we have a lot of tables and chairs. I really wondered why we needed so many in the first place? Hmm.. let me see, we have 9 tables, 11 chairs and 1 sofa.
Table top is a very dangerous place because subconsciously, all of us will fill up the space with our newspapers, letters, money, keys, bags, toys, groceries, books, "you name it, we have it". Once you put a single thing there, the mess will multiple quickly. We tend to think that since we placed 1 thing, subconsciously we allowed anyone to place other things there. In Chinese saying, 放了一个，就没完没了 (once you put a thing, it will be never ending).
The other dangerous place in the house to accumulate clutter is actually THE FLOOR. We tend to place our bags, shoes, groceries, our shopping stuff, etc on the floor. The floor is huge! So why not?
That is the problem. When it comes to sweeping and mopping, these areas will be the ones neglected. In the beginning, I tended to place all the stuff onto the table tops or chairs to clean the floor. But once the floor is dried up, I will place back the stuff to the original floor position. If I did not have enough time and energy, I will skip the spot. Sometimes, it also posed difficulties to open the cabinet doors due to the pile of stuff lying on the floor.
I had been telling myself, we have too many stuff in the cupboards hence new stuff are still on the floor, no where to place them. There are stuff hidden and forgotten, it is high time to remove and decide what to keep and what to discard. Ask ourselves if we need the item, not whether the item can be used or not.
My 2019 resolution is very simple. Clear the stuff on the floor and table tops. Easy? (My heart says no.) Cut ties with things I do not need, give up excessive waste and detach myself from item obsession. (断舍离）
So what are your new year resolutions for decluttering?
Let me share with you some dangerous table top spots in the house that can grow the mess.
1. Shoe cabinet
2. Dining table
3. Study table
4. Dressing table
5. Coffee table
6. Bathroom Sink table
Familiar??
Last week, I threw away a square IKEA table - we have a lot of tables and chairs. I really wondered why we needed so many in the first place? Hmm.. let me see, we have 9 tables, 11 chairs and 1 sofa.
Table top is a very dangerous place because subconsciously, all of us will fill up the space with our newspapers, letters, money, keys, bags, toys, groceries, books, "you name it, we have it". Once you put a single thing there, the mess will multiple quickly. We tend to think that since we placed 1 thing, subconsciously we allowed anyone to place other things there. In Chinese saying, 放了一个，就没完没了 (once you put a thing, it will be never ending).
The other dangerous place in the house to accumulate clutter is actually THE FLOOR. We tend to place our bags, shoes, groceries, our shopping stuff, etc on the floor. The floor is huge! So why not?
That is the problem. When it comes to sweeping and mopping, these areas will be the ones neglected. In the beginning, I tended to place all the stuff onto the table tops or chairs to clean the floor. But once the floor is dried up, I will place back the stuff to the original floor position. If I did not have enough time and energy, I will skip the spot. Sometimes, it also posed difficulties to open the cabinet doors due to the pile of stuff lying on the floor.
I had been telling myself, we have too many stuff in the cupboards hence new stuff are still on the floor, no where to place them. There are stuff hidden and forgotten, it is high time to remove and decide what to keep and what to discard. Ask ourselves if we need the item, not whether the item can be used or not.
My 2019 resolution is very simple. Clear the stuff on the floor and table tops. Easy? (My heart says no.) Cut ties with things I do not need, give up excessive waste and detach myself from item obsession. (断舍离）
So what are your new year resolutions for decluttering?
This post made me laugh, it is true! All my tabletops are cluttered.
ReplyDeleteI know right. Subconscious, we tell ourselves to put there first.
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