I attempted to clear my kitchen bench last night. This is an area where everyone dumps their stuff. It also seems to maganetise clutter to it. I have cleared it before, only to have it build up stuff more or less straight away. I'm thinking one reason for this is I have not paid attention to keeping it clear, and just resigned myself that is is going to be cluttered. I am coming to realise if I want it to stay clear, I have to pay attention and check that its in good shape everyday. So above is how it was when I started.
After 15 minutes I had removed a couple of layers. At this point I was feeling kind of fed up. It seemed such a big job. I will admit I decided to put all the stuff in a box to tackle today. Now I know I have done this before. There are boxes from years ago in my roofspace, still full with the things I have cleared off. The difference this time is I really will empty the box. I will share how that goes later ;)
Ta da! This is the end result. Now here's the funny thing. I really was quite despondent after doing the initial 15 mins. Cleared the stuff into a box, and suddenly it didn't seem so bad. I ended up emptying my kitchen bin (its a lovely cream Brabantia 50 litre, I have to say I love). On doing this I discovered a vegetable which was in bad shape in my fridge. This led to cleaning the fridge, not a perfect clean, but a wipe over. I then clean my kitchen windowsill and threw out a plant which had died. I was so surprised how energised I felt after doing this. Amazing too considering I had really felt like giving up. Good lesson for me is it just takes a start to get me motivated!
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