Day 358 of 365 - Junk Drawers & Purses
Looking for a couple of missing items this morning led me down another rabbit hole, which I scurried out of as soon as I could.
A membership card, which should have been with other cards in my wallet, but was not, sent me looking into the last couple of purses I had used before my current one. I don't always completely empty them out when I do a switch, because I'm frequently trying to lighten my load, and make do with less. Of course, once you're in there, you have to look everything over and decide whether you really want to keep it, use it or need it. Some things were tossed, others were put away elsewhere. By the way, I still didn't find the card and got on the phone to request a replacement.
The second adventure, into the junk drawer, started with an extra key that needed to go somewhere. I thought I already had a spare set in that drawer, as there are keys belonging to other people kept in there. I rooted around and did not find that either. But, the accumulation of disorganized 'stuff' in there was irritating. I do make an effort to sort out that drawer at least once a year, but somehow the content grows.
I doubt that I am alone. Everyone has a junk drawer, don't they? It's a convenient, easily accessible place to put odds and ends that you use regularly enough to want to keep them handy. Things like scissors, stamps, envelopes, note pads, extra pens and apparently, spare keys.
What these little scenarios brought to mind though, was our ongoing accumulation and storage of things. Even when I think I've done a decent job of organizing and sorting, all my storage spaces fill up again, and I need to do it all over. Yikes! Where will it end?
It was yet another timely reminder for my fall and winter clean up plan. If I thought I was being thorough and even ruthless in my purging before, now I'm determined to take it to a whole new level. It is simply unsustainable to keep accumulating and holding onto so many extras at this stage of life.
I have not completely thought it through as yet, but part of the solution I think has to be simply removing some of the storage options. It's just too easy to shove stuff in a drawer or on a closet shelf.
A friend picked up the new IKEA catalogue for me this week. I think I'm going to browse through it today for inspiration. It's not that I necessarily want to buy new storage options; it's looking at the photos of organized and efficient rooms and furnishings which may give me some ideas of where I want to create more space.
It's kind of funny that, at 65, I'm still trying to figure out how to live more efficiently and less wastefully. Now, it's become like a bucket list item for me.
P.S. The IKEA catalogue did have some options for drawer organization which I may pursue. I also saw a couple of small storage options on rollers which could be wheeled into and out of closets, and a two drawer cabinet that could also serve as a den side table. Hmm....
A membership card, which should have been with other cards in my wallet, but was not, sent me looking into the last couple of purses I had used before my current one. I don't always completely empty them out when I do a switch, because I'm frequently trying to lighten my load, and make do with less. Of course, once you're in there, you have to look everything over and decide whether you really want to keep it, use it or need it. Some things were tossed, others were put away elsewhere. By the way, I still didn't find the card and got on the phone to request a replacement.
The second adventure, into the junk drawer, started with an extra key that needed to go somewhere. I thought I already had a spare set in that drawer, as there are keys belonging to other people kept in there. I rooted around and did not find that either. But, the accumulation of disorganized 'stuff' in there was irritating. I do make an effort to sort out that drawer at least once a year, but somehow the content grows.
I doubt that I am alone. Everyone has a junk drawer, don't they? It's a convenient, easily accessible place to put odds and ends that you use regularly enough to want to keep them handy. Things like scissors, stamps, envelopes, note pads, extra pens and apparently, spare keys.
What these little scenarios brought to mind though, was our ongoing accumulation and storage of things. Even when I think I've done a decent job of organizing and sorting, all my storage spaces fill up again, and I need to do it all over. Yikes! Where will it end?
It was yet another timely reminder for my fall and winter clean up plan. If I thought I was being thorough and even ruthless in my purging before, now I'm determined to take it to a whole new level. It is simply unsustainable to keep accumulating and holding onto so many extras at this stage of life.
I have not completely thought it through as yet, but part of the solution I think has to be simply removing some of the storage options. It's just too easy to shove stuff in a drawer or on a closet shelf.
A friend picked up the new IKEA catalogue for me this week. I think I'm going to browse through it today for inspiration. It's not that I necessarily want to buy new storage options; it's looking at the photos of organized and efficient rooms and furnishings which may give me some ideas of where I want to create more space.
It's kind of funny that, at 65, I'm still trying to figure out how to live more efficiently and less wastefully. Now, it's become like a bucket list item for me.
P.S. The IKEA catalogue did have some options for drawer organization which I may pursue. I also saw a couple of small storage options on rollers which could be wheeled into and out of closets, and a two drawer cabinet that could also serve as a den side table. Hmm....
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