We’re in the home stretch. Today we are going to be ruthless with small appliances. Toaster, toaster ovens, mixers, blenders, food processors, waffle irons, hot sandwich plates etc.
Pull them all out wherever they may be lurking. Examine the state of each – damaged, broken, gross and beyond cleaning.
From there the triage will be more straightforward.
Have you used it in the last year?
If only a handful of time then was it worth the precious real estate to store it?
Do you have duplicates?
Do you have some that serve multiple functions which would enable you to let go of other single use ones?
Are you keeping it because you think you should use it (but really won’t)?
Are you only keeping it out of guilt?
Keep this fact in mind – most of the objects we keep hold of ‘just in case’ can be replaced within 20 minutes of where we live for $20 or less. They could also significantly benefit someone else right now.
Access is such a motivator to tidying. If we can easily remove something from the cupboard without having to first remove 3 other objects then we will be much more prone to actually using it, washing it and putting it away again.
Purge away!
Pull them all out wherever they may be lurking. Examine the state of each – damaged, broken, gross and beyond cleaning.
From there the triage will be more straightforward.
Have you used it in the last year?
If only a handful of time then was it worth the precious real estate to store it?
Do you have duplicates?
Do you have some that serve multiple functions which would enable you to let go of other single use ones?
Are you keeping it because you think you should use it (but really won’t)?
Are you only keeping it out of guilt?
Keep this fact in mind – most of the objects we keep hold of ‘just in case’ can be replaced within 20 minutes of where we live for $20 or less. They could also significantly benefit someone else right now.
Access is such a motivator to tidying. If we can easily remove something from the cupboard without having to first remove 3 other objects then we will be much more prone to actually using it, washing it and putting it away again.
Purge away!
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