Ha ha...I got you reading, didn't I? You actually clicked on the title and were halfway to your pencil and paper when....darn. You don't have a pencil. Maybe there's a pen...hmmm.....nope. Two dried out Crayola felts, one broken crayon (yellow), two rubber bands..a whatsit tool from the last piece of put-it-together-yourself furniture.... yeah!!! There's a pen! It's red, but it should wor...nope. It's dead too. Give up? Resorted to using that eyeliner that you never use anyways? Bummer.
In every house is a drawer just like the one I was rooting through. You know the one, that drawer where everything that you are sure you will use later or put back in its proper place goes. Bread twist ties, drawing things your kids leave around, the opened box of staples...business cards....You throw stuff in there that you want to hold onto...and after awhile, you need something...and you can't find it.
Why do we keep these things? Why can we not just throw out the pens that don't work, the crayons that break, the stray rubber bands? Why do we watch the Ikea commercial where the teenage girls opens the pristine bathroom drawer and pulls her clean lip gloss out of a perfect little organizer....and want to cry? Get serious!
Reality #1: Clutter happens.
Reality #2: Unless you booked me to come over, you will have to deal with it.
So do yourself a 10 minute favour: Go to that drawer, open it, and throw away anything that is broken, mismatched, useless, dried out and generally ugly. Then, if you don't have a child to use it daily, a container to put it in regularly, or you can't replace it at the Dollar Store- THROW IT! A clean clutter drawer is one simple step to reinforcing order in a chaotic world...
Oh, and there are 3 steps to a perfectly clean home:
1. Call me
2. Book an appointment
3. Have a coffee
Work is keeping me going...What's keeping you going?
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