Once upon a time, I organized our kitchen. I threw out things
we never used and sorted the useful items into the prime drawers. I gathered
all the spices, donated the duplicates, and lined up the jars with the labels
facing outwards. I matched up all the plastic containers and tossed anything
without a matching lid. I cleared the counters of erroneous items that had come
to reside there by default. I even took down every piece of children’s art on
the fridge. The entire kitchen looked ready for show. Because it was. The house
was for sale. Why is it we never really clean out clutter or make our spaces
truly tidy until we’re either expecting the Queen or putting the house up for
sale? Don’t we deserve to live in such pristine places, too?
This week the topic for my evening class was “Clearing Clutter
and Cleaning” and in honor of that I began emptying drawers and scouring my
kitchen for wasted stuff and wasted space. This is not a job done in one
morning. This is a job that takes determination, a large trash can, and several
extra boxes for donations and indecision. Let me share my 10-step Kitchen plan
with you!
