I'm back again! I used the same premise, I gave myself 30 minutes to clean a problem area of my house. This time? I'm tackling my junk drawer. I know y'all have one too. That one drawer in your kitchen that just becomes the landing spot for ALL the crap in your house. I thought I would document the process a little more this time because sometimes it is hard to decide just what to keep.
So judgement aside please, here is the before.
It is SO bad. It was getting hard to even close the drawer and there was stuff in there that we could be using and we couldn't even get to. So the first step was clearing everything out. It helps to separate things into piles as you empty it and go ahead and throw away the things you already know are trash.
So here are my two piles. Everything on the left is definitely going back into the drawer and everything on the right I was going to either trash or decided it really needed a place there.
Our junk drawer also doubles as our candy drawer so that is why you see so much candy but some of it we obviously were never going to eat. So that got tossed. Some of the stuff is gift wrap or bows that a saved for presents but I actually have another place where I put that now, so I rightfully put that where it went. Another thing we had a lot of was take out chopsticks and condiments (mostly ketchup) We actually don't buy ketchup because we rarely it so it kind of makes sense to keep it for the rare occasion that I want it, but I'm debating on tossing it now that I type this out. I do use the chopsticks when I make ramen at home so I kept those too.
The final result?
But it is progress, not perfection.
Take 30 minutes today to make a space for functional for you. This drawer is working better for us right now and that makes it better.
** So those needless syringes are what we give Simon medicine with! Also, the I heart Orgasms pin came from planned parenthood and it is a treasured possession. **
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