I mentioned in my last post that I’d spotted @orgjenise’s challenge on Instagram, and that the first category of food drew me in. Over our New Year’s Eve dinner MOH and I had talked about how I’m a ‘things’ person and how he isn’t. I mean that’s ok, they say opposite’s attract but he was right when he said our kitchen cupboards were sometimes a bit of a discovery, so now you can see why I knew I should be in for this challenge.
I should add not all of my items so far have been food, I’ve picked up some other easy wins from around the kitchen and our main living space. Even so it’s a large number of things to identify with such relative ease. The subsequent prompts - especially toiletries and paperwork - are also likely to be, shall we say, profitable.
With life getting in the way the past few days, I’ve not kept up with all of the categories but I’m planning to cover those shortly. What number I’ll end up with I’ve no idea, but I’m confident I’ll surpass a hundred easily, even 200 could be an easy target. Remember in 2016 when I decided to try and get rid of 2016 items? This challenge feels more achievable, but who knows how close I’ll get to equalling this year’s number?
I’m not expecting every prompt to produce such large numbers, for example I’m relatively good at clearing out my purse, but I suspect I could find a thing or two that could be lost, so I might find some surprises along the way.
What I’ve already benefited from, apart from much tidier kitchen cupboards, is a sense of calm and achievement as well as discovering an unknown stash of vac-packed chestnuts, which I don’t think is a bad thing at all. Even MOH’s impressed with how tidy our kitchen cupboards are, though I suspect he’ll be less keen if the challenge moves towards his shed - and even if it officially doesn’t, unofficially it will, though getting him to count could actually be the challenge!
Wish me luck!