All my earthly possessions are here and have been for a month. I haven't unpacked all the boxes yet. I have too much stuff. I know I wanted my stuff but now I don't. I mean, I want my bed and a couple other things but the rest...it's amazing how quickly I can dirty a whole sink-full of dishes!
Before my stuff got here, I was able to clean the kitchen in 10 min. Now...lordy how I can make a mess and a massive amount of things to clean. By the time I'm done I'm too tired to clean it all up.
I'm not saying I want to go back to having one bowl, one spoon and one fork but I'd like to find some sort of happy equilibrium where I have enough so that I'm not super restricted in what I can do but not so much that it becomes too much. I don't know what that looks like. I like being able to cook all my meals and snacks for the whole week and have them all in the fridge (its a squeeze in my tiny European fridge here). I'm not really sure what I could get rid of. Hoping I can find a way to simplify the kitchen...somehow.
If you have any suggestions please let me know!
That's so interesting how much stuff really does complicate things! I always found it amazing how much more at peace I am when I backpack and only have the possessions on my back.
ReplyDeleteThere has to be a happy balance. It was very frustrating trying to do meal prep with only one bowl but the massive amounts of dishes just drive me insane!
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