28/05/2026
During site visits, I have learned to look inside kitchen cabinets. Under the sink. On top of the counter. Anywhere things have been sitting undisturbed for a long time.
What I usually find: wine bottles from years ago. Plastic containers with no lids. Bottles kept for crafts that never happened. Fabric stored for a project still waiting.
The owners almost always say the same thing. I am still going to use that.
I do not argue. I lift the item instead.
Underneath it โ insect droppings. Sometimes rat droppings. Sometimes both.
Then I ask one question: when do you plan to use it?
The answer is almost always the same too. When I have time.
So I say this: if this item has been sitting here for months without being touched, then you do not have the time. And while you are counting the days, the weeks, the months โ something else is counting them too. And it has been building a home inside yours.
This is not about being tidy. It is about what accumulates when we stop paying attention.
Clutter is not just a space problem. It is a health risk that grows quietly behind the things we keep meaning to deal with.
A junk shop will take what still has value. A donation center will take what someone else can use. Either way, the space that is left behind is easier to clean, easier to maintain, and safer for the people living in it.
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