Liberating

My lovely cousin came to help me last week. She generously gave me a day of her time and energy to help me purge my kitchen of clutter. I learned the following lessons about myself:

1. Owning many, many plastic containers does not make me organised. It just makes the tupperware drawer hard to close.
2. I do not need every single dinnerset I've owned since I left home 15 years ago. And if I am having 56 guests for dinner we will be using disposable plates and cups!
3. If I own it, it should be useful and used.

The giveaways were loaded up and taken away for me, to be found new homes for the needy and op-shop bargain hunters.

By the end of the day (yes, it took that long!) I was exhausted, and suffering a bit emotionally for parting with my stuff. Since then I have started to appreciate the space I now have. Less definitely is more....