A New Start

It's time. Time to declutter. This is not something that I'm good at. I'd be the first to admit it. But it's time.

Where to start . . . the job seems too overwhelming. Maybe that's why I never get going on this larger-than-life project. So I picked something small and manageable in a short amount of time.

The mission: the bathroom cabinet. Its size fit the bill: 13 x 17 x 3.75 inches; two glass shelves plus the bottom. How hard could this be?

All medicine with a past expiry date (all it all was expired!) went into a bag to bring to the pharmacy to be disposed of properly. I can't tell why I saved some of that stuff. I'm not a pill-popper and I'm not often sick, so the chances of my taking something long after it had been bought are very slim.

Next, I looked at all bath and beauty products. If the contents smelled like the plastic container, they went into the garbage. I tried to be ruthless, which wasn't easy for me. On a scale of 1-10, I'd give myself a 7.75.

I have a long way to go, but as they say, tomorrow is the first day of the rest of my life. My new motto is Less is More. What a bright future!