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I just recently cleared my place of much bullcrap and have consequently been able to keep cleaning up after myself moment to moment so it doesnt build up and its basically alwaya clean 🤩

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[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Having a place for things. Never having to look for "x". Keys, wallet, which type of utensil goes in which slot in the silverware holder. I have saved so much time, avoided problems and given myself mental breaks by simply putting things where they're needed and being consistent.

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This was something I realised too (or similar). Having stuff also requires having space. If you don’t have space then you really shouldn’t have stuff.

When everything has its place, organisation, cleanliness and general liveability start to take care of themselves. And probably overconsumption and hoarding too.

It’s funny, because “insufficient space” or the “disregard to space” seem to be common themes for me in terms of how modern things are being done poorly.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you don’t have space then you really shouldn’t have stuff.

You shut your pretty whore mouth!!!

nervously glances at my 6 tubs of amiibo and 4 tubs of G-Scale model trains in an apartment to small to sneeze in

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

Oh I’ve been there. I am there. I was not virtue signalling. It was a cry for help!

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

So much of modern life is about about inventory management.

I like old videos of tribespeople in tropical places. There's always a guy just lying down in the jungle, doing nothing, with no stuff.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I second this.

It's great having specific spots for things. I also have a specific bag for when I go to the gym with its own set of earbuds and other gym ephemera.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

I'm trying to extend/apply this in a way that if I need to put down something, I think ahead of set places in the house where I put things. That way of I've left something somewhere, it'll always be in one particular place in a room. That way I don't have to look everywhere for a thing I just put down in order to do something. I only need to look at one or two spots in each room.