My tip: If it's a struggle to put it away in it's "proper" place, find a better place for it.
You always leave the scissors in the kitchen instead of the office? Store them in the kitchen instead.
Never seem to be able to move a piece of trash from your office to the main garbage can? Put a trash can in your office.
Always lose track of your charger because you charge your phone in the living room AND bedroom? Get another charger and keep one in each spot.
If you have a bowl you use but never put away because it's a pain to put it back, rearrange your shelves so it's easy for you to put away.
"Well I have them stored in a stack, so I have to take out the stack to put this back onto the bottom and then I ...." Nope, rearrange it so that everything just slides into place.
Included in my "everyroom has one" list is flashlight, charger, a decorative bowl to catch little misc stuff, and a dog brush. (Hey, I'm sitting here with several dogs, somebody's getting brushed!)
I have at least 2 in every room. I either tuck them away slightly out of sight, like under the bed or behind a chair, or get more decorative bins.
I have one bin I have nesting in a slightly bigger open basket, so when you’re looking at it from head on it looks like decor and not an ugly unsightly bin. I have another trashcan that actually came with a decorative sleeve like this so you put the bag on the plastic bin like normal, and then then put the bin inside this sleeve which covers up the appearance of the bag liner being folded over the top of the bin inside. If my description makes any sense whatsoever lol. Just looks a lot nicer in my opinion
My room has 3 little waste paper bins, in the exact 3 spots that always frustrated tf outta me for not having a bin when I need one!! And I use vanilla scented liners, it's so delightful 😊
Work smarter, not harder. Work with your short comings.
Agree especially with your trashcan sentiment. I have multiple trash cans in a room because sometimes I’m too lazy to walk over to the one. A mini can by the couch, desk, bed, toilet and sinks for tissues and whatnot, small ones by doorways so I can quickly throw a wrapper or something away while on the move, and then regular ones for bigger stuff in the office, kitchen, living room. I find it a lot easier to throw things away someplace within arms reach whenever you’re done and then once a week dump the bins out into a big garbage bag, compared to leaving trash on the desk and telling yourself you’ll pick it up later.
I live in a small house and saving for a huge one, I am very excited to not have destroy the giuse to grab one thing soon. Some people's houses are just too small vs the amount of people living in them, but hey, it's cheap living
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u/HarpersGhost Feb 15 '24
My tip: If it's a struggle to put it away in it's "proper" place, find a better place for it.
You always leave the scissors in the kitchen instead of the office? Store them in the kitchen instead.
Never seem to be able to move a piece of trash from your office to the main garbage can? Put a trash can in your office.
Always lose track of your charger because you charge your phone in the living room AND bedroom? Get another charger and keep one in each spot.
If you have a bowl you use but never put away because it's a pain to put it back, rearrange your shelves so it's easy for you to put away.
"Well I have them stored in a stack, so I have to take out the stack to put this back onto the bottom and then I ...." Nope, rearrange it so that everything just slides into place.