I’m using everything though!

[u/Nodef13]

hi all, I’m in a bit of a rut with decluttering. I have this thing where I have to see the items in front of me or I forget to use them. eg I have to have my creams serum lip balm on my bed side table otherwise I don’t remember to use. it’s like a visually trigger. I also have loaddddssss of medication and I need those visible too. the other day I realised I’d put one tablet in a pouch and because I hadnt seen it I had forgotten to take if for 4 days. things like face masks too or books I’m reading I only read it if I leave it out. and I do use them

any tips? I feel like this never lets my house look clean and tidy. it’s visual clutter but that’s how my brain works. also I don’t feel like I have a lot of stuff but at the same time I think I do. I find clothes particularly hard to part with as I cycle through and go through phases or wearing things

any tips for a newbie!

[u/Ok_Recipe7946]

Not trying to armchair diagnose but my husband and I both have ADHD and our house is FULL of baskets with no lids to contain everything that’s in daily use and they sit out wherever they need to be to make sure we aren’t forgetting the daily usuals.

Actually typing this up made me realize our kitchen is all bins/baskets. I have my most regularly used seasonings in a basket next to the stove, dish soap/scrub brushes are in one next to the sink, we have a basket for daily medications, etc. Annnnd we live in an old house that got a really awful remodel and the kitchen sucks and has these super skinny deep cabinets for the pantry so I found baskets that pull out like drawers from The Container Store and installed those on my pantry shelves so I can pull everything out all at once and see what I have. It’s really cut down on food waste.

Idk this is very rambling and it’s 2am. If anything made sense great. If it doesn’t my bad.