ZEROWASTE MINIMALIST MOM

These past months, I have been busy packing to move to our new home. Since I cannot take a lot of stress, I decided to do my packing in stages.  Right at the beginning, about two months back when renovation work was underway, I went through all the stuff I had in my drawers, cupboards, etc that I didn't think I would need for the next two months. I call them my RARELY USED ITEMS.  I was able to purge quite a lot of stuff from this category very easily as I wasn't in love with them, didn't really see much use for them and knew that I wouldn't miss them. I had to find new homes for some of them too. So it was good that I started early.  There were quite a number of things, however, that I didn't use but had sentimental attachment to. I put these in a separate box to decide later about.  In one box, I put all my replacement items - duplicate things that I might need if what I used presently broke.  And so I managed to par down my possessions quite a bit. I felt rel...

Did this picture give you JOY when you saw it? Well, my topic today is all about sparking JOY in the way you see things in your home.  Today I was challenged to look around my home and count the number of horizontal surfaces I currently had. Guess how many I found?  11 in my master bedroom 6 in the kitchen 12 in the living room 3 in my small bedroom.  Yes, we live in a 2BHK apartment and these are my horizontal surfaces.  A horizontal surface is any surface you can sit on or keep something on. Here are some classic examples: Chairs Tables Tops of cupboards and refrigerators Sofa Window sills Ironing board Bed Look around your home and discover your own. L ook at each of them carefully and see if they make you frown with displeasure. If they do, they are cluttered. Here are some of my horizontal surfaces. Which ones inspire and which one irritate?  The ideal option, of course, is to have nothing at all on the horizontal surfaces. But that is just not practical, y...