I confess. I have Obsessive Compulsive Cleanliness Disorder (OCCD). I have this insane urge to fix wrinkles in bedsheets, correct tilts in wall pictures, and swipe at imaginary dust. You get the drift.
However, as a mom, I have this one space, a box, which is the antithesis of ‘clean’. This box is what I call a ‘Let them be’ box.
As any mom with school-going children knows, creating school projects overnight can be daunting. Not that schools don’t give parents enough time; just that I tend to put it off till the last minute. And if it were not for my ‘Let them be’ Box, my poor kids would never submit stuff on time.
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So this ‘Let them be’ Box is a treasure house of miscellany. From colourful buttons to cake boards, from twine to used gift-wrap paper, from thermocol beads to bubble-wrap, from old erasers to aluminium foil, from colourful threads to craft paper, this box has it all.
When it comes to the rest of the house, I clean and recycle ruthlessly; however when it comes to this ‘Let them be’ Box, I am a hoarder. I can never get myself to throw any stuff, always sure that it will come in handy for some project or the other. So I just ‘Let them be’, and this box of clutter has been my saviour on more than one occasion.
Do you have a box or space like this at home? Would love to know.
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Sounds like a good idea.
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I’m thinking, for many years, their bedroom was a “let it be” place for both kids. They cleaned up, sooner or later. ☺
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My teen’s is headed that way 😉😉
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Because of your ‘sensitivity’ to clutter, I suspect this Let Them Be box is not out in the open. It would no doubt drive you crazy, right? 🙂 I think it’s a brilliant idea to have a ‘corral for the the crazy’ in the midst of calm and order.
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‘Corral for the crazy..’ how beautifully you have summed that up ☺☺
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