WOULD YOU JOIN THE CULT OF TIDY?

At a career crossroads, Martha Hayes decided to do just that – training to become a professional organiser. But she finds the modern route to organisation is more about emotion than perfection

I am standing in my kitchen and can barely move for all the pans, baking trays, chopping boards, blenders, plates, bowls and mugs (so many mugs!) piling up around me. There are things I rarely use, like ramekins (why do I have so many ramekins?), things I didn’t know I owned (a Himalayan salt block) and things that don’t even belong in a kitchen (screwdrivers). And that’s before I move on to food items, such as half-open packets of flour (why do they always leak?) and out-of-date spices. You get the picture; it’s total chaos. I’ve spent the morning emptying everything (and I mean everything, from the kettle on the worktop to the dishwasher tablets under the sink) on to the floor and grouping it into categories. Then, I’ll declutter and…

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Red UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024

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