first surface

I've got my first clean surface ! It was the shelf above my sink in the bathroom. Everything on it went into the bin bag, and now I can see myself in the mirror above the shelf too ! It feels so good seeing that shelf.

The next day I cleaned off the top of the toilet lid thingy and also the top of my bathroom cabinet. I read somewhere at Squalor Survivors not to deal with cupboards and things first off, but the visible surfaces, so that's what I'm doing. I did clear out the bathroom cabinet, though, so that the stuff I feel I really do need in the bathroom can go into there, and thus my first cleared space can remain pristine, as an encourager.

Over the weekend I stopped. It began to feel too big again, so today I am going to go and seek further inspiration by reading other people's pages again. I think my next target may be the shelf on my stairwell. It largely is stuff being whee it shouldn't be, or being stuff I don't need or have duplicates of. It makes me sad to think how much money I've wasted because I simply couldn't find things and re-bought. A loy of what I re-bought has since aged to the point of uselessness. For example, I had a bottle of 'Jif' - as opposed to 'Cif' - they renamed that brand years ago ! I felt a bit anxious throwing so many chemical things into my bin together, but they've empited the dustbin now and nothing went boom. My bathroom isn't as clean as I'd like yet, but it is cleared, at least. I couldn't face the cleaning, the chemicals are horrid and my bathroom isn't very well ventilated.

Thinking about clearing a new surface, I am feeling anxious. It's far more difficult than I think anyone who hasn't experienced this situation could imagine.