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AIBU?

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To admire my tidying?

10 replies

SilverMoonSliver · 16/05/2025 15:19

Cleared out and sorted v large cupboard (large enough you can walk in). Was on to-do list forever! Now everything is organised, I know exactly what's in there and where it is.

The rest of my home looks exactly the same, but I know that behind that door lies orderliness where once there was chaos.

AIBU to keep opening the cupboard door to admire my handiwork and smile to myself in a satisfied way?

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AllProperTeaIsTheft · 16/05/2025 15:23

YANBU at all. I'd be doing the same! I am a tidy person trapped in the body of a slattern. Tidiness makes me very, very happy when I manage to achieve it!

TooTiredToType77 · 16/05/2025 22:13

Good for you! I love that feeling. Even if it's just one junk drawer or the dreaded shoe cupboard! One drawer / cupboard at a time. Keep it small and regular and have a plan for how to get everything you no longer need it if the house ASAP

Curlygirl06 · 16/05/2025 22:15

Yep, I'm fed up with "bits" hanging about in bowls and dishes etc so I've started sorting them out this week. One box/ dish at a time, feels marvellous. I'm doing under the bed next, can't wait.

Dinosweetpea · 16/05/2025 22:22

I did the drawer under my bed the other day, I took a photo it was such a work of art 🤣

Absolutenonsense · 16/05/2025 22:45

You n Ed Tom out the voting on! You’d be 100% yanbu!! Sounds very satisfying :)

Absolutenonsense · 16/05/2025 22:46

Pleqse post a picture . Wishing I had a tidy cupboard….

SilverMoonSliver · 17/05/2025 06:22

Dinosweetpea · 16/05/2025 22:22

I did the drawer under my bed the other day, I took a photo it was such a work of art 🤣

Yes!
That's the feeling! 😆

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OutandAboutMum1821 · 17/05/2025 06:26

YANBU - keep admiring and enjoying your great work! It’s a lovely feeling 😊

Curlygirl06 · 18/05/2025 14:05

Curlygirl06 · 16/05/2025 22:15

Yep, I'm fed up with "bits" hanging about in bowls and dishes etc so I've started sorting them out this week. One box/ dish at a time, feels marvellous. I'm doing under the bed next, can't wait.

Done under the bed (omg, the fluff!), tidied the corner by my bedside table and I'm very pleased with it. I'm trying to live by the "don't put it down, put it away" philosophy, and so far it's working.

IDontLikePinaColadas · 18/05/2025 14:09

YANBU at all! I love it. I take a drawer or section of a cupboard/wardrobe a day every six months - the sense of smug satisfaction is hard to beat.

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