This week, I scheduled a technician for some work at our house.
As I thought through where they would need to go in order to get their job done, I mentally started a checklist: Make sure they can safely get to the fuse box. Can they easily reach the other systems they need to access to get the job done? Where else might they need to go?
A picture frame may need to be moved away from the fuse box, a rug may need to be rolled out of the way on the day they arrive, but in general, every access point I thought of was accessible.
No one would walk into my house and consider me a minimalist.
But if we had to have emergency services of any kind, I wouldn’t be distracted by needing to get a lot of things out of the way.
The daily work of decluttering and uncovering is not only benefiting how we live in our spaces each day, it’s also serving as preparation for emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
There’s a welcome peace in knowing that.
Uncovering Real 