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Mindfulness. The key to shopping, organizing and life.

Organizing, as I learned long ago, is a lifelong process of adapting to one’s changing needs and lifestyle. An organized kitchen for my lifestyle at 25, 50, and 75 yrs old looks remarkably different for many reasons, most of which revolve around how often I cook and how accessible the objects I use to cook are in my space - as I age. At 75, I may not have the capacity or desire to lift a cast iron pan up from under the counter, but for now it works quite well for me. I have been thinking about this and about my steadfast rule of shopping. The rule is that for any object you purchase and bring into your home you should donate or otherwise remove an object in the same category. Adopting th