Recycling

There are times you feel thatt you want to do things perfectly, or at least ver well, is good. Sometimes, when the desire for perfection becomes a requirement, that’s extremism. And that can be a significant hindrance to getting and staying organized. Consider whether you need to abandon the following extremes.  My husband and I recycle papers and glass because our city picks it up every week. We also compost our raw fruits and vegetable scraps. But I’ve learned that it’s easy to overdo and try to recycle every stamped sized scrap and every seed. This puts us constantly on the alert and causes us to make little piles of scraps to be handled later. In the end, it junks up the house and wastes time.

Trying to do a good job of recycling turns into extremism when you save every empty margarine dish reuse and every pair oof old stockings for pillow stuffings. Materials to be recycle pile up in the house, garage, basement, or back porch. This is a problem. Sometimes friends and family challenge us when were overdoing something. If yours do, listen to them and change. If you’re  not that lucky, remind yourself that your home should be a place of order and beauty, not a recycling bin. It is a matter of balance.