Getting Started with ‘Men Li’
Okay, so I gotta talk about this ‘men li’ thing I did. It wasn’t some big project, you know, just something that was bugging me for ages. Right inside my front door, total chaos. Every single day, I’d walk in and bam! Shoes piled up, coats falling off the hook, random mail on the little table. Drove me nuts.
So, one Saturday, I just snapped. Said to myself, ‘Enough is enough.’ Had to tackle this ‘men li’ – the space right inside the door. My mission was simple: make it less of a disaster zone.
The Big Clean Out
First thing I did? Pulled everything out. Everything. Shoes, coats, umbrellas, bags, that stack of flyers I never look at. Dumped it all in the living room. Looked like a bomb hit it, honestly. But the entryway itself? Empty. Kinda nice, actually. Gave it a good clean then. Wiped the walls, scrubbed the floor. Found dust bunnies the size of small rats. Gross, but satisfying.
Sorting the Mess
Then came the hard part: sorting that pile. Had to be ruthless. Seriously ruthless. Old muddy sneakers I hadn’t worn in years? Gone. That coat with the broken zipper? Tossed. Junk mail? Straight into recycling. It took a while, sorting into ‘keep’, ‘donate’, ‘trash’ piles. Felt like half the stuff wasn’t even needed there.
Putting It Back Together
Alright, with the junk gone, time to organize. Didn’t buy anything fancy. Found an old shelf in the garage, cleaned it up, used it for shoes. Put up a few extra hooks for coats and bags – the strong sticky ones, hope they hold. Made a rule: keys go in the bowl, mail goes in this specific tray (and gets sorted daily, yeah right, but that’s the plan). Put the shoes neatly on the shelf, coats on hooks. Simple stuff.
- Pulled everything out.
- Cleaned the empty space.
- Sorted every single item.
- Found simple storage solutions.
- Put things back with a purpose.
The Reality Check
Look, is it perfect now? Nah. Sometimes shoes still end up on the floor, especially when we’re rushing. But it’s way, way better. Coming home feels calmer. That little ‘men li’ space isn’t attacking me anymore. Just took a bit of effort that one afternoon. Totally worth it. Simple change, big difference to my daily sanity, you know?
