Cleanliness

Everyone has preferences. I do not know if this is a preference, an obsession or I am just being anal.

But I have cleaning standards. 

It sounds stupid. But it is horrfyingly true. 

I count the number of things I have on the kitchen top and consistently ensure that the these numbers do not increase. 

I have a rice cooker, electrice water kettle, air fryer, reena's milk powder container, irman's milk powder container and the rice dispenser. That is it. I get annoyed if there are more things there. 

All the clothes are folded in the same length and width. 

I hate mess. I will ensure that the house will be presentably clean before I leave the house for work. And I will expect it to remain that way when we arrive back from work. 

This pushed me to wake up earlier in the morning just so I can fold the clothes (if I couldn't finish folding them at night). I hate the sight of unfolded laundry on my couch. 

We have not purchased a study desk, yet. 

And my husband's laptop and other work or his silly online game related items are ALWAYS on the dining table. He will get agitated when I shift his things. He set a rule that no one can touch his things on the table. Because they are important and "where they should be". 

I get irritated with the sight of things on that table. Clutter is not my forte. 

Because of my weird nature, most would not believe that I am a teacher. A preschool teacher at that. 

My class is neat. I arrange things specifically for easy retrieval so that no mess will be made. 

The children had rules to follow in class. Which helped them with their self-help skills. They know that they need to clean up after they made a mess or else it will affect their free play time. Free play occurs AFTER curriculum hours.

I read an article of a beautifully well planned and designed house. Believe it or not but the house owner spent only $4000 on the house to get that quirky look.

I am not a fan of  the industrial theme for a house, because I mentioned this before, I have no idea how to mix and match things around the house. Such as matching mismatched furntiure and still make the house look good. I suck.

But this single mother is seriously doing it right.

But we do HAVE one thing in common. Our non clutter policy. And the very fact that clutter attracts lizards and roaches. And that was the reason why I became a minimalist fan.