The game of Justify Your Existence is something my husband I started when I moved into his house. I had a small one bedroom apartment that was completely full. He had a house that was complete but not packed to the gills (yet). The first thing we did was try to combine the two kitchens. And that’s when we noticed that something was definitely going to have to go. Enter the game of Justify Your Existence. We started going through things by category and figuring out what was worthy of staying in our combined kitchen. For example, we pulled out all the casserole dishes. We had large, small, glass, and ceramic; dishes with lids and dishes without lids. We had ones that came with a server cradle for putting on the dining room table. In all we had 10 different casserole dishes. We decided that we needed half as many. So we ended up keeping the one with a lid and the serving cradle as well as a various sized dishes with lids. We repeated the process with the pots and pans, small appliances, and many other kitchen items until we got to the point that we could fit everything in the kitchen without having stuff crammed into every cabinet.
We have since used this technique to cull many items over the years. I like the fact that it forces you to pull out all the items and look at them as a collection and then ask yourself “do I really need this many of this item?” If you are a person who has stuff scattered amongst different closets, rooms, and the attic, having everything spread out on the table or floor is a good way to really see what you have and pick out the best and most functional representations. If getting rid of half of something seems too overwhelming, try 25% or even 10%. My next post will detail a recent episode of Justify with our absurd number of suitcases, duffel bags, totes, etc.
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