I'm currently a bachelor, living at my own taste and, oftentimes, a neighbour has stylishly tried to query me for not having many lines of plates. Each of those moments, I always tell him that I don't have the need for them currently because if I buy those many plates, I would end up piling them up since I won't be using them. Also, I would have the need to wash or clean them often to keep them in good state. He would laugh and say that even though I'm not using them now, it's good I buy them and keep because they'll become useful when I get married.
"Bro, I'll cross that bridge when I get there" This is always my final response whenever we are into the topic.
I'm practically a minimalist to the core in my kitchen. The items I have in my kitchen are regularly in use, and you can barely see stacks of plates, cups, or spoons that are kept in a corner unused for many years. In fact, if not for the way spoons 'magically' walk away and get lost from time to time — and also the need for visitors to use them when eating — I wouldn't have seen any need to have more than three or four spoons in my kitchen. Is it being stingy or being poor? No! It's making life very simple.
For now, the only item I have that I haven't used for a long time is my small-sized toaster. Giving it out has not crossed my mind because I just know that it's going to save me one day, as it always does. I usually use it to toast bread on days I don't feel like eating the usual pattern of bread, and I do that whenever there's electricity. Unfortunately, light doesn't come often. So that's that.
When it comes to cooking and feeding, I'm very careful on this aspect too. Currently, the economy is hard, and it sucks so well to cook and throw food away due to forgetfulness to warm it daily or not being available to warm it due to a tight work schedule. I cook the quantity I know I can eat to avoid throwing food away. It's my younger brother that tries to cook a community-sized pot of soup, and it's funny because after cooking and eating it for one day, he would travel and leave only me to finish it, which I'll get tired of along the way. Although he uses his money to buy items such as meat or fish, other items are used from the collections at home. I have begged him not to be cooking large volumes of food he knows we will struggle to eat to the end because we detest throwing food away.
I can't conclude this article without mentioning how happy and fulfilled I get whenever I find means to repurpose items.
This 'local' cupboard you're seeing above was once a normal four-legged, open table. I decided to cover it up to use the inside to store items, and this has helped me a lot to save space and not have everywhere openly occupied with different items.
Thanks for reading.
This is my entry to #KISS writing prompt
Photos used are mine
