Analysis Manual of items that can't be thrown away (3)-- ornamental potted plants and waste to be recycled

Getting rid of unwanted items is a very important step in the finishing process.

Broken, out-of-date food, worn-out clothes and shoes, and unrepairable electrical appliances, which are of no use value, are easy to throw away. So what's not easy to lose?

Let's take a look at the top 10 items that can't be lost in Chinese homes (sorted by approximately occupied area):

1. Chicken rib furniture

2. Chicken rib household appliances

3. Ornamental potted plants

4. Waste to be recycled

5. Food

6. Children's toys (families with children)

7. Bedding

8. Books

9. Cleaning equipment

10. Pots and pans

The first article has written about chicken rib furniture, and the second has written about chicken rib household appliances.

Now write the third article: ornamental potted plants and waste to be recycled

Ornamental potted plant

Chinese family houses usually have one or two balconies, and the items that have been occupied for a long time are either wastes to be recycled, flowers and plants, or both.

With regard to ornamental potted plants, in fact, I think it is enough to take a look at the flowers planted on the balcony of the minimalist's home.

Flowers and plants do create a good atmosphere for the family, but it is not recommended to raise too much.

It takes a lot of time to take care of it.

I have seen families with a lot of flowers on the balcony, watering seven or eight pots, probably you have to carry a big kettle seven or eight times, plus pruning and leaf pruning, it is appropriate to spend an hour a day. As I said before, the beauty that adds housework to life is painted skin. According to the size of the home, just decorate a few pots appropriately, and the average daily maintenance time should be less than ten minutes.

Second, occupy a large area of space

Actually, there is no need to say more. The main body of the family is people, not plants. The balcony that could have put a tea table, a rocking chair or an exercise treadmill, must be contributed to the potted plant? The good method is not to spread all on the ground, use three-dimensional flower racks, use the upper space, high-density display. For example, the following picture.

Remember to measure the size before buying the flower rack, coupled with the height of the flowers, do not block the window.

Home area is small, try not to raise large-scale floor-to-ceiling potted plants, easily occupy one or two square meters of space that originally belongs to people.

Third, save the inanimate flowers and plants

Whose family hasn't died a few pots of plants.

If you're sure you can't save it, get rid of it, along with the flowerpot.

Trust me, it won't come back from the dead even if you wait a month. Bad potted plants directly affect the beauty of the whole flowers and plants, directly affect your mood every time you see it, and directly affect the air at home after it is rotten. And from the fengshui point of view, it is not appropriate to keep dead potted plants at home.

Waste to be recycled

The waste products mainly include: all kinds of packing cartons, express cartons, used paper books, empty plastic bottles and cans, and even tin screws.

Many families, especially the elderly, like to store waste products that can be sold for a little money in the recycling bin at home. Maybe wait a month or two or half a year later, save enough and sell at one time.

If you are hoarding waste beyond my expectations, put down your phone and take it out of the house. Needless to say: the area of the house occupied by the waste, the bad smell to the home, the unbearable impact on the environment, the large area of sunlight blocked, the bad luck brought to the home. The combined value of these negative effects must be far more than a hundred times its recycled price.

On the other hand, if you are not so short of money that you have to make a living by picking up garbage and selling waste, you might as well put the waste at home next to the trash can and let people who pick up waste for a living take it, which is also a kind of charity.

In fact, what I want to say is that you may have a family member who likes to hoard waste, especially the elderly, but do not know how to change him / her.

You can try this:

First, be reasonable and emotional

You insist that you must throw away the waste in time, and he insists that he must save it and sell it later, so the contradiction occurs. But do not widen and perpetuate the contradiction.

Reasonable: I admit that waste does have value, but it blocks most of the sun and feng shui in our house. And friends visit the house, the image is not good-looking ah. A lot of waste dust has a bad smell, and the air becomes bad, which is a hidden danger to children's health and is easy to cause skin diseases or tracheitis.

Emotional: I come home from a hard day's work. I don't want to live in a big house with good decoration, nor do I want to have a mouthful of hot food. I just hope that the space to return home is bright and spacious, and I don't have much time at home every day. I hope every place I can see will make me feel comfortable, so I will be in a good mood and everyone in the family will be in a good mood.

Appropriate inducement: haven't you always wanted a rocking chair / flower rack? Or isn't it a place where you haven't had dry goods all the time? You see, the space vacated after taking all the waste out of the house is just right for you to put it.

Second, ask for help from the property staff

For an obstinate old man, it may be useless what his family says. However, if you do not know the staff, such as property personnel, such as fire security personnel, put a notice on the door: from the outside to see your home accumulated too much waste, prone to fire, be sure to remove it as soon as possible. Maybe this note will be solved.

Third, understand and tolerate

He may have lived in different times or backgrounds, perhaps his childhood experience of turbulence and material scarcity, and his obsession with material things. He has self-control in adulthood and will maintain superficial calm. When he grows old, his self-control will decline, and he will show a fascination with material things. You don't know what happened to him at the age of 2 or 7, so don't comment on his behavior rashly.

If he doesn't hoard a lot and dispose of it frequently, set aside a space for him and let him go.

Fourth, pay attention to their mental health

Many old people began to hoard, marking the beginning of his mental disorder. The garbage collection behavior of some elderly people appears after the children and adults leave home or their wife dies, which can be understood as a response to emotional lack.

We need to understand the common sense of psychology, guide slowly, and care deeply for them to have sense of security to replace the sense of loneliness abandoned by the times and their children, and let them know that you will never give up, even if your children are not around.

If it is ineffective to persuade the family to hoard waste, they should first help them to disinfect and collect the waste. After that, it is best to encourage him to regularly participate in outdoor peer entertainment activities or develop his useful interests and hobbies, which can be relied on by the soul, so as to reduce the behavior of waste hoarding. The worst result may be a pathological change or decline of the brain, or a sign of Alzheimer's disease, or a mental disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder. You should go to a regular hospital as soon as possible to test your cognitive function, dialogue function, and action ability to further solve the problem.

5. Start with your own small things

If you don't live with the elderly, don't bring old things that you think are useless to the elderly to use unless you are sure they have a need.

If you visit the elderly, remove the outer packaging of the gift as much as possible, so as to reduce their chances of judging whether the waste is left or not, so as not to add to their troubles.

For the waste collected, you can pretend to say that you have a need, a charity need, or a friend who just wants to use it, take the opportunity to take it and dispose of it.