How a messy cabinet taught me 2 essential lessons

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Let’s get down to business. It’s time to address an important topic: I’m struggling……with a cabinet in my dining room.

I’ll paint the picture. We only have two pieces of furniture in that room: the dining room table/chairs, plus this large buffet cabinet.

The cabinet does a lot of jobs, and is a persistent agent of chaos. It is our device charging control center, supporter of school backpacks, foundation for the lamp, and home of library-books-and-papers-in-waiting. And that’s just what you see from the outside.

Since we often eat in the kitchen, the dining room frequently acts an art room. And so this cabinet houses a…