My Attempt at the Tracey Tucker Thing
Okay, so I kept hearing this name, Tracey Tucker, floating around. Not sure where, maybe some online group or something. It was tied to organizing, specifically tackling those messy spots everyone has. My kitchen junk drawer was a disaster zone, seriously. Couldn’t find anything. So, I figured, why not? Let’s give this Tracey Tucker approach a try. No idea if it’s a real ‘method’ or just a name someone slapped on common sense, but hey, needed to do something.
Getting Started
First thing, I yanked that drawer right out. Dumped the whole mess onto the kitchen counter. Wow. Just… wow. Didn’t realize I had accumulated so much random stuff. Old keys, dried up pens, rubber bands all tangled, buttons, bits of string, coins, just junk.
The Process… Sort Of
The idea I picked up, supposedly from this Tracey Tucker, was simple: group similar things together. Okay, fine. Seemed obvious. So I started making piles.
- Pens that might still work
- Keys (house, old car, mystery keys)
- Charger cables (most probably obsolete)
- Tools (tiny screwdriver, measuring tape)
- Random hardware (screws, nuts, picture hooks)
- Everything else pile (this one got big fast)
Then I was supposed to use small containers or dividers. I looked around. Didn’t have those neat little plastic drawer organizers you see in pictures. Found an old small cardboard box, a couple of empty jam jars (cleaned, of course), and a little tin that used to hold mints. Had to make do. Started putting the piles into these makeshift containers.
Halfway through, I found a couple of old photos tucked under some receipts. Got sidetracked looking at those for a bit. Classic me. Snapped back to it eventually. The ‘everything else’ pile was still staring at me. Threw out the obvious trash – dried pens, broken bits, old receipts I didn’t need. Still had a bunch of weird odds and ends left.
The Result?
Finally got everything back into the drawer, inside my ‘organizers’. It definitely looks better. I mean, it’s not a magazine cover, but it’s functional. I opened it this morning and actually found the spare house key straight away. That’s a win.
So, this Tracey Tucker thing… was it revolutionary? Nah, probably not. Felt like basic tidying up. But you know what? Giving it a name, thinking of it as ‘trying the Tracey Tucker method’, actually pushed me to finally tackle that drawer I’d been ignoring for months. Sometimes you just need that little nudge, even if it’s just a name you heard somewhere. Took me longer than I expected, maybe an hour all told with the photo distraction. But yeah, drawer’s better. Job done.
