Vent: That cheap storage cube set I bought totally backfired

A few years back, I thought getting a bunch of those fabric cubes would 'organize' my stuff and make my place feel cleaner. Honestly, it just gave me a place to hide more junk I didn't need. Now they're just sitting in my closet, full of old papers and cables I'm too lazy to sort. I learned the hard way that buying things to store things is not the same as having less. Sometimes the fix just makes more mess.

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olivia_palmer7519h ago

Ugh, that's the perfect trap. My question is, what were you even hoping to put in them when you bought the cubes? Like, did you have specific stuff that needed a home, or was it just the idea of having neat, hidden boxes that got you? I feel like that's the real moment where it goes wrong, when you're buying a solution for clutter that doesn't exist yet. It just creates a vacuum that demands to be filled with junk.

lauraw7719h ago

I used to buy those too, until I read this.

kim_murphy19h ago

That point about 'out of sight, out of mind' really hits home. I mean, I've done the same thing with those cubes, thinking they'd fix my clutter. But it just gave me more places to stash stuff I should've thrown out. Now I have a closet full of them, and every time I see it, I feel guilty. It's like buying storage becomes an excuse to keep things you don't need. So yeah, I totally get where you're coming from.

sean_bailey9320h ago

Totally get that. The worst part is how they trick you into thinking "out of sight, out of mind" is a real solution, when it's just a sneaky way to delay dealing with the actual clutter.