There’s a reason you keep avoiding that cabinet

What your body already knows about that space

If you’ve ever stood in front of a cabinet and thought, ugh, there’s a reason.

And no — it’s not because you “should’ve dealt with this already.”

It’s because your body already knows what’s coming.

Something will shift.
Something might fall.
You’ll have to move three things to reach the one thing you actually want.

So you brace a little.
Open the door carefully.
Close it faster than you meant to.

You’ve been working around this cabinet for a while now.

That’s not a character flaw.
That’s a space asking for more than it should.

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When the cabinet crossed the line

Cabinets don’t stop working all at once.

The door still closes.
Everything technically fits.
Nothing looks that bad.

But somewhere along the way, the cabinet crossed a line.
It moved from easy to use to manageable if you’re careful.

And your body learned to compensate.

You reach in at an angle.
You hold things steady while grabbing what you need.
You avoid looking too closely — because looking feels like a to-do list.

That’s not disorganization.
That’s a space holding more than it can comfortably handle.

You can stop here if you want.

Just noticing this — without fixing anything — already changes something.

You’re no longer bracing because you’re “bad at this.”
You’re bracing because the cabinet has been asking for more than it should.

That’s information.
And information is enough for now.

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One small way to help the space again

You don’t need to organize the whole cabinet.
You don’t need matching containers or a free afternoon.