Peel Your Damn Condiments
Not to make everyone “change their whole life in one weird trick,” but I do think that cleaning the rough, crunchy, wet eyelids and sides of your various condiments is a tiny trick that can improve your mood and overall well-being.
Like a dirty baseboard or an unmade bed, a collection of ugly squeeze bottles darkens the space it takes up. Your brain may not be as keen on it as a rotten vegetable or a broken egg, but these grim, sticky little containers quietly kill the atmosphere in your refrigerator and kitchen.
Fortunately, now you have time to clean them up, and now is the time to clean them up. Get rid of the stuck ketchup crusts and wipe the drips off the jam – heck, you can even wash whole bottles under hot running water (just make sure they stay closed while you do this; watery ketchup is incredibly disgusting). When your seasonings are hot and pungent, dry thoroughly and return to the small shelves. Unless, of course, these are salad dressings with an expired shelf life. I implore you to free yourself from the yoke of expired salad dressings. (You will never use them!)