Happy 2024 Empty The Handbags

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I see! The champagne is on ice for midnight, when 2023 passes the baton to 2024. “It’s all yours brother. Good luck!”

Pubs and private halls are all decked out with balloons and ribbons, ready to party, but did all those people empty their handbags and backpacks? Probably not. Why should they? To sort out all the junk we carried around in 2023, especially if you are a one-handbag woman. You’ll be surprised what you find in there: salt and pepper sachets from take-out food, broken nail clippers, holiday brochures from two years ago, keys from your previous apartment, print-outs from your previous bank, old cellphone covers, unfinished bag of nuts, the list is endless.

What is spring cleaning? I has nothing to do with the spring season, just a proverb that means sorting out things, not only cleaning the garage, but your handbag as well.  We never spring clean handbags because of intimacy. They are very close to us. They are like a companion. They sit on our lap in the car and the bus. We tuck them under the arm, or embrace them  with both arms, if we live in countries with purse-grabbers as fast as and lighting. That is why we forget that handbags are objects that hold things. Therefore, we should check them at least once a month, to see what’s in there.

What is fun with handbags is rummaging. We can’t find what we want. It's in there, but it’s like the sale bin in women’s stores. You must shake every item to check defects. Cleaning handbags in preparation for 2024, the new year, will also be like a replay of the outgoing year: what worked, what didn't. We won't put the same mistakes in the 2024 handbag.

Happy New Year!

Nonqaba waka Msimang

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