Clearing Spaces Inside and Out 清理內外的空間

I dreamed I was in the kitchen with my former colleague, Sharon. Previously, she had planted leftover pieces of daikon radish on the kitchen countertop. Surprisingly, they grew into a healthy bunch of radishes. Sharon said she wanted to throw them away, but when I looked at them, I noticed that despite not receiving much care, they had grown remarkably well. I told her not to throw them out because I wanted to use them to make soup.

However, I had just bought a daikon radish myself. I suggested to Sharon that since her radishes were still growing, we should leave them for now. I would cook the radish I had first and then harvest hers after finishing mine.

Sharon agreed. She mentioned that there was a quarter of a bottle gourd in the fridge, and she wanted to stir-fry it with shredded meat using sesame oil. I said adding sesame oil to cooking was a great idea. I vaguely recall we talked about other things, but the only thing that stuck was her plan to stir-fry the bottle gourd with meat.

Then, I wanted to find a large bowl to steam the radish. When I opened the cabinet, it was filled with plastic containers, old hair rollers, boxes, utensils, and plates—all crammed in haphazardly. It felt like many of my recent dreams were about moving, packing, and organizing things.

There was an old man standing beside me, constantly talking. I ignored him and kept searching for a bowl. But every time I opened a cabinet door, I found it stuffed with items. It seemed like someone had attempted to organize it in the past, but there were just too many things, and over time, it became a mess. As I opened the cabinet door, things started falling out. I thought to myself, "There’s so much stuff here, so chaotic—it all needs to be sorted out."

The old man asked what I was looking for, but somehow, I ended up saying I was searching for a comb to tidy my hair. I noticed a plastic box filled with hair accessories my daughter used when she was younger but no longer needed.

The old man then said, “Here’s a comb,” and handed me a hair roller. I told him I needed a comb, but he insisted that a hair roller could also be used to comb hair. I ignored him because I was determined to find a proper comb.

Looking at the cabinet full of items, I realized some things needed to be thrown away, while others had to be sorted. The space felt overwhelmingly cluttered and poorly utilized.

夢見我跟前同事 Sharon 在廚房裡。她之前把一堆切剩下的白蘿蔔，種在廚房，放在置物台面上，結果長了好多白蘿蔔。Sharon 說想要把它們丟掉，我看了一下，發現這些白蘿蔔沒什麼照顧，竟然長得蠻好的。我說不要丟，我要拿來做湯。

可是我其實也才剛買了一根白蘿蔔。我跟 Sharon 說因為她的白蘿蔔還在生長，先不要弄下來。我先煮掉我這根白蘿蔔，吃完後再來採收她種的那些白蘿蔔。

Sharon 說好。她說冰箱裡剛好還有四分之一個蒲瓜，想先用麻油來炒蒲瓜肉絲。我說做菜加一點麻油很好。我記得我們還有談其他的事情，可是我現在只記得她要去炒她的蒲瓜肉絲。

然後我想要找一個大碗來蒸蘿蔔。打開櫥櫃，裡面堆滿了塑膠容器，還有很久以前的買了一些髮捲、盒子、餐具、盤子，堆的滿滿的。感覺我最近做的幾個夢，都是搬家、打包、收東西。

我旁邊有個老男人，同時一直在我旁邊講話。我沒理他，繼續打開櫃子找碗。可是一打開櫃門，發現裡面都堆滿東西。好像過去曾經試著收好，可是大概東西太多，所以後來的人就亂塞。當我打開櫃門的時候，東西都掉出來了。我心裡想「這些東西好多、好雜，要清理。」

那個老男人問我要找什麼，可是我怎麼突然就變成說我想找梳子來整理頭髮。我看到一個塑膠盒，裡面都是一些女兒以前弄頭髮的東西，她現在沒在用了。

然後那個老男人就說「這裡有個梳子」，他給了我一個髮捲。我說我是要梳子，他說髮捲也可以拿來梳頭。我沒理他，反正我是要找梳子來梳頭髮。

看到櫃子裡面有很多東西，有些東西該丟了，有些東西要整理，反正就是很雜亂，而且空間也沒有好好利用。