Think of three ordinary things around the house: can opener, laundry soap, remote control, last year’s calender (useless stuff counts too). Now pick one and write about why you have it, what it does and how/ where you keep it. Make it sound interesting! Why did you buy that one? Does it work well? Have you found a creative and yet practical way to store it? Did you have to repair it? Does it smell nice? Exercise your storytelling spirit.
Here be dragons.