First things first, I stan Marie Kondo.
Most of the decluttering methods insist you to shift from room-to-room, which takes ages to satiate your mind.
The konmari method encourages you to tidy up "not by location or rooms" but by categories. Initiating with clothes, then books, papers, komono (miscellaneous items) and finally the sentimental items like photographs and personal letters.v
This method is a minimalistic approach by a Japanese organizing consultant, author, and a TV show host, Marie kondo (The name konmari has no particular meaning, but it is simply a combination of the author's Last and First name)
There are six basic rules to get started :
While many people associate her method with tidying, it really is about discarding items that don't spark joy or isn't needed in your journey.
Because you are choosing items that spark joy, and throwing away or donating items that don't, the main intention of KonMari is to give you a clutter-free home without the things that enacted as obstacles between you and your path to bliss.
It ends up with a space that is able to bring more joy and prosperity to your life leaving you stress-free and joyous.
To begin with this process, Kondo first suggests you to focus on your clothes by taking every single piece out on an empty space like a bed and piling them up.
After making a cloth mountain, she insists you to go item-by-item and feel if it sparks joy or if it's really useful or not by holding it closer to you.
After discarding your clothes, the next step is to fold. Rather than stacking your items one on top of the other no matter how neat, Kondo encourages you to set your folded clothes in an upright manner as the stacked pile will make it difficult for you to reach and even more difficult to see them.
It's actually the way you store clothes that makes a difference.
Below are the steps to fold based on konmari
After focusing on clothes, next step is to organize your books and papers.
For books, use the same way you opted for having a good clothing wardrobe - The discarding cum joy method. And make sure you don't get rid of books that are useful but not joyous. You need to keep both the aspects (Happiness and importance) in your mind while discarding.
And for papers, she suggests you to make three categories.
Papers that are currently in use (papers for current projects, bills that need to be paid, items that need to be signed and returned, etc.)
Papers that are needed for a limited time (warranties, policies, tax forms, etc.)
And papers that need to be kept indefinitely (social security cards, birth certificates, passports, marriage licenses, etc.)
Any paper that does not fit into one of those three categories can be discarded.
(Sentimental items are handled separately, so if you’re worried about cards or notes or journals that are near and dear to you– have no fear! We’re not dealing with mementos quite yet.)
While setting up the kitchen, the method of discarding and placing things in a way that the items are clearly visible and can be touched easily should be kept in mind.
If you have any leftover miscellaneous goods then organize them in boxes. This makes it easier for you to find those difficult things that you always subject as "lost" and it even enhances the beauty of the space.
And finally we concentrate on the sentimental items.
Even if doing these things were quite easy for you, this part is always difficult to manage and shift.
What do you do with those cards your best friend or your 7 year old made you?
The biggest fear we all have is that if we throw away these things then we'll somehow be getting rid of those precious memories. Keeping this in mind, Kondo says, "truly precious memories will never vanish even if you discard things associated with them."
• When it comes to those big boxes of Polaroids and photographs, it's always best to keep them in albums. (Discard the duplicates)
• Keep in mind that in the end, you'll have a home that is full of items that bring joy to you. So start discarding the gloomy things.
• Use boxes for your memories to rest.
Have gratitude for the things you're discarding. By giving gratitude, you're giving closure to the relationship with that object, and by doing so, it becomes a lot easier to let go.
It's a very strange phenomenon, but when we reduce what we own and essentially 'detox' our house, it has a detox effect on our bodies as well. - Marie Kondo
This was great. Only by reading it I feel this sudden wave of encouragement to tidy up my items hence my room. You are a grt writer!