The KonMarie method

CKgeordieinlondon

Justamum wrote: »

My DH has more clothes than I do too. Mine barely half fill a wardrobe, and his fill his up, plus he has others folded at the bottom of it!

Mine too. Mainly because he won't part with anything. He's got a pair of jeans from when he was 17 (he's now 56) and yes he can still get in to him but not without his eye watering.

To be fair I think men tend to have more clothes because people but them as gifts. Every christmas he gets given jumpers, one year he actually received seven!

pollys

Hi

On holiday for a week and I can't wait to do more kondoing. I'm going to start tomorrow on the boys clothes. I'm not sticking to the recommended order due to DH working shifts. I need to keep the noise down when he is on nights.

My clothes and shoes are done as are books. Kitchen is also finished. Looking forward to a productive week.

Polly

System

Made a start on paperwork this afternoon as it was something I could do whilst sat down, as still feeling a bit energy-less. Can't believe how much I have already shredded or thrown into recycling bin and still got more to do. I stuff from old jobs....appraisals and stupid certificates from in-house training etc....why was I keeping them?? I don't even work in the same field anymore and certainly won't need them if I ever went for another job. Also the amount of stupid appliance manuals we had kept was really silly. And why has hubby kept 3 or 4 years of MOT's and Insurance details for car??? DO we really need them?
Got a few more to go through and discard and then will decide where they are all to be stored.

GreyQueen

Late yesterday evening, I kondo'd 3 huge drawers of brother's clothes and today I did 4 average size drawers of Mum's clothes. With her consent. She let me have free rein, I didn't declutter anything but did mention one nightie was rather worn out and damaged. She knew which one I meant and it's now authorised for ragging.

She wandered in partway through the process (was cooking whilst I was folding) and said she didn't even remember some of this stuff. I strongly suspect that some of them won't make the cut once they are in plain view, but that is something she'll have to work out for herself.

At least she can see everything in those drawers and get it out without disarranging everything else, so unused things are more likely to get an airing, and other things which should really be retired or rehomed can be identified.

I'm pretty pooped but feel pleased with how things have gone.

MyHappinessProject

ploppy57 wrote: »

And why has hubby kept 3 or 4 years of MOT's and Insurance details for car??? DO we really need them?

I have kept some paperwork for my car insurance in case I change insurance companies and need evidence that I have x number of years of no claims in order to get no claims bonus .

snoozer

Just a word of warning about paperwork. I had a call today from the solicitors handling the sale of mum's house - there was no record in the deeds of the purchase of a strip of land they added to the property in the early 80's. I went to the box of documents I have and found a letter from dad's solicitors saying they had placed the documents with the deeds. One phone call later they were found (not with the deeds as it turned out). Yes' they probably would have been tracked down eventually but it was so much easier having the proof in black and white.

jinny

Ploppy
I needed a few days rest after clearing my paperwork.
It was a mammoth task to say the least and one I was dreading.
im retired and I kept appraisals from years ago from the same job. Manuals and guarantees for things we no longer own.
you name it.

I t has been the area im most proud of.
I love my files now.
sad I know but I look forward to post now so I
can file.

I agree keeping like with like I have a box file with all morgage stuff together from buying and selling. The morgage agreement, building insurance, deed ect.

tooties

Good evening Konverts,

I am proud of myself, i managed to discard grannys box all by myself, (i knew DH would probably encourage me to keep it). i did have a quiet moment with it before it went but i knew in myself it was time for it to go.

I just kondoed odds and ends today probably as i'm feeling a bit drained from yesterday. Or maybe i'm relieved.

This truly is a wonderful process though.

keep on kondoing

regards

jinny

Well done tooties
we are all proud of you too
It couldnt have been easy

jinny

Attempting the cubby of many things today
Wish me luck
I have downloaded an audiobook
The girl on a train
So that will get me through it

It's a huge walk in affair
I'm sure if it was empty it could be used
More efficiently like a huge stock cubhoard for instance
I know we aren't supposed to stockpile
But I live quite a distance from a decent supermarket