The KonMarie method

WeeMidgie

I dreamed last night that my window cleaner was up his ladder, cleaning my windows and admiring my nice tidy bedroom!! :rotfl:And that I was explaining KM principles to him through the window.... and he thought it was a brilliant idea! :rotfl:

You know you've really taken something on board when it's embedded in your dreams!

GreyQueen

Elasticmoney wrote: »

Revisited the bookcase and have decided it is time to finally part with the accumulation of travel guides built up over the last 30 years.Have always clung on to them as they served as a reminder of so many happy holidays but I have now realised they are of no use,completely outdated and are just gathering dust.Having a final thumb through them and then one by one they are into the CS bag/recycling.Feels good!!!

I did that recently with some out-of-date and very battered Ruff Guides and a streetmap from the early 1980s to a city at the opposite end of the UK where I lived at the time. They weren't fit for donation but had made the cut through several bouts of decluttering on the grounds that I might need them someday.

Decided the odds on that were pretty long and, even if I did revist those places and feel the need of a guide/ streetmap, then I could use an up-to-date one; they went into the recycling.

Oftentimes, a chunk of book-clutter in the home is stuff of that nature, and things like manuals to very obsolete appliances etc, which is so much dead weight, and no use to man nor beast. The best thing is to get rid of it via recycling and then it can go and be reborn as something useful.

Craftyscholar

Elasticmoney wrote: »

Revisited the bookcase and have decided it is time to finally part with the accumulation of travel guides built up over the last 30 years.Have always clung on to them as they served as a reminder of so many happy holidays but I have now realised they are of no use,completely outdated and are just gathering dust.Having a final thumb through them and then one by one they are into the CS bag/recycling.Feels good!!!

I suspect that I have a lot of stuff kept for the same reason, souvenir of a holiday or special event = proof I was there = living in the past.

Need to give myself a good shake.

mirry

Morning all, another one who has a cold which stopped me kondoing yesterday.

The Sticky hooks I placed inside my kitchen cupboard to hold the pan lids up fell down with an almighty bang. I was devastated to find my tidy cupboard all in a mess, so today's plan is Superglue to hold those cheap plastic hooks in place .

To the lady who is also reading the chimp paradox, I think we should have a separate post for it, wouldn't that be great. I'm slowly kondoing my mind & I'm hoping it will help me stop fainting because I have autonomic dysfunction and stress makes me faint:eek:.

So a tidy home and a tidy mind is just what the doctor ordered.

Does anyone have any idea how to store spare bedding to stop them getting musty? They are just sitting on the shelf inside a cupboard so I'm thinking of large plastic bags maybe?

iQueen

All this talk of old maps, has made me think.

We have memories, and I learned, (when I should have been revising for my GCEs!) that we remember everything that is important. Never revised since!

But, what the maps chat did, was to remind me that we keep things that the show other people, who we once were. We know who we were, and where we've been, and what we have achieved (or not!) These things hold us back: they prevent us from marching forward, to what we still may become.

I know, I know... a bit woo, but true.

somerandom

WeeMidgie wrote: »

I dreamed last night that my window cleaner was up his ladder, cleaning my windows and admiring my nice tidy bedroom!! :rotfl:And that I was explaining KM principles to him through the window.... and he thought it was a brilliant idea! :rotfl:

You know you've really taken something on board when it's embedded in your dreams!

That's so funny :rotfl:

marrbett

Morning.
We've all been poorly, so no real progress to report, but I did go through the cupboard in the kitchen that gets dumped with all the paperwork and odds and ends. Alot more recycled and thrown.

I think i need to set myself small goals rather than big blitzy ones, although the results aren't so spectacular, its more achievable for me.

Have a good Wednesday.xx

jinny

Konmari folding for the family's laundry: http://youtu.be/eHdi2y1XATQ

Another MK folding tut its a young mother folding the families laundry.

Islandmaid

Hi all,

I,ve started to put things into our new kitchen cupboards, having invested in some 'lock and lock' boxes for baking stuff, i,ve got rid of loads of packets, which I,m hoping will keep things cleaner. Waiting till payday to buy a couple of bigger boxes to put tin liners and cake 'toppings' in.

Was very tempted in TKMux yesterday by a twin pack of plastic 'lazy susans' for the fridge, we seem to have tonnes of condiments - and some get lost at the back - anyone else use these?

Igamogam

mirry wrote: »

Does anyone have any idea how to store spare bedding to stop them getting musty? They are just sitting on the shelf inside a cupboard so I'm thinking of large plastic bags maybe?

Sticking my head above the parapet......if bedding is being stored so long it becomes musty could it be that there is too much bedding that is not being used?? When I sorted our bedding I worked on the principle - one set on, one in wash, one spare for each bed..........works for us!

iQueen wrote: »

All this talk of old maps, has made me think.

We have memories, and I learned, (when I should have been revising for my GCEs!) that we remember everything that is important. Never revised since!

But, what the maps chat did, was to remind me that we keep things that the show other people, who we once were. We know who we were, and where we've been, and what we have achieved (or not!) These things hold us back: they prevent us from marching forward, to what we still may become.

I know, I know... a bit woo, but true.

Loving the woo but true philosophy iQ.Going to use a bit of that myself:D

Kondoing a bit slow here. Energy and concentration levels sluggish. Have appt for my 'magic jab' this afternoon and as the effects are very rapid,like putting new batteries:rotfl: in I expect to be back on track tomorrow. Still plan something today as I want to take a couple of bags to CS as I am making trip to GP - I live out in the sticks so two birds ( well 3 or 4 actually! ) one stone....