The KonMarie method

cydney65

Wow everyone has been busy.

I have finally sat down after going through all my photos and paperwork. Sorting out the photos was hard work and they will need going through again tomorrow but I'm getting there. The paperwork was unbelievable, seriously where does it all come from? I am now left with a very light expanding file of current paperwork and two piles of documents which need to be archived.

On top of this, every time I went upstairs I sorted out more stuff that needs to be moved by the end of the week so new carpets can be fitted.

I think a biscuit is in order!

CydneyX

whitesatin

I'm stopping for the day now, just tired out to be honest.

Huge bag of clothes for the charity shop - I did manage to make a start on clothes but so much more to do. I sorted all my pjs/nighties into one drawer and it freed up another where my t-shirts are now looking organized. My stuff doesn't look as neat and small as the YouTube clips but then again, I am not a size 10. Looking a lot better now. The weather forecast for tomorrow isn't great so I will probably get back to it then. Blouses are a concern, and skirts, not sure if I should be hanging or folding those.

My husband has put a bottle of white wine in the fridge for me so looking forward to sitting with a glass or three later.

A productive day for everyone by the looks of it.

System

Butterscotch- wrote: »

Hi everyone I'm a weekend tidier and have the whole day to myself so plan to get stuck in. Undies, paperwork, receipts, handbags are all possibles so will have to see what takes my fancy when I head upstairs. There is also the dreaded very large "gadget" cupboard in the kitchen but that might wait until another day.

I've asked somewhere before but don't think I got an answer. Does anyone know anywhere other than Ebay to sell clothes, shoes and handbags?

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend

You could try GumTree or Ebid, but personally I am finding it really hard to sell clothes, even at car boot, it always seems like everybody has clothes and nobody wants to pay for them! We sent most of ours to CS but I did sort out a bit more today and as there were some shoes and quite heavy, we took them to the Cash for Clothes and got £5.57! Not a lot, but better than nothing

System

Well another good day, although OH is reluctant to get rid of any more DVD's and CD's...says he loves all the ones he has left....must be at least 150! I am sure he is never going to watch all those, the only ones he has watched in the last 7 years are TopGun and Apollo 13...and that is because I asked to watch them. He really is a hoarder, like his dad...who really could do with some Kondo lessons!!:rotfl: I, on the other hand, probably don't have more than 50 DVD's and a lot of them are holiday stuff that OH has put onto DVD for us to watch, and I love watching them, so they definitely bring me joy and the others are my music ones or feel good films, so they need to stay.

Going to get some tea now and watch Ant & Dec and then tomorrow will make a start on OH's top drawer of his bedside cabinet, which is ....:eek:...full of pens, odd bits of paper, aftershave, deodorant, half eaten packets of mints & receipts! Should be interesting as I haven't told him yet that we are going to do it...:D

GreyQueen

Elasticmoney wrote: »

I have today emptied the entire contents of the loft into the spare bedroom. :eek:


Been sorting slowly through the mountain of stuff all afternoon and all I have kept so far is a plastic funnel!

:T Awesome! What's the wierdest thing you've found so far?

Convo with Mum this evening (she whose drawers of tops and nighties got Kondo'd last Saturday). She was trying to get me to remember a top which must have been one of the hundred-odd things I re-folded, but I couldn't bring it to mind. Upshot of her seeing it for the first time since gosh-knows-when is that she has worn it. And decided it's not 'her' so it'll come to me for first refusal and then onto the chazzer if it isn't 'me'. Since I can't remember it, don't know what it is, but she's very happy for it to go if I don't want it.

She then went on about how she has seen things in these drawers that she isn't sure she likes/ will fit, so she will try them and release them as necessary, and then onto a discussion about the excess and greed which we're all prone to. This was the equivalent of an alcoholic singing the virtues of sobriety. Good job I was lying on the sofa at the time or I might have fallen over in shock!

The magic which is the MK way seeps sideways from its practioners' lives in many unexpected ways. The chazzers of the nation will soon be deluged (under a tsunami, Japanese word, see wot I did there?) of Stuff.

Bring it on!

jinny

I found an old coop dairy glass milk bottle.
it was weird because a glass milk bottle was found on the archers. Some people use them as shabby chic vases

tessasmum

I'm loving this method, and Kondo'd my bathroom of all the old bottles of junk that no one likes today. The shelves are much emptier and it all looks fresher too. I did watch a Youtube video of a man folding a Sainsbugs bag the samosa fashion and I am afraid I decided I didn't have time to start that at the moment. My bedroom is much cleaner and tidier now and I am determined to keep it that way - just the rest of the house to attack now...

Rowan9

I did books as well today. I cleared some out a few weeks ago anyway but I still filled two big bags and half a smaller bag. These included some surprises that I wouldn't have expected even a week ago. Lots of hardbacks, old what were favourites at one time, cookery books and novels I studied (reasonably recently) and now realise that their presence does not make my heart sing with joy. So, they will be released and someone else will enjoy them. I will thank them when I do a final check to make sure my name isn't written inside them.
I feel lighter in spirit and am loving the spaces in the two bookcases. They look lovely now.
Ok am going to Kondo myself off to bed.
X

Kiwisaver_2

I have been out and about and a bit too busy to make any radical Kondo inroads, however I continue to chip away and attack little bit each day.

Today I did the laundry basket which was harboring a small family of komono and un-laundrylike objects, including spare buttons some notes to self, receipts from a holiday several years ago and a thick layer of dust :eek: The dust whilst not obvious to my naked-eye looked pretty horrific with my glasses on - now its all sparkly clean after having been emptied out and basket washed in the shower.

Craftyscholar

Does anyone have any advice on storing household and personal paperwork please?
Where, in what and for how long?