The KonMarie method

grunnie

emg wrote: »

This is what makes the MK way different to other decluttering advice for me. I have always struggled with techniques that say 'if you havent touched it in a year, ditch it' With MK it doesn't matter if you never ever use it and it takes up lots of room, if you love it and it brings you joy you can keep it, guilt-free. Getting rid of all the stuff that doesnt bring you joy will give you space. No one should be throwing away things they really want to keep.

That's why it has worked for me as well

weesmiler

I've still not read the book, but last night I kondoed all my socks, tights, pyjamas and gym clothes into three drawers. I had no idea how many pairs of grey socks I had, they didn't all bring me joy, so several are in the cash for clothes bag I've kept the colourful ones which make me happy and some plain ones for work which are necessary.

Need to sort out the hanging up clothes now....:eek:

Lavender_Cosmos

CKgeordieinlondon wrote: »

I didn't even know about Amazon trade in. I shall definitely have a look at that.

As luck would have it they've just started a books for donations table at work so I'll shall be adding to that . Theres also a charity bin at the end of the road.

I must live on the one of the few High Street that doesn't have a single charity shop.

Also try webuybooks.com. They took many of our books that Amazon did not want. We have recently made £40 from them and £80 on Amazon:D

CEW

Lavender_Cosmos wrote: »

Also try webuybooks.com. They took many of our books that Amazon did not want. We have recently made £40 from them and £80 on Amazon:D

If you use Webuybooks make sure you google voucher codes for them. They nearly always have a 10% voucher code on offer which increases the value of your sale. I've used them a few times in the past and they are usually very quick to pay out.

Chez x

GreyQueen

I think the joyfulness test part of KM is a real eye-opener. There's no right or wrong answer to what brings anyone joy; the woman herself owns up to an irrational fondness for a souvenir tee-shirt she wears around her house, for example.

Things which bring me joy are; my archery equipment, my hand-hooked floor rugs, the snuggly fun-fur blanket on my bed, a wooden bowl, the pickle pot and breadboard and 'pearls' which were my late Grandma's, the fruit & flower print plastic tablecloth I bought last month, the secondhand N*xt curtains I got at a bootsale last summer.

They're not 'valuable' in the sense that someone could nick 'em and fence 'em but they're valuable to me. Equally, I haven't touched my kitchen fire extinguisher for over a year so I probably should get rid of that by the standards of some rejectniks. Oh, and toss out the smoke detector, the first aid kit and the injectable emergency medication, too.:rotfl:

What I'm taking away from KM is that you don't need to have a death-grip on your Stuff. If you grip Stuff like drowning men are said to clutch their rescuers, you can both end up going under.

Stuff is part of life. Some of it is useful, some is beautiful, some is entertaining and a lot of it is just passing through. Tonight, I have passed the novel I was reading into the donation bag. It amused me slightly that it had the words 'a novel' across the front cover. Dunno what I might have taken it for otherwise; a flounder? a vase of flowers? a ham sandwich?:p

allybee101

It's so nice to be back home (even if it is mid-Kondo krazy in here!).
Islandmaid, I know it's several pages back now but your kitchen looks amazing! Very impressive!

In the past 1 & 1/2 hours I've been home I've put away unworn clothes, put a wash on and done some tidying- not my normal post-trip behaviour. Normally I dump everything near the front door and it sits for a week before anything gets put away

I am eyeballing a stack of casual trousers that need folding and I think I may need to go through them again. I suspect there are some non-joy inducing trousers in there that need another look at.

Live_laugh_love

Hi all, been reading the thread and although I haven't yet got the book I have been steadily working through stuff and gradually over the last couple of years reigned on my natural messiness to a more organised streamlined state!!! I first kondoed my drawers a couple o years ago after seeing a u tube vid. And I have to say it's something that I have only done once, never had to retidy it again which says something really!

Had a mammoth paperwork session today( urgh!!) I did have a good filing system, only problem was once it was filed it never saw the light of day again( clothing receipts from 2008!) Still all gone now.

I must tell my dad that he was ahead of his time. It's a standing joke in our family that he is a reluctant discarder of clothing, he always insists on saying goodbye to things!!! Who knew!!!

tooties

Good Evening Fellow Konverts,

Today I revisited the clothes category and included DH's with his approval.

have now condensed everything into our cod's and are down to 5 items hanging on our clothes rail. Its brilliant!!!!

DH was using a cardboard wardrobe that is used for moving house, that has now gone to the recycling and we have even more space.

Keep Kondoing

Regards

somerandom

Wow tooties that must make so much difference - well done.

springdreams

weesmiler wrote: »

I've still not read the book, but last night I kondoed all my socks, tights, pyjamas and gym clothes into three drawers. I had no idea how many pairs of grey socks I had, they didn't all bring me joy, so several are in the cash for clothes bag I've kept the colourful ones which make me happy and some plain ones for work which are necessary.

Need to sort out the hanging up clothes now....:eek:

I don't know if this is nationwide, but my cash for clothes place does not take socks or underwear. So you may want to put your unwanted socks in a separate carrier bag just in case your one doesn't either.