The KonMarie method

tibawo

Well, I have KD my wage today... Does that count? I do get a relaxed feeling knowing things are paid up to date as being on a zero hours contract, it means another month sorted.

Will stock up the storage cupboard today, this is one place where I like to have stockpile just in case. It is a useful thing as I know some weeks I will have to dip into it.

I am looking forward to a weekend of KD as dd bed is finally here ready to put up. We have a food mystery shop to do on Sunday which should tie in very nicely. I can't believe how excited I am about this!!

mrs-moneypenny

iQueen wrote: »

If I die suddenly, (like tomorrow ), it will take about 30 weeks for my 5 children to clear my house, working together and full-time!:rotfl:

I would have added more:rotfl:to this quote and said it would take my five children that long to clear the attic, but then a thought hit me:eek: if I go before my darling wonderful DH he would want to save every single thing of mine and the hous would become a shrine to my clutter and unjoyful objects. Then when finally we both went the kids would be ground down under a mountain of sadness and it would take forever to clear the house.
I do know this for a fact because my lovely fil passed away 5 years ago and when ever mil asks Dh "what she should do with his dad's (instert any random item here)" his stock answer is box it and I'll pop it in the attic for you:eek: his mum is in her late 80s and has cancer so I'm looking after her, and helping to keep their house clean I don't want to be the one to have to clear their house and I DONT want it all in my attic.
I'm going round this weekend to do some gardening and I'm going to persuade mil to ring the council and see if they will collect all of dads old paints. He retired as a painter and decorator over 25 years ago and the garage is still full of dried up old tins of paint for goodness sake.

I need to get my unjoyfullness sorted NOW, I owe that much to my children!!!!!

gallygirl

in_need_of_direction wrote: »

On Wednesday a bag of bits and pieces along with a bag of non samasoable carrier bags made it to the charity shop. Apparently they are really in need of bags. Wish that was also true of coat hangers.

Do you have a local selling page on Facebook? I put two bags of coathangers free on there and they were collected within 10 minutes! Might be easier than remembering to put them in the boot to take to Tescos and then spending the next six weeks trying to remember to take them out.......... or is that just me .

I Kondo'd a bottle of wine last night - does that count .

iQueen

mavvymoo wrote: »

This made me :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Well I cant die tommorow as Im moving to my caravan :rotfl::rotfl:

Hope you head is better in the morning iQueen

Mav x

Clear as a bell, thanks, Mav! :T

This is an ongoing, pointless wrangle, where I have to carefully react. I usually clobber my head on the first day, by reading through the various Acts (again!), then the next day, clear head, compose a cool letter!

Later today, I may get back to kondoing and I have a peaceful weekend to continue.

Got a load of recycling out for the binmen and a bag of household waste, this morning which I couldn't be bothered to put last night. So, I'm still winning!:j

GreyQueen wrote: »

I see shops with cardboard boxes of coathangers outside on the street with FREE notices on them. Have never once seen anyone help themselves to a coathanger or five, tho!

Have decided that the DVD series lent to me by the Kid Bruv isn't worth the hours of my time to watch, aftering having been disappointed by the first one-and-a-bit episodes, so that can go back to him. As I get older (50 now) I find I have less tolerance for wasting my time on unsatisfying activities. Anyone else notice this?

Homestead is continuing to look pretty tidy which is attributable to having removed quite a bit of Stuff from it. Who knew?

Perhaps out motto should be Don't tidy up, tidy out?

Definitely, agree! I kondoed my TV licence last year, and haven't missed it at all. I rarely hear what's on, so don't even use catch up. Not much can be done while watching The Box - I've never learned to knit/crochet without constantly 'reading' my work!

PollyWollyDoodle wrote: »

That made me laugh! Dustykitten, I think by asking 'what should I do with them' you're avoiding the question 'do they spark joy?' If they do, then keep them! Put them on display, get them set into a necklace or just take them out and admire them every so often.

If they don't spark joy, then MarieKondo would ask 'are you hanging on to the past or afraid of the future'? In that case, return them to the original owner (and I can tell you my reaction would be exactly as IvyLeaf suggests!:rotfl:), bury them at midnight in the garden or offer them to a dental museum. They're not doing much in your jewellery box.

I think Mums keep them in their jewellery boxes, because they will see them, from time to time, and those tiny teeth are a valuable reminder that those middle-aged people were once cute tots! Along with their top-knots, they are the only physical part of our babies that we can hold onto forever.

They bring a smile to my face, every time I see them, but putting them on display would give them an unnatural importance. :eek:

iQueen

gallygirl wrote: »

I Kondo'd a bottle of wine last night - does that count .

Erm, only if you don't replace it with 2 more! :rotfl:

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

I would have added more:rotfl:to this quote and said it would take my five children that long to clear the attic, but then a thought hit me:eek: if I go before my darling wonderful DH he would want to save every single thing of mine and the hous would become a shrine to my clutter and unjoyful objects.

Couldn't help thinking that, if your widowed DH got trapped by a cute, young dolly-bird, the house would be cleared before the children had to deal with it!

In RL, I have a friend whose mother had to go into residential care with dementia and he had to clear her council house in short time. She was a hoarder; he worked shifts, on the other side of the country. He skipped everything, unsorted! :eek:

At least our kondoing means that there will be less stuff skipped and there will be mostly joyful things for relatives to choose to keep as mementoes. Hopefully, those things that brought us joy, will carry our spirit of joy to their lives, too.

cpt574

Am too young(hopefully) to be thinking about my children clearing my house, but remember a story of a lady who had died at quite an old age, and when they cleared her home everything fitted in the boot of a car. For her funeral the church was absolutely packed. That I think is what I would love, to touch people and make a positive impact on them rather than being surrounded by stuff which takes all your time and energy to maintain. To leave the world so lightly would be a great blessing. I think we all hate the idea of leaving a huge mess for our loved ones to deal with. I am trying to decide what to work on today, have written my komono list so will pick a category soon. Really need to do some paid work too, and am determined to see a bit of sun today before it disappears again:)

mrs-moneypenny

iQueen wrote: »

Erm, only if you don't replace it with 2 more! :rotfl:



Couldn't help thinking that, if your widowed DH got trapped by a cute, young dolly-bird, the house would be cleared before the children had to deal with it!

In RL, I have a friend whose mother had to go into residential care with dementia and he had to clear her council house in short time. She was a hoarder; he worked shifts, on the other side of the country. He skipped everything, unsorted! :eek:

At least our kondoing means that there will be less stuff skipped and there will be mostly joyful things for relatives to choose to keep as mementoes. Hopefully, those things that brought us joy, will carry our spirit of joy to their lives, too.

A conversation I've already had, I've told him if anything happened to me I would want him to find someone else with my total blessing but I've been told not to be so stupid if I went first he would not cope alone but wouldn't want anyone else. So I'm not allowed to even think about going anywhere on my own.
I'm not being morbid when I mention kids house clearing, I just think if we deal with our own carp others don't have to. All I want to leave is happy memories and small mementoes. Dd3 is sorted as soon as we got a tortoise she looked up how long they lived and requested him when I pop off:rotfl:
I'm not planning on going anywhere yet, I've still got too much wool and cross stitch left to use up;)

Jellybaby

Morning everyone

I've been lurking, following this thread with great interest since it started. I ordered the book last weekend, it arrived Tuesday, I've read it and now have taken this afternoon off work to 'start':rotfl:

In fairness I have been slowly decluttering over the last few years but without much enthusiasm. Being widowed and DS1 away at uni understandably played a major part in my lack of motivation. I'm hoarding so much stuff for sentimental reasons too.

BUT I'm slowly tackling my weight and fitness levels, both boys are happy and content, I've completely gutted and renewed the kitchen and bathroom so time just feels right to tackle the boxes of books, CDs, DVDs, toys (toys?? DS1 is 23 and DS2 is 20!!), bags and bags of clothes 'I'll one day get back into' and the cupboards of doom - I have three!!

I don't think I'll follow the order of the categories Marie suggests. Much clutter was cleared when the bathroom and kitchen were done but it does make the rest of the house look worse! This afternoon's plan is to tackle towels, bed linen, two chest of drawers and one wardrobe with dump or charity shop runs at the end!

Cannot wait to start:D x

cpt574

Welcome jelly baby good luck today. I would suggest following the categories, her methods do work:) maybe do the areas which are bothering you and then go back and do the categories in order.
I decided this morning to tackle the outside a little as the sun was shining and I keep missing it this week! I have had a manic hour and got rid of another car full, although because most of it has come out of the shed of doom, it doesn't look as though I have done much:(
Did do around the front door so that looks better, but outside is overwhelming, we have a huge garden that extends into woodland, it looks like a rainforest at the moment and there is too much of it for me to cope with it. Think just working on the bits around the door and the drive will help, once everything has gotten wet though it is horrible to move, probably why I am happier dealing with the inside.
On the plus side I took all the stuff straight away to the charity shop and the tip, that was a major victory:T

mrs-moneypenny

Welcome jellybaby.
Just been round mils, she asked for help with her wardrobe, so I was in charge of taking out holding up and mostly putting back
She's got rid of some but kept saying oh no I haven't got another pleated skirt in that colour so I'll keep that one.
I've left her with a wardrobe with 28 skirts, 20 are pleated in almost every shade of colour they gave been made in! 48 long sleeved blouses were also kept to keep full range of the colour spectrum. There was a box at the back with brand new still bagged jumpers all identical in every colour damart had produced. She's saving them for best!! She's 87 and got cancer I felt like screaming when is best!!!!!! I've managed to get them out of the box and onto a shelf in the wardrobe but she wasn't going to let me take them out of the bags I case it spoilt them.
Hopefully now she will realise she has other clothes as anyone would think she only has two outfits, she's wears a dress dirtys that it goes in the wash and she wears a pair of trousers till the dress is clean then starts again.