The KonMarie method

Jellybaby

Morning everyone, been a bit AWOL the last week or so but was getting myself sooooo stressed! DS1 home from uni with five years worth of 'stuff' and not being the tidiest person you can imagine my blood pressure levels have been rising every day:eek:

So, I have decided to leave any further Kondo'ing until he moves into his new flat which is likely to be third week in July. I've told him when he goes, all his 'stuff' in his bedroom, the hall, the kitchen, the lounge and the garage goes with him:eek::eek: he didn't seem too impressed but I feel a lot calmer;)

My bedroom now has bare walls, new furniture has arrived and squeezed into the garage, carpet has been lifted and dumped and electrician and plasterer are booked for end of June.

Got rather a lot of pages to catch up on so away to grab a cuppa and a sneaky read before my first meeting.

Have a good day all x

iQueen

VJsmum, I had missed your post, so was glad to catch it today.

I think that recognising that we have very little control in Life and it is a random adventure, is one of the keys to happiness and tranquility. Life is a hoot! If something needs to, and can, be done - DO it; if we can't do anything about it - ignore it!

I got less kondoing done yesterday, than planned, because a friend and I spent 3 hours :eek: on the phone discussing just that! Totally, joyful, because she has come through a much, much worse life than most of us, and finally reached happiness, despite the recent advent of physical handicaps.

I burst out laughing about the Thatcher comment - love it. That one will definitely get stitched and framed, along with MMF007's 'no palavers'! :rotfl:

mrs-money penny, your anti-stash vibes must have reached me! I decided posh yarn for Grandbump 2 will just make extra hand-washing for my daughter, so I decided to to buy some, for a scarf for me... then I couldn't be bothered to sort out a pattern. So, no money spent and project mentally shelved, until I get time, or forget! :T

tibawo, I hope you get your eBay wrangles sorted out. In line with my determination to maintain tranquility, I have decided to not to discard via eBay. The money was spent/wasted a good while ago, and yes, I manage on a pittance, but I value my happiness and calm more than the price I could pay by trying to recoup any money.

maria3104, you're doing so well! Keep it up.

Had to laugh at you 'finding your stash'! If you had to 'find' it, it surely isn't a stash! Mine is a highly visible, mountainous eyesore! :rotfl:

mav, thanks for the joyful reminders in your day!

I am joyful that the balckbirds, nesting in a hedge next to my window, so far seem to have escaped the predatory rooks nesting in my chimneys , (unlike the past 2 years ).

Good for you, mrs-moneypenny! They need to learn!

This morning I have to deal with some paperwork (non-kondo) and get it posted. After that, I shall be catching up with the interrupted kondo of yesterday.

I have made firm decisions about the clothes that I heartily dislike - they will definitely be going in the CS sack, when they are washed and dried! Then, I shall line up what I've got, to replace my 'in-home uniform', to save daily faffing.

My books on the stairs will be the next job to finish. Already, they are running at two-thirds to go! Yay!

Have a happy day, Konverts. :j

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Hello everyone,
I have been reading through this thread for a while now and have been working my way through the house many times now!
Just had another read through the last couple of pages and I am inspired once agin to take my 3 polybags upstairs and start filling again - one bag with items for rubbish, one bag with items for selling and one bag with items for the charity shop!
I find some times I have been able to let something go more easily than the previous time, and wonder if it's how I'm feeling on that particular day, or if I am just feeling extra ruthless! Well here goes, lets see what items stand out to me today!

liloandstitch

jinny wrote: »

BE KIND OR LEAVE I love it! And not just in my house...my life while your at it!!!! Lol You teach people how to treat you for sure.


I don't get anything for looking after the person who is ill.
Alas my very small pensions stop me
I don't mind at all it's done out of love for them.
A bit help would be nice tho.

Sorry to butt in on the thread, I follow but don't post. Please check this as carers allowance ignores pension income. It is only earnt income that counts. You should be eligible for IRO £61 per week, although it is taxable.

I really hope this helps :-)). Back to lurkdom ....

Igamogam

drusilla wrote: »

Odd socks are the bane of my life too. Well they were pre-kondo.

Same here:) I had a bag of odd socks but had a kondo attack on them ,paired them up and got rid of ones no longer wanted - CS /textiles recycle etc. Ones with no partners went to work for the mad frogs to make puppets with

(except for the decorative pile of engineered flooring of course).

Had a very similar pile in my dining room for 6 years - every Christmas I would decorate it........kids grew up with it and thought it was normal... Hadnt realised it was the new dining room floor............just waiting for skirting now....we need the 'right kind of oak' apparently..........eldest child went to university 5 years ago:eek:

My OH announced when I was sorting odd socks 'Oh I have 2 drawers of odd socks but not sure what to do with them'.........*slaps forehead and rolls eyes smiley*

drusilla

Igamogam I think that is spot on about the engineered floor. The house is in an unfinished state with stuff like the flooring all over the place. My aim is to make the 'norm' a tidy organised home rather than a messy building site.

I always feel a bit jealous if I go to one friend's house which is lovely and tidy - everywhere. But then I look around at the house and see no books or kids stuff and actually in my house that is the stuff that brings me joy. So maybe an uber tidy house isn't always the best thing if it is just a show home. Mmm something to ponder.

Lara

I used to donate bedding and household goods to a charity which used to take donations for people who have been given a flat but had to furnish it themselves. I can't find them at all . The 5' bed I have available is in good clean condition and I would love to give to a charity like that. Some of the free cycle people I've had round in previous years have pleaded poverty and turned up in 4 wheel drive cars, very clean and smart looking! OH was not convinced of their plight and reckoned they were taking them to a car boot sale to sell.

Going to google again............!

DawnW

Lara wrote: »

I used to donate bedding and household goods to a charity which used to take donations for people who have been given a flat but had to furnish it themselves. I can't find them at all . The 5' bed I have available is in good clean condition and I would love to give to a charity like that. Some of the free cycle people I've had round in previous years have pleaded poverty and turned up in 4 wheel drive cars, very clean and smart looking! OH was not convinced of their plight and reckoned they were taking them to a car boot sale to sell.

Going to google again............!

Some of the big charity shops take furniture if you get stuck Lara, to sell on for their fundraising. Round here, the British Heart Foundation, YMCA and Dorothy House (a hospice, maybe a local charity?) will take it, and even collect. I know what you mean about freecycle, I have had that situation as well. And the 'asks' are a bit irritating as well, as they request things like computers, games consoles, cars, greenhouses, even a canoe today :eek: What are they like?

Knit_Witch

Lara try the Salvation Army as well, they may take that sort of thing

Susan1962

Have finally tackled the odd socks and it turns out that 4/5 of them weren't "odd" at all - just had lost their partner down the back of the laundry basket/under the bed, etc! There are only half a dozen left and they've now gone out of the house - nice feeling. Normally this kind of fiddly job would be annoying but tonight it was almost soothing - MK stuff seems to tie in nicely with mindfulness - tackling one job at a time and being fully present for it. I also, for the first time in what seems like years, got to the bottom of the laundry basket. A nice, satisfying feeling. The last load is on the line and, for once, I don't have anything to put in the machine overnight. Fewer clothes to dig through. Joyless items going straight from the washing line to the donation bag, without ending up in the laundry cycle again. MK is making a difference in ways I hadn't anticipated. Thanks MK!!