The KonMarie method

mavvymoo

Grey Queen Sorry to hear about your Mum. But glad to hear you are all still standing :T I am sending postive vibes to you all as well as iTwin and anyone else who needs it.

I thought the same about folding but you sort of get it right as you go along does take a bit of practice but nothing of mine gets creased and jeans are much better standing up in rows than laying down in piles
In the book Marie says you will know where to fold and where clothes are happy and that sounds so daft but its so true :rotfl:

Bank statments I only kept a years worth And I dont care if I go to hell for it :rotfl:I said before when I got divorced I needed 6 years worth and got them from the bank in about 3 days. So if I ever need one (which I doubt) I will go back to the bank.and ask for the one I need so I dont have to trawl though 10 years worth to find the one I want and waste my time :rotfl:But thats just me so you must keep what is joyful and needed by you !

Not hanging on to the bad old very very hard up and skint statments where I was in loads of debt and overdrafts.Who wants to re-live that not me thank you very much I also wouldnt hang on to them for more than a year even if I had won the lottery so for me it works both ways.

Paperwork is boring but sadly we have to have some in our kondo'd houses.


Mav x

iQueen

GreyQueen wrote: »

Afternoon all.

I'm smiling to myself because I've just discovered how to use the speakerphone function on my landline phone.
Had to laugh at this! :rotfl:

I've had my Escort for 18 years, and it was only 6 years ago that I discovered that the windows have to be shut to get the benefit of the air-con in those rare heatwaves! :doh:

Sadly, I have a trim-phonefrom the 1970s, so no speaker-phone. Also, the rental that BT charged me, over decades, would probably have paid quite a chunk off my mortgage! :eek:

iQueen, glad it's a BCC not something nastier. My Mum's been treated for one of these, and her photo (or the side of her nose anyway) was photo'd during the treatment process for a medical text book! It's never come back. BCCs are the least-worse kind to have by a long shot, although I would wish that you didn't have any kind, of course, nor anyone else. Get well soon, my dear.

Thank you for your good wishes. Unfortunately, if my BCC was still the tiny 'spot' that I first noticed years ago, I would have no concerns; now it is much larger, but hiding inside my lower eyelid, hence my fear of disfigurement.

Still, no point in thinking about it until I've seen the oculoplastic surgeon on Friday.

RL dealt my family a bit of a body blow on Monday this week. We're awaiting confirmation diagnosis of a serious medical problem with Mum, but we rallied. It is as it is, treatable to a degree but incurable, and we will stand together as a family and cope.

I'm sorry that you have had bad news about your Mum. I know how difficult and sad that is for you, but I'm sure you and the family will all do your best for her, and have some comfort from that.

Life is potentially full of woe but you just have to get on with it and try not to let it make you miserable.

Life can be carp, and it does dull the sparkle at times, but all we can do is make sure that we wring every last drop of joy out of it!

I came across something like this, can't recall where or when and am quoting from memory; If all the troubles of the world were piled together, and each of us were forced to take an equal share, most would be glad to pick up their existing burdens and carry on. Very true!

Today I have kondo'd some cash to the opticians in return for new windows and have joyously bought some bargainous cake and chocolates to share with friends tomorrow evening. And I have a party invite for the weekend in a yurt! I've never been in a yurt before, so that'll be an experience.:rotfl:

* wanders off wondering what to wear to the yurt party - clothes, probably. :cool:*

Well, the weather is forecast to become warmer again, over the weekend, so trousers, party top, and a woolly, in case it's gets cool in the evening, you old hippie! Have fun!

jinny

Best wishes to your mum GQ
She is lucky to have you as a daughter
with such a strong positive attitude.
You are like me your sense of humour must help a lot.
I've had some mountains to climb in life.
It has helped me though some tough times.
My signature is my mantra.
Your mum will be fine with such great support. X

silvasava

GQ - sending positive vibes for your Mum, you and your family.
The Yurt party sounds good - do tell us all about it - I've never been in a Yurt either, they look like a large tepee to me

DawnW

All the best to your Mum GQ xx

Hollyboll

Sorry to be boring / treacherous, but I really don't think The Book is the necessary others have suggested. FOr me the basic principles are pretty basic and straightforward and then it's working out what works for you - personally I got a bit out of reading the book, a bit out of googling around it, and quite a lot out of reading through this thread, which sparked what I related to and what didn't work for me. For me personally, lightbulb moments have been there is no point in keeping things which I might use rationally but haven't for yonks, and how much stuff I have because of something I think at some level I 'ought' to have / be (glasses being brilliant example) and how much stuff is keeping me in (a way to hold onto) the past. So although I'm really kottering it is definitely not just another declutter and making a big difference. I think the category approach is pretty important, but not necessarily handling everything - I'm also not wild about the 'spark joy' which is a clumsy translation of an Eastern concept into English which doesn't really fit it. It's really as simple as instead of trying to get rid of stuff through rational questions - when did I last use it, is it useful, how much did it cost - just focus on what you want to keep because it makes you emotionally happy ….

Lara there's a great looking charity called 'smallsforall' for your undies - the link was posted early on in this thread and when I read it I was so inspired by what they do

Very Important - someone but can't remember who (sorry) … was it maybe Jinny? Early on in this thread someone posted about bicarb for whites. So I had the other day delightfully resuscitated a floaty white shirt in the heatwave … I was lucky it had only slipped into a coma rather than died in storage and I caught it in time when doing tops … rolled it up and because i had remembered and could see it I wore it with joy on one of the really hot days. And promptly spilled some raspberries down it put it in a bowl with a lot of bicarb and it has come up beautiful after a looooong soak and wash. So thank you!!

Keep Kondoing / Kottering, Konverts

Hollyboll

ps … ooooo sorry, for some reason not all my post posted …

I'm struggling too with cookery books; have far many more than I use. I think a couple can go because they are (like shot / wine glasses!) things I think I ought to have but in reality won't use so bring me no joy. Others I've decided to keep, more prominently in a newly cleared shelf, and see if I do over the next few months use them. If I don't they will go - and if I do at some point I like the idea of taking pics of good looking recipes (with their pics) and uploading to Evernote or similar, so I don't take the physical space with them.

On fleabay - I for ages had boxes of stuff 'to be done' and never did. Over the last couple of months I've taken a box (just one) into which I put stuff I might flea bay. I then do a search on sold items and if I should get more than a tenner I'll list it with free automatic re-listing option. If it goes, great, and it's worth the pics and posting (Hermes very good option recommended on another forum here). If it doesn't, it goes on free cycle and normally goes immediately (or to CS if easier). I'm only doing max 20 a month to use free listings, which is more than enough for me!, and not allowing myself to pile more than a box's worth. Seems to be working for me for now …. hth

System

I'm fighting a losing battle here. As fast as i am 'liberating' stuff, things are bought into the house to replace it.

Not only are the items bought are to be kept but so must the boxes they came in and the original packaging.

Stuff the idea of not touching other peoples stuff the boxes and packaging are going. I'll risk being told off. I havent come this far to be out done by someone who cant actually throw anything away.

springdreams

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

Lara shoes seem to sell really well at carboots, I see the same people rushing round each week seemingly bulk buying shoes my suspicion is they have a market stall or eBay them.

They do sell well, but having experience of selling my own and my DS's shoes at a car boot, I have found that people expect to pay maximum £2 a pair, and generally offer £1 a pair.

Susan1962

Sorry to hear your news IQueen - sending positive thoughts. From the number of responses you must know that, if positive thoughts can make a difference, you'll have them by the bucketload!
And GreyQueen sorry to hear about your mum. It sounds as if you're dealing with it the right way. "Sufficient unto the day ..." as my (slightly over religious) mum would have said. One day at a time and know that you're in our thoughts.

As far as Kondoing goes I've been hopeless this week. The only thing I've managed is maintenance - putting out junk mail, envelopes, etc, as they come in. Does anyone else work FT and feel like it leaves you no energy, physical or mental, to deal with your home? I made a great start with MK and I am still going, albeit not as robustly as I'd like to. MK gives me a mental boost but I need a physical one right now as I'm peri-menopausal and could sleep 20 hours a day if I could, but end up getting 4 or 5 hours. Any suggestions gratefully received!