The KonMarie method

mrs-moneypenny

Make that 30 books kondoed, and 4 have already left the building so to speak. I ran them through one of those book buying sites nd was offered £5.53 for them so I packed them up and took them straight down the collection point. The remaining 26 will go to the CS on the next run we do.

Going to call it a day now and start food.
Might do a bit of crochet tonight and watch a DVD we don't think we'll want to keep so that will be a couple more bits kondoed.

drusilla

Hi Siebrie and welcome to the thread.

This is the method that has really helped me to clear the house. I have tried De- cluttering, Unhoarding and Flying with the Flyladies but the KonMarie Method really works for me.

I have been smiling at 2 Minion figures from McDs all week. They are sitting on my fireplace and make a sound every time there is a noise like a sneeze or bang. Every single time they make me giggle! Of course, at some point they will find a new home but for now they are JOY bringing. That's the thing about KonMarie- you know why you keep something after you have gone through the journey.

mavvymoo

Talking books as everyone is at the moment

I checked how many I have got after kondoing and its 3

1,The time waster letters -By Robin Cooper (if you want a laugh this book is it ):D
2, On Chesil Beach -Ian McEwan ( short but a got to read and keep book for me)
3, The Bible - Marie Kondo :rotfl:
Thats it:o DH has a couple of cookery books (I have none) just how I like it


I read a lot but donate as soon as I have read it or if I think anyone would like it I donate to them to pass on when they have read it.

I have a kindle as well but do like a proper paper book

Has anyone got less than me ? Or am I just a weirdo ! I also dont have any DVDs or a DVD player as I am not a film fan really.:eek:

No CDs either and the CD player has been kondo'd :rotfl:

Mav x

GreyQueen

I have far more books than you, the inventory is presently 40, plus 6 out from the library (returned 3 this afternoon, took another 3 out, and am already well-advanced on one of those).

Of the remainder, one is borrowed from kid bruv, one is finished and promised to Mum (and will then be chazzered) and several more are on the read-and-remove list.

I am presently on my 88th book of 2015 and will end up reading about 150 per annum. No way could I physically house even a fraction of what I read, so thank goodness for the Central Library ten mins' walk away. They vacuum and dust them just for me, don'tchaknow......:rotfl:

I am considering A Book. It is an ex-library book and it isn't bringing me joy. The reason is that I somehow spilled liquid on it and had to take it back in, shamefacedly, and arrange to pay for them to buy a new copy to replace this one. It cost me £13.99 and they gave me the damaged copy.

Every time I see this book, I am reminded of my shame in damaging public property, only the second time in 40 years' voracious library book usage that I have damaged a book. I feel cross at myself for wasting £14 on this carelessness.

I am keeping it around because it contains some interesting information (which I have elsewhere or in memory) and because I spent £14 on it and it damn well owes me!

Actually, what I am doing is thinking aloud in this post. This book is the opposite of joyful, it sparks resentment and shame whenever I see it or even think about it. I'm going to let it go and them develop the selective amnesia which is essential to a well-adjusted psyche.

mavvymoo

GreyQueen wrote: »

I have far more books than you, the inventory is presently 40, plus 6 out from the library (returned 3 this afternoon, took another 3 out, and am already well-advanced on one of those).

Of the remainder, one is borrowed from kid bruv, one is finished and promised to Mum (and will then be chazzered) and several more are on the read-and-remove list.

I am presently on my 88th book of 2015 and will end up reading about 150 per annum. No way could I physically house even a fraction of what I read, so thank goodness for the Central Library ten mins' walk away. They vacuum and dust them just for me, don'tchaknow......:rotfl:

I am considering A Book. It is an ex-library book and it isn't bringing me joy. The reason is that I somehow spilled liquid on it and had to take it back in, shamefacedly, and arrange to pay for them to buy a new copy to replace this one. It cost me £13.99 and they gave me the damaged copy.

Every time I see this book, I am reminded of my shame in damaging public property, only the second time in 40 years' voracious library book usage that I have damaged a book. I feel cross at myself for wasting £14 on this carelessness.

I am keeping it around because it contains some interesting information (which I have elsewhere or in memory) and because I spent £14 on it and it damn well owes me!

Actually, what I am doing is thinking aloud in this post. This book is the opposite of joyful, it sparks resentment and shame whenever I see it or even think about it. I'm going to let it go and them develop the selective amnesia which is essential to a well-adjusted psyche.

As we all said GreyQueen The money has been spent and you have all the info you need The shame and carelessness have been paid for (in more ways than one) Let it go Someone will be saying down the line in years to come.I wonder who was the careless person who spilt something (never knowing what ) on this book :rotfl:And the 'Gary' the towel saga will start all over again
And that to me is a joyful ending for that book !
Mav x;)

GreyQueen

It's on it's way out, tea-stained but not tear-stained. Is a bit buckled but still readable, to someone who won't have the negative baggage that I have with it. Onwards and outwards!

Book inventory - 39 and falling. Signing off for the night as have a Falco novel to savour.

Silly moment; where to Kondo-ites go for their holibobs?

The K(l)ond yke, of course.:rotfl:

Sorry.

silvasava

Atta Girl QQ! I'm a voracious reader too but I pass them on once I've read them or they go to the CS. I do have a kindle but tend to keep that for when I'm away on holiday cos otherwise I would have a caseful of books!
No Kondoing today but I did discover 4 different Tupperware jugs at the back of my corner cupboard - how did I accumulate those & why did I keep them when I never use them? Not sure whether to fleabay them or go straight to the CS - decisions decisions

PollyWollyDoodle

Hmm, I glanced at the bookcase (poetry and classics here in the living-room) and counted 80 books before I gave up! This bookshelf has been Kondoed as have the two upstairs, just realised I didn't do the one in the hall.

I don't buy books any more, they either come from the library or are passed on by my sister who buys from CSs. I pass them back to the CS or on to my other sister when I've read them. Everything I've kept has value for me, and will be re-read even if it's not for a year or two. told you I'm not a minimalist! :rotfl:

bossymoo

Well stage 1 toilettries is complete! Everything is all lined up on (read: squished on) the spare room windowsill.
I've flung a couple of obvious bits, but it's late so I don't intend to kondo it all tonight.
The only things not there are our toothbrushes and the toothpaste currently in use. Oh and the soap dispenser in the downstairs loo. But I'm keeping that - it's a no touch one and I wuvs it
So, since I'm working from home tomorrow and my car is going for its MOT, guess what I'll be doing on my lunch break!!?

Eyeore

Hi everyone,
I don't post very often but try to read each day as you all keep me inspired to carry on kondoing! Anyhoo am on hols and suddenly realised why I always feel so much more relaxed whilst away and it is because I have so little stuff with me that I can truly relax . . , sounds obvious when you say it out loud but it has refocused me to kondoing more when I get home!

And a big thank you to everyone for posting ��