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I didn't discover it until days before Christmas and had to wait till 27 Dec for it to arrive!
Well done with doing your 'smalls' already! It really gives you a boost when you see the space, and can pick out which knickers you want to wear today, rather than grabbing whatever is on top! :A
If you only keep the things you really love to wear, and feel good in, it shouldn't be too hard. Any gaps in your wardrobe can be filled with new items that bring you joy. :j
Wearing clothes that you love, everyday, really changes the way you present yourself, and your thinking.
The basic aims of Kondo-ing, is to ensure that every item we own has a designated 'home' with its relatives...
AND we put each thing we use, away in its home, straight after use!
This means that we never again have to trawl round our homes tidying, before we can clean it...
SO cleaning is easier and much swifter.
Peaceful home, peaceful life! :smileyhea
No food waste since November 2010. :j
No debts.
Well done on making a start and getting the little man konverted! For smaller items, plastic fruit packs are good, especially for children's undies or very flimsy adult ones and fine scarves. :A
I think these smaller sub-categories give the instant result that continues to motivate.
You might find the threads on Mumsnet particularly helpful. MK appears to be childless, so far, and isn't much help, if any, for toys. The posters on Mumsnet are full of great ideas for kondo-ing toys. :dance:
No food waste since November 2010. :j
No debts.
This is getting compulsive. I took a critical appraisal all of the bottles next to the stove gathering dust. 3 went straight in the bin, one in the fridge, and the raspberry vinegar that expired in 2011 went into the bathroom where I'll use it to shift limescale.
Couldn't wait to finish work today to do some more tidying! Tackled my knicker drawer at 6pm and it looks amazing! You can see at a glance what's in front of you, mini sushi-bundles. A quick win but, hey.... It's also useful for planning washing, as I can see when I am running out of any one colour (black, white or nude) at a glance.
I can't stop wanting to use things up and throw things away! And weirdly my time management has improved too, I no longer feel stressed out by stuff that builds up (that thing KonMarie said about tidying when stressed to introduce order definitely applied to me!).
My home is turning into a haven of peace and tranquility!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy
An ordered knicker drawer is just so, wonderful. Small pleasures! :j
There are some Konverts that are so addicted, that they see work as an irritating interruption, and others who get withdrawal symptoms at work and have to kondo their desks, some even kondo the store cupboards - just to get a mid-day fix! :rotfl:
No food waste since November 2010. :j
No debts.
Success!
KONVERTS! Another great kondo word
I think this book has hypnotised me
I'm obsessed or been taken over by some cult
No other declutter book has had me up at this hour
planning my next cull :j
Well done wicked lady and V
I couldn't sleep saw your posts and got up to
Kondo my knicker draw now all is well
Gone are all the elderly ones with shot elastic syndrome:rotfl:
and found myself
thanking them for long service...help me!
Put on some lipstick
and pull yourself together”
- Elizabeth Taylor
2270
Welcome gien
Well I've gone down like a bag of **** today
Done too much methinks after my heavy cold last week
My thyroid level is below as well according to blood test
Ah well can have a nana nap when I like as retired
What's keeping me going is the promise I won't have to keep doing this after the extreme decluttering is finished
Place will be so much easier to manage.
Put on some lipstick
and pull yourself together”
- Elizabeth Taylor
(he points to some plastic cows on the table) are very small; those (pointing at some cows out of the window) are far away...