The KonMarie method

jinny

GQ
Sounds like where I live
I've said before you don't need a telly
The sad thing is I don't look out of the window anymore hearing
Femails screaming at the top of their voices as though in trouble
But no just drunk and staggering home
I live on the top floor so it's quite a look out.
My neighbours have seemed to do a moonlight
The only council owned flat in the block there's a notice pasted to the door to repossess the flat in 4 weeks. How do they expect to get anywhere to live after that. The flat is full of rubbish and furniture.
I watched a dawn raid further down the road one morning the police and customs had a big key (enforcer) interesting alright
It's very quiet during the day but changes at night. I never go out after dark. Unless in a car or taxi

I hasten to ad my friend lives in affluent area and his neighbour was robbed in the street. So think it's the same everywhere

Minimise-to-Maximise

Hello kondoites

I just joined the forums mainly because I really like this thread and the book. Not sure if I'll be a regular poster but it seemed rude after so long lurking not to pop in and say hello and thanks for sharing your tidying journeys.

So far I've done clothes. I now have a wardrobe and one chest of drawers that are well organised and roomy. Haven't been ruthless enough though but if I really only kept the clothes that sparked joy I'd hardly have anything left to wear.

Need my other half to get the books down from the loft before I can sort those out - that will be hard as there are lots of reference books I should be using but just never get round to looking at.

And not looking forward to paperwork or photos.

I've also been randomly chucking out carp that I can easily see I don't want. Should I wait till I get onto the Komono category before doing that? Would love to do a mins game for November but that will mean I'm departing from the orders of the tidying goddess...

GreyQueen

Round here they refer to The Big Red Key (the non-pneumantic door battering ram).

A typical call in my council job:

Lively female voice :Hello! This is Police Control!

Me (laconic) Hello, Police Control, what've you broken?

Goes coy; What makes you think we've broken anything?

Me: Experience. Which address please? (supplied and punched into the pooter) That's not a council property.

Police (suddenly worried) Are you sure?

Me, Yes. We sold that one years ago.

Police . oh.

* mumbles and rings off. You can hear the Oh s**t unspoken subtext as they realise that they'll be dealing with a private householder rather than The Carnsul..............:p*

greent

Minimise-to-Maximise wrote: »

I've also been randomly chucking out carp that I can easily see I don't want. Should I wait till I get onto the Komono category before doing that? Would love to do a mins game for November but that will mean I'm departing from the orders of the tidying goddess...

Welcome M-t-M :hello:(love the name! )


I'd definitely get rid of random things as you see them - there seems little or no point in categorising something which you are definitely going to throw out anyway at a later date


Paper's hard - I started, did a big chunk, and keep going back and doing smaller chunks (but work on something else in between) - I've kind of sub-categorised my paper, I guess. We have our own company, so need lots of records for the accountant for that, a BTL (ditto), 4 children (inevitable amount of school and other stuff paperwork) and some investments. Plus I like looking in a paper instruction manual for some things (although I try and remove any non-English bits from it, if applicable/ possible) so keep those (sorted into 3 files - 'kitchen', 'garden/ garage' and 'everything else') My paperwork has reduced, though, and is neater (the KM'ed bits, anyway) I'm making sure that I don't mess up any fully 'done' bits of the paperwork category. We keep getting new bits though (m-I-l died last month, so she has her own file of paperwork (much reduced from the 2 boxes I brought back from hers to a small plastic A4 envelope file) and OH has a new contract, which has already produced an enormous amount of paperwork


I have to say, I was a late convert to folding and filing of knickers - but I now love it!

short_bird

GQ... If the suitcases are in good nick, they'll be eagerly snapped up by vintage loving peeps...

jinny

Welcome m to m
Paperwork was my worst category
It took a week or two. I thought I would never get it sorted.

But keep at it its so worth it
My filing system is my pride and joy now

dragonette

M-M, I got help from a friend to deal with my paperwork. Was a pain but help helped it not be quite so overwhelming I think if you take the easy wins when you can, it'll stop the task getting too much bigger while you're dealing with whatever category works best for you

jinny

Well you couldn't make this up
My son ran in from work to head to the gym
Grabbing gym gear he was meeting a pal
Couldn't find his stopwatch
Ds1 :mam where is my stopwatch?
Me : where you put it down last
Ds1 : I put it near the telly
Me :well it doesn't live there normally
Ds1 :have you moved it?
Me :no
Ds1 :you must have its where I left it
Me : silently getting peed off
He looks in the same places over and over again.
I have a think and moved his bed
And hey ho there it is
He is the messy son and has a floordrobe
So it's been kicked under the bed
When he returned from gym he apologied
and we decide his watch has a permanent home on his bedpost
He even picked up his floordrobe and popped his gym smellies in the washer
And all is well in the world

allybee101

Hello folks,
It's been a while (holibobs and work getting in the way) but I do try and keep up with everyone's speedy progress.
My bedroom is a decluttered haven - tidy, neat and restful (need to do a spot of dusting though).
Bathroom and kitchen are pretty much spot on too.
I have to sort out papers next- the dining table is piled with stuff to sort - I keep procrastinating.
The spare bedroom is also piled with things that need taking out to the charity shop- might be a job for Saturday morning.
This includes the humongous suitcase that even when only half full is blooming heavy and very awkward to handle. I have been watching YT videos on packing lightly and I am inspired! Aiming for carry on next time I go away!

jinny

For those overwhelmed with paperwork mountains
Here's what i did
It took ages as I had a large mountain to sort.
Collect all the paperwork in one area
Pick up a hand full of papers
Make piles on the floor/table whatever
Preferably in an area that won't get disturbed
So you can leave it at anytime you need a break
Or if not big elastic bands to wrap it up while work in progress
Sort through a handful of papers at a time
One pile for archive I keep important stuff 6 years
One pile for important documents passports certificates ect
one pile to file
one pile for current year
one pile for urgent to be dealt with this week/month
One pile for shredding
(oil your shredder with a sheet of paper lightly sprayed with wd40
do it outside/near a window as it stinks)
My dad didn't have a shredder he just used to rip it up
Then use the washing up water to make a kind of paper mache before recycycling it
One pile for recycling

These reduced piles are then much easier to file and categorise
I have a ring file for each person in the house
and box files for archival with the year written in it.
a household ring file for current year bills ect
The ring files will be sorted through and stuff kept or dumped in January or April
if you use the financial year to sort stuff
I find it helpful to have a daily/weekly triage of post or papers to sort straight away
I agree with grey queen she deals with hers at the front door
Hope it's helpful