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mavvymoo

Thank you for your kind words everyone Pleased to report Dad is already driving Bro mad :rotfl:Oh well he only has a week

I also normally have a Black dog time of the year which is now Christmas, my Birthday and New Year in a week :eek:It has always been too much and I am always on a downer the whole time.So I understand where everyone is coming from on this.

But this year is going to be different for all of us we will refuse to let it get us and will find something much more joyful to think and worry about wont we ?

Like my lovely new prints which are back today from being framed and are so joyful on my lounge walls Bringing a bit of colour and oddness :rotfl:They are slightly quirky Which I love.

Like we have all said before Kondo has a lot to answer for as I am really not the same person anymore. and I am very grateful for that I see things so much more clearly and need much less than I did before I jumped on the kondo roller coaster

Siebrie -Well done for getting to the bottom of that you were far to good for them dont even give them another thought They are not worth your time.

Charis - Glad you are in the light and seeing things for they really are I am a bit ahead of the kondoing and when I worked this out I moved forward with lightening speed So I am sure you will and let us know your progress please.Good luck to you.

Joyfully - You will be fine I also can be very insular but I like it It will be a big step going back to work but you can do it and now you are on the kondoing path it will be much easier I promise

Mrs MP My ironing is here if you fancy some more :rotfl:Have a lovely Christmas and send my regards to your lovely family

maddiemay - Bless DH for mending the sewing box thats something that cant be replaced.Now its all in a kondoed fashion all those niggling little jobs can be done quickly how joyful



Mav x

PollyWollyDoodle

Allybee and others - the polypockets may come in useful when you Kondo paperwork. I now have a ring binder with a polypocket for each category (Car, Health, Utility bills etc). I still disposed of quite a few though - I was never going to need the number that I'd accumulated!

Sympathy to all those who find this a difficult time of year. I don't dislike Christmas but I feel there's a huge expectation/pressure to have the perfect Christmas decorations, the 'right' food, the 'right' presents and for everyone to be having fun. I have stayed out of the shops this year and not watched much TV and I think that's helped - not seeing all those adverts.

My Christmas will be spent with friends and family and that's great, but it won't be much different to any other weekend I spend with them. We'll just eat a lot more! :rotfl:

mrs-moneypenny

Morning all.
Plan today is to tidy, and tackle the washing basket and mending piles. Not a huge amount in the mending but I'll be happier starting the new year on a clean slate.

I hope everyone has the kind of Christmas they wish for. Mavvy yours sounds perfect. friends, family and food Who could ask for more.

I hope everyone has a joyful day and finds time to spend doing something they enjoy or take pleasure in.

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Just wanted to pop in again and wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and hope we can all have a Happy 2016!
I have lurked and read this thread the whole way through over the past months (it's the only thread I have read from start to finish lol!) and I do feel you have all helped me along my Kondoing mission this last year, so thank you all for that!
I do feel like I am embracing minimalism as well now, not by getting rid of everything to have the bare white look, but to only have the things that we need, appreciate the things that we do have because they mean something to us and have more space to breathe and think without the clutter cluttering up our lives, or my head lol!
Hope there will be a 2016 thread? Best wishes to all x

mavvymoo

Sympathy to all those who find this a difficult time of year. I don't dislike Christmas but I feel there's a huge expectation/pressure to have the perfect Christmas decorations, the 'right' food, the 'right' presents and for everyone to be having fun. I have stayed out of the shops this year and not watched much TV and I think that's helped - not seeing all those adverts.

I totally agree with this Polly. The thing that gets me is people rushing to get that perfect pudding with the Orange in the middle :rotfl:Which was the rage a few years ago how funny

I have no decorations as I kondoed them a while back (the whole lot) :T I have just 3 cards up the ones that bring me joy not any that are like round robin cards where you are just on someones list.
I did tell everyone I am not sending cards this year and have brought bales of hay for the rescue center instead If they choose to send me cards then thats up to them but most havent thankfully its such a waste in trees, money, time and effort in my book.


I have also told everyone we dont want any gifts as we dont need anything and dont want people to spend thier hard earnt money and waste thier time finding that 'perfect' gift that is very rarely 'perfect'.

We are just going to enjoy spending time with friends and family and have a simple joyful Christmas :eek: My friend who we are going to for Christmas Day has banned all T.V and phones and ipads :rotfl:So we will have a laugh playing stupid games and enjoying each others company

Boxing day we are all doing the Boxing day dip last year there was 200 doing it so hopefully we will beat that. As its in Memory of a really great bloke and a good friend of mine


Enjoy what ever you are doing today and may something bring you simple joy


Mav x

ivyleaf

Best wishes everyone - may all those celebrating it have the Christmas you need!

I realised the other day that it was a long time since I'd made fresh coffee at home (usually have a good-quality instant coffee), so I bought some, and got the cafetiere out from the depths of the cupboard. I'd thought its little scoop would be in it, but no.....Ah, that'd be the scoop I came across and was baffled by (and got rid of) when I was Kondo-ing the cutlery drawer then

Oh well, a dessert spoon it is then

greenbee

I got rid of all those little scoops too ivyleaf. A spoon works perfectly well

Like you I've just started to use the cafetiere again - I had lots of ground coffee but wasn't using it. Since I started drinking 'proper' coffee I find I'm drinking a lot less of it, and enjoying it more. No need for a posh coffee machine - I have one that does a mugful for when it's just me, and a larger one for when other people want coffee. Mind you, I have lots of teapots that I love, but rarely use. I think I might start

allybee101

The polypockets have been added to the stationery cupboard at work - I have kept enough for what I think I need. If necessary I can always borrow a few back from work!

Mavvymoo and PollyWollyDoodle, I think that you have perfectly summed up how Christmas can be such a pressure cooker of being expected to and seen to have the perfect Christmas.
I have a friend who feels the need to show just how perfect their life is by bragging about it, right down to the awful 'what did you get for Christmas this year' question. Really? In your mid thirties do you still need to be playing this game?
This year I have formulated my answer, spurred on by thinking about what brings me joy - I got a lovely break from work, I saw my international family, and I recharged my batteries with games and walks and (hopefully) a lovely lie-in!

I love Christmas and spending time with family, but I actually really don't like the lead up to New Year's Eve. Dad died on the 30th, many years ago now, and I just don't enjoy the time of year.
And I hate the enforced jollyfications - oh we must have a wonderful New Year's Eve to show how fun we are and how we were in such-and-such place on 31st December.
I have had a few really lovely New Year's Eves with friends/family but that's more about the company I was in than the occasion itself. That's my bah humbug moment.

Minimise-to-Maximise

Not posted for a while. Too much anti-kondo activity here as the kids bring home the Christmas treasures they've made or been given. And a beautiful enormous tree cluttering up the living room. Still my previous efforts have helped as there is room to display all the cards on the shelves and on top of units that would previously have been full of komono.

Love seeing everything decorated but part of the pleasure is knowing that after New year when I take down everything the place will seem so spacious and clear.

I have managed to find time to do my own personal paperwork. I've done a first pass over everything and recycled, shredded or burnt a massive bag of papers from previous jobs. I'd kept copies of papers i'd written when at those jobs thinking they might come in useful. But a had a real emotional response so them. They brought back memories of all the stress and worry and made me realise I don't want to do that work again. I really want to have a simpler life so I can afford not to work those jobs again.

Once again though I'm shocked by my own overspending at Christmas. Hundreds has been spent on on presents and food and wine. We are hosting this year but better planning could have avoided much of this spend and we could have still put on a good spread. But it's been a case of throw money at the situation. It's money we have but it could definitely be put to better use in a pension account or paying down the mortgage or even having a nice holiday in the summer. Anyways it's spent now I may as well enjoy it and not let the guilt bring me down.

And I'm resolved to put my purse away now and spend nothing in the shops till after Christmas.

In the New Year I'm looking forward to finishing my kondo journey. Feels like I'm about half way now.

Happy Christmas everyone

silvasava

We intend to have some major building work done next year so I really want to get my loft kondoed soon after the new year as I don't want to be lugging it down after the work is done. I'll also be Kondoing my diningroom suite - it was a compromise & I've grown to hate it! So the local hospice shop will benefit ( & no I won't be thanking it!!)
Looking back on the posts about the pressure to have the 'perfect' Christmas made me think of all the adverts shown on TV where everyone is beautifully dressed, the table is perfectly presented and the Turkey comes straight to the table golden brown and piping hot and of course all the family are charming and helpful - WHAT A LOAD OF COBBLERS!! It's just an adman's fantasy to get us to buy into.
DH has just suggested I cook the Turkey crown on Christmas eve and have it warmed in the gravy on Christmas day as there's just the two of us - suits me!
Wishing all you Konverts a very happy Christmas however you celebrate it ( or not!)