KonMari 2016 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

WeeMidgie

The friend whose wardrobe I helped kondo recently gave me a large empty holdall to hand in to the charity shop. It's going today, filled with various bits from my own house, easier than using carrier bags. Not tempted to keep it for future charity shop runs though!

Shortie

Okay, phosphates help 'enable' the products to clean by softening the water

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scam was just like that GQ

I am sure looking after my bike. Perfect for me but could be lighter. The main thing is the step through, it is like a dutch bike, a kettler and not obtainable any more, 8 gears, chain guard, puncture proof tyres. Yesterday I put a new tyre on, first time and also learnt by trial and error, how to change the brake blocks. Ordered new but will just sand the old ones for now. I always liked that bike but I didn`t realise that this type of bike is hard to find in the uk. Hybrid tyres not mountain biking etc I hang panniers on my bike and have a front bag. Its not just women who may need a bike like this

hebwood

Interesting emails re WUL and WP. I use Fairy WUL as it lasts sooo much longer than anything else tried.
Ecover WP with vinegar as conditioner in 40 wash, same plus bit bicarb in 60 w. This works well with DH who has sensitive skin, and hopefully keeping the washer clean as well.


Re fridges - we had to replace the Miele after a very short time (just after the guarantee had finished!), with a Beko and have only praise for it.


The trickle of KM stuff is still ongoing. I have had another major sort of photos, plus frames, covers, albums etc. Still more to be done, but now the enjoyable sorting will commence. The thought of the person having to look through all these items after I am not around and decide what to do with them
helps enormously.


A couple of items have come into the household - mainly replacements for sieves and chopping boards
- now got efficient, joy bringing ones instead.


The blossoms from trees, shrubs, and flowers are lovely this year. Looking forward to a bumper crop of pinks next. Sitting in the sun, (when it happens), under the scented apple blossom and listening to the birds singing is very joy bringing at this time of year. Makes me glad to be alive.


Take care. H.

silvasava

Had a quick 'fling' yesterday and managed to top up the CS bag with some pyrex dishes that were surplus, about 15 paperbacks that I'd brought back from my Aunt's house last year and not read one of them. Its almost cleared a shelf in the RoD. I've also managed to photograph my old camera ready to put on Fleabay or something similar - I now have a small collection of Tupperware (some vintage) to photograph too. I'll see how they go and if no takers they'll go to the CS for someone else to enjoy. Just picked a pile of rhubarb for DS to go with his clump of Lillies (to eat not to plant - the rhubarb that is!) Watered neighbours greenhouse for him as they are away for a few days and spent about an hour having a cleanup on my 'puter - should operate a bit faster now the junk has been cleaned out!
Local election today - not one leaflet has been put through the door so how people are supposed to know who to vote for if they're not on the internet I don't know, especially as the older generation (me) are usually the ones who make sure they vote!

BettiePage

Beginning to flag a bit now. It's so tiring!

GreyQueen

BettiePage wrote: »

Beginning to flag a bit now. It's so tiring!

Be sure to pace yourself by taking regular breaks.

I've done some of my best kondo-ing lying in bed between wakefulness and actually getting up; you can have some uninterupted thinking time which enables you to muse about Stuff and whether you really want to keep it.

Getting it out the door is just logistics. Most of it would have arrived in a shopping bag or a box you can carry in your two hands and can leave the same way (big appliances and large furniture obviously excluded, but most things are very portable).

Good luck!

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GreyQueen wrote: »

I've done some of my best kondo-ing lying in bed between wakefulness and actually getting up; you can have some uninterupted thinking time which enables you to muse about Stuff and whether you really want to keep it..

I absolutely second that, I go to bed with an indecisive mind and most often wake up with the solution

Bettie, you will wear yourself out and take the enjoyment away because doing kondo is enjoyable. As soon as you get to a point when you have to make yourself, then stop and if necessary drag things off the bed, out of the way, until another time

What you said about large furniture, I once took two saws and cut a hole in the back of a chest of drawers, just so I could re-position (push/shove) it in front of a strip of sockets. Then I used a fused extension, neatly tucked underneath. That solution came to me one night and I have enjoyed the benefits for almost two years so far. It was good to do it while I had strength, because those empty drawers were heavy and I had to remove and put back a few times, while I made more saw cuts.

I have cut stuff up, stuff that I didn`t want and could not move or lift or re-home, just so I can drag it downstairs and into the car for the tip. No doubt about it, it is very tiring

I found out yesterday that I can move my rear car seats forward and even take them out. All these times that I have had to work out how to cram stuff in for the tip, knowing about the seats means that my car will be almost van sized in the back, if I want it to be. Too late now, I have finished :huh:

I have bought a few books lately, so will on purpose, not put them away until I have some to take out. I am reading one called the china study and am just about to re-think some of my ways of eating, call it a tweak because I already eat wholefood and organic and at least 7 a day but the weight stays on, in spite of cycling every day, I think now I might know why. It will involve a bit of kondo but nothing painful, just fridge and freezer and future buying

maryb

Kittie before you choose to follow the recommendations of The China Study, look up Denise Minger on the China Study. It seems as if there might have been a bit of cherry picking of data.

maryb

This is a good place to start

https://deniseminger.com/2010/07/07/the-china-study-fact-or-fallac/