KonMari 2020 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying

GreyQueen

Oh, I just looked at that and started to have the heebie-jeebies at the mere sight of the maximalist's home.



Migrane-inducing (for me). I expect he gets to spend a lot of time dusting all those bits & bobs.

Siebrie

Greyqueen, I love that you feel the energy flowing in your house!

Finally completely emptied our christmas break suitcase. My items were already taken out and put in their proper place within an hour of returning home, but dds' and husband's weren't and they didn't respond to any of my requests over the week. I have put most items where they belong, but have also taken the liberty to put some items in the attic. As they weren't missed, I guess they are not really important.

It turned out that I had seven identical bottles of hotel shampoo, so I emptied (shampooed my way through) a larger bottle with a pump, and emptied all seven small bottles into the larger one. I even added some water to the small bottles to get the dregs out. The larger bottle is so much easier to handle! And the bright orange of the shampoo looks very cheerful in our white bathroom.

The christmas tree was taken down and returned to the attic. One ornament and one string of beads binned.

Three mcd toys still in their plastic wrapper in the donation pile, two other mcd toys binned.

Someone gave me two sturdy suitcases, and I have filled the largest with clothes, shoes, and toys from our cardboard 'for Africa' box. I prefer to have the stuff packed away from the occasional mouse in our attic.

I need to step up my housework! Rather embarrasingly, a schoolfriend of dd1 said our house looked poor from the outside, but once inside it was fine I really need to wash my windows , the front door and the garage door! We won't deal with the gravel driveway right now, as we hope to kondo it when renovating our house.

short_bird

Siebrie wrote: »

Rather embarrasingly, a schoolfriend of dd1 said our house looked poor from the outside...

Dear me.:eek: She sounds like a character from a Roald Dahl book. One of the characters that came to an unpleasant end...

studyingitalian

Joined Oxfam’s Tag Your Bag scheme when I kondoed books a few months ago. Thrilled to get an email saying they raised £96.56!

pattypan4

Today I will put one article of clothing out, got to be doing the small steps with my clothes. I spend a lot of time getting hands dirty and not being smart so letting less than wonderful clothes go is hard, what if?? It must be easier to always be smart and fashionable and I know am a Gok Wan candidate. Clothes are just comfy coverings, oo-er maybe that is where I could start, I have 3 beautiful lacy bras that are figure-forming and flattering but they have lacy bumps seen through thin sweaters and I cannot sit for long when wearing them as the bands are too tight and they give me heartburn. I talked myself into it, bras out today and one top

Next thought is green tea. That phase of buying named loose green tea leaves in expensive bags, They take up half a sideboard shelf. Got to do it, release them into my compost heap. I just cannot drink the stuff fast enough, only have a cup a week and it would take years of me feeling guilty. Best I get it over and done with. Oh but I could fill a new kilner jar and keep in a handy dark place, a compromise of sorts. Yes, green tea today too


Now watch me skip upstairs feeling mentally lighter and a load lifted

pattypan4

Its too dark and wet to think of doing the clothes, I need it to be uplifting weather. I did sort my green teas and am getting rid of one, would have hated every sip, jasmine tea. I used to do the full tea thing and maybe I stopped because my kettle with degrees broke down or maybe because I had to pack up and move. I did recently buy a new kettle with degree control, so I am giving green tea another go. My tea book needs to be taken out and re-read, the goodies in green teas do wonders for the body

I have put my teas into airtight containers and some are handy in the kitchen. I am sitting here drinking dragons well, 70 degrees infused for just seconds


My teas (besides yorkshire gold and oolong and ceylon
mao feng
dragons well
puerh
anzi bai cha
matcha

They are all safe, I have cleared a shelf and kicked myself up the arris and btw my dragons well is sublime, yum

Former_MSE_Molly

Hi team Kondo!

In need of some desperate wardrobe help - I need tips for organising and clearing shelves. There's no clothes on them - but I need suggestions for storing bags, perfume and other assortments!

Any help appreciated! It's a mammoth task and every time I look at it I want to cry... Mainly the paperwork! I don't know where to start!

- MSE Molly

Hazelnutty

Morning all! Bike light and loom bands sent on to new owners today. But I did have a massive 5-min reverse Kondo episode in L1dl this morning and acquired a cordless hoover, hair clippers, a down jacket for OH and some roasting tins [also 4 pastel de natas but they got Kondo'd smartish ]

I've got some nice but not posh pens to move on (I loooove stationery). Not good enough to sell to a specialist but still nice (waterman). Not sure where to sell, might try FB but that's such a flaky platform. Also have some lovely Pandora charms. Anyone had any experience selling these kind of things? I really don't want to eb@y as it's such an anti-seller platform now and I don't have the energy if there are any problems with a sale.

maddiemay

Just sorted out a bag of bits and bats plus a large pasta pan that has fallen out of favour, smaller appetites as we become old souls means that another pan does the job nicely:) will take to CS today or tomorrow, ought to go out today, but need a kick to get out and brave the weather, seems to be brewing up nicely (not).

greenbee

MSE_Molly wrote: »

Hi team Kondo!

In need of some desperate wardrobe help - I need tips for organising and clearing shelves. There's no clothes on them - but I need suggestions for storing bags, perfume and other assortments!

Any help appreciated! It's a mammoth task and every time I look at it I want to cry... Mainly the paperwork! I don't know where to start!

- MSE Molly

Take a deep breath, and think about how you can make it manageable. If your wardrobe is the bit that's almost done, then focus on that.

First, take a good look at what you've done, admire it, and think about how good it makes you feel.

Secondly, make sure anything you have got rid of is OUT of the house. Ideally to the CS/sold/freecyled or whatever. If not, boxed up and in the car boot out of sight.

Then look at the stuff that's left. If it still feels cluttered, start off by going back through it and sorting it.

Bags - go through them all and remove any rubbish, clean the insides of dust and grot, wipe down the outsides, clean any marks and be ruthless about any that are past their best even if you love them! Then clear a shelf, clean it, and start by putting the bags back on the shelf tidily - maybe start by organising by colour, and you'll probably find a more logical system emerges as you put them back. If any have protective bags they live in, then put them in those, and tie on labels if necessary.

Perfume - find a shoe box or similar. Go through them all wiping the bottles so they're not dusty. Smell them to check none have gone off. Put the full ones at the back of the box (ideally in their packaging, as light isn't good for perfume) and the open stuff towards the front. Pull out some of the almost-empty ones and put them on your dressing table/CoD or in the bathroom so you make an effort to use them up. If there are any unopened ones you think you won't use soon, consider donating/selling/gifting them - perfume doesn't last for ever. And remember, to make yourself feel good, wear your perfume every day!

Make-up - do the same. Get it out, clean it up, sharpen pencils etc consider whether/when you use it and put it back neatly. Keep some out to use.

Scarves - check for any snags/holes/dirt and put anything that needs it aside for repair/cleaning. Then roll up and stack on a clean shelf so you can see all the ends. Organise by colour or weight - whatever makes sense.

Jewellery - sort into categories (earrings, necklaces, bracelets etc) and go through checking again for repairs/cleaning. Then sort into work/formal/casual etc. Go through your storage and make sure that's clean - I use various pretty old saucers to store my jewellery, along with small bags.

Just keep breaking things down into smaller and smaller categories.

When you've done this lot, you can tackle harder things, but your bedroom will be a haven, and getting ready in the morning will be a lot easier!

You can start the paperwork today by dealing with the post when it arrives, even if it is simply opening it, recycling envelopes and junk, and then putting the important stuff into piles for file/action.

Come back when you're ready to start paperwork and there will be plenty of advice as to how to approach it. We all struggle with it, regularly!