If you haven't heard of this Japanese organizer, you are in for a treat. She sounds as sweet as cotton candy. She is as pretty as a cloud. She is unfailingly confident in how to hone down your stuff and find better ways to store what you end up keeping, once you have purged yourself of anything that doesn't "spark joy".
Her KonMari method has six rules:
1. Commit to tidying up
2. Imagine your ideal lifestyle
3. Finish discarding first
4. Tidy by category, not location. E.g. Clothes: get all together, in one place
5. Follow the right order
6. Ask yourself if it sparks joy
She identifies 4 obstacles and how to overcome them
1. Space. Don't blame your space. Organize any space with storage of all things of the same category together. Don't scatter them in different places around the house. Store vertically.
2. Sentimentality. Tidy these only after you have organized the less emotional categories. Start with clothing, books, and papers. If you encounter an item that brings back a memory, set it aside as the sentimental category. If you keep them, cherish your treasures by keeping them proudly.
3. Guilt. If you are given a gift you don't love, express gratitude but then get rid of it.
4. Money. Don't start buying things to store your stuff, unless you have the budget and after you have decided what you are keeping.
In an interview, she suggest a house can be tidied in 5 days. Don't tidy by room. One day tidy clothes., the next books.
If you are ready to get rid of something but things are piling up, set a schedule and assign a date. If a month goes by, just donate it.
Tidy yourself before you tidy the things that belong to the whole family.
If it doesn't spark joy, get rid of it!
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