So I
have just finished reading Marie Kondo’s book ‘The life-changing magic of
tidying up’ and I absolutely loved it.
I
could not wait to finish it so that we could get started de-cluttering our house
and lives. I did want to start before I had finished reading the book, however
I decided that for me it was best to finish the book and then start.
Surprisingly,
when I put a photo of the book up on Instagram a couple of friends had already
read the book and started the de-cluttering process.
Kondo’s
main point is that everything in your home should “spark” joy. If it does then
it needs to go. She also states that you should work by category rather than a
room so that you make sure you do a category all in one go. So for instance if
you start with clothing (which she recommends) then you need to find every
single item of clothing in your house and put it in a pile and then start
sorting. You need to touch every single item so see if it “sparks” joy.
The
one thing that disturbed me a little was when she talked about how many rubbish
bags worth of stuff people got rid of. I hope that she meant that they gave it
to charity and only threw out thigns that were old/broken or that could not be
fixed by someone else. I really struggle with how many things people throw away
and things that could be sold or given to people that need/appreciate them. So
I will be sorting things into different piles, things to sell for RCR Cat
Rescue, things to list on Trade Me, things to donate and recycling/rubbish.
Hopefully,
we can make a start this weekend on clothing and I think that I might document
our progress on both my blog and on Instagram. We will probably start with clothing, books/DVD's/CD's, kitchen gadgets, paperwork, stationery, photos etc.
You
can use hashtags on Instagram to find before and after photos from others which
is extremely inspiring. Also, I have just found Marie’s Facebook page.
Have
you read Marie’s book or a similar book? Have you de-cluttered recently? How did
you find it?
