![]() ![]() This device is unable to display framed content. Kondo has more than 14,000 followers on Twitter. The book, published by Ten Speed Press of Berkeley, has been glued to the New York Times Self-Help Best-Seller List for 60 weeks with more than 2 million copies sold. She laments the balled-up socks that are “always in a state of tension.”Ĭlothes grouped with their own tribe - sweaters with sweaters, jackets all together - “can relax more freely when in the company of others of similar type,” she kindly asserts. Kondo’s way is really a way of life, a philosophy, where objects are anthropomorphic, deserving of more respect than to be crammed into a drawer or stuffed into a closet. Pare back your home to the bare bones, keeping only what you absolutely need and embellish only with the things that bring you “joy.” Written by a 30-year-old Japanese organizer, “Tidying Up” hit America’s hoarding shores like a tsunami a little more than a year ago, stirring up a national debate about home organization. ![]() Marie Kondo’s “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing,” is as slim and trim as the lifestyle it promotes. There are many online videos showing the KonMari way of folding and closet organizing. Neither are you obligated to store your grown children's stuff.Ĩ. If you've inherited items from a relative but they don't bring you joy, you aren't obligated to keep them. ![]() Don't feel you have to keep other people's mementos. Don?t put anything away until you are done discarding.ħ. Instead, have designated comfy clothes that you love and feel good wearing. Don't keep older clothes as “lounge wear.” That will prevent you from getting rid of anything. If you started a book and never finished it, you probably never will, so discard it. This will also save you money in buying duplicates because you can't find something or remember where you put it.Ħ. If each item you own has a designated spot, it's easy to find it and return it when you're done with it. Not knowing where to put things is the slippery slope to clutter and mess. When you are done, you will have surrounded yourself only with objects that make you happy, which will transform your mental outlook.ĥ. Touch each object or article and ask yourself if it brings you pleasure. Keep only what you use and save only what brings you joy. With each category, remove anything in the house from that category and put it all together in one pile.Ĥ. Start with clothing, then move on to books, papers, miscellany and then sentimental items. “To truly cherish the things that are important to you, you must first discard those that have outlived their purpose.”ģ. Rebound occurs because people mistakenly believe they have tidied thoroughly when in fact they have only sorted and stored things halfway.Ģ. If you tidy a little bit every day, you'll be tidying forever. Visualize your destination before you begin. ![]()
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