5 Life-changing Marie Kondo Decluttering Methods That You Can Apply to Your Space Today
No matter how big or small our space is, we may come to a point where we find ourselves with a need to tidy things up.
Have you heard about the Japanese art of decluttering? It was popularized by the New York Times Best Seller author, Marie Kondo.
It would be impossible to become Marie Kondo overnight, but applying some tips from the decluttering expert is much easier to do as a start.
Declutter Using KonMari Method
One: Books to Read Some Other Time Means Never
How many books in your space have you started but not yet finished reading? How about the number of books that you bought but haven't started reading?
With affordability of books, it's so easy buy more than one in a single bookstore visit. Hence unread books may compile.
According to Marie Kondo, if you decide to keep the unread books because you might want to read them sometime, that 'sometime' never comes [sic].Â
She advises us to stop insisting that we will read it someday. These books' purpose is to tell us that either we don't need it or don't have the urge to finish it if we only got halfway through. Believe it or not, now is the chance to let it go.
Two: Say Goodbye to the 'Just Because' Approach
Gifts are means for expressing someone's feelings. However, these gifts tend to accumulate in our space, and because they were picked out and bought by a loved one, it's hard to let them go.
If there are items that lie inside your drawer or sitting somewhere in your bedroom, it might be the right time to discard them. Their purpose is already done! Just thank it for the joy it gave you when you first received it.
Three: Demoting Outerwear to Loungewear is a No-No
"I can't wear these clothes outside anymore. I'll just use them as loungewear!" Does it sound like you?Â
No need to be shy because guess what? Many people think that way too! But it's time to break that habit!
To Marie Kondo, these castoffs aren't loungewear. We are just delaying discarding the outerwear that doesn't give us that relaxed feeling around the house.Â
KonMari Method will tell you to throw them in the garbage. But if you think doing it is such a waste, you can donate the clothes or sell them so they can serve their purpose to another person!
Four: Stop Piling Things. Start Storing Vertically.
Stacking is very hard on the things at the bottom.Â
When you stack everything in piles, the thing at the bottom bears the weight of the pile and gets weak. Also, we tend to forget what are the items in a pile - they virtually disappear!
Whether it's a piece of clothing or paper, the item at the bottom is either used less frequently or lost from our awareness that they exist.Â
Five: Daily Tidying as Part of Our Lives
If you're going to choose one piece of advice from this post, this would be the best one to remember and implement:Â Designate a place for each thing.
Marie Kondo shares that there is a chance of getting your space cluttered again if existing items in your house don't have their designated spots.
She says that when we take an item from its designated place, we should put it back in that same spot after use. This simple thing you do daily can help keep your space in order.
We Can Only Cherish a Certain Number of Things at a Time
Marie Kondo tells her clients to be surrounded by things that only spark joy. If it doesn't, discard it.
As human beings, we can't take proper care of many things inside our home, and we don't want to spend all our life tidying and decluttering.
KonMari method suggests that the task you only need to do is choosing what to keep and what to discard. Then you take care of the things you decide to stay with you.
