I thought I would just take today to talk about each of those areas and where we are with the KonMari method one year later. There are parts of her method that stuck, some that haven’t, and some that we never adopted in the first place. It was definitely liberating to cut out so much clutter and “stuff” that we didn’t need in our lives and stick to a simpler, more intentional process of choosing what would get to have a place in our home.īut where are we now, a year down the road? Have her strategies stuck? Were we able to declutter once and for all?
It seemed like a tall order, but I am all about getting rid of clutter, so as Marie recommends, we started taking all of our items by category, dumping them in the middle of the floor, and deciding which of them “sparked joy” enough to stick around. She encourages readers to keep only the items that truly “spark joy,” and get rid of anything else. Rather than decluttering by room, though, her method has you organize by type of item.įirst you declutter all of your clothes, then books, then paper, then miscellaneous items, and finally mementos. īasically, in The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie recommends a super thorough decluttering of everything in your home. If you’re unsure of what the KonMari Method entails, I explained my take on it in my “ultimate guide” to Marie Kondo and the KonMari Method. For more information, see my disclosures here.