![]() Well, the good news is, Marie gives us permission to keep any items that we truly love, that truly spark joy, so there’s no need to fret about getting rid of those things.īut sometimes there are things that we know we don’t love, but we still feel guilty getting rid of them. (And, to be fair, in the scenario I just described, I think Marie would say that having clean clothes to wear sparks joy, and the washer and dryer are the means to that end, even if I don’t love doing laundry!) But what if I have trouble letting go of my items? There are definitely things in my house that I wouldn’t say necessarily bring me joy in and of themselves (The washer and dryer come to mind… □ ), but I still need them so our family can have clean clothes to wear, so clearly, they are going to stay! Rather than using “sparking joy” as my one and only measuring tool when considering how to declutter my items, I tend to use the measurement of, “Is this something I love and/or use often?” ![]() What about items that I need but that don’t necessarily spark joy?Īs a little caveat, I have tweaked my thinking a bit when I go through the KonMari process myself. I can then keep the ones that fall into that “love” category and discard the rest. What really helped me was Marie’s advice on page 17 of Spark Joy where she says, “The best way to identify what does or doesn’t bring you joy is to compare.”īy looking at three different shirts together, for example, I can more clearly determine which one(s) I love and which ones I was just keeping around because I had them. I admit, as a highly practical person, the measuring stick of “sparking joy” didn’t really feel concrete enough to me, and when I first started KonMari- ing my home, I wasn’t quite sure if I was getting it. My “discard” pile from the decluttering session shown above One of the essential “rules” of the KonMari Method is to gather up all of the items from a particular category and look at them as a group before deciding what to keep and what to discard. Step 1- Gather every item from that category and put it all in one place. The good news is that while there are several “mini categories” underneath the komono umbrella, we can use the same simple process to tidy up each one. With the tidying checklist, I tried to stick to Marie’s prescribed order while also making each section more detailed and defined so that it would be less overwhelming and easier to stay on track. She says she recommends this order because it is easier to take care of more clearly defined categories first, before moving on to more general categories that aren’t as cut and dry. On page 106 of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie lays out a specific order for tidying komono: The Order for Tiding Komono with the KonMari Method So the first thing I do when tackling komono is to print the checklist, add any areas that may be unique to my home, and then start at the top of the komono section and simply work my way down through the different categories, completing the same process with each one. (And there’s even space where you can add any categories that you have in your home that I may have overlooked!)Ĭlick the button below to get your own tidying checklist! I created a detailed checklist that includes all of Marie’s categories ( clothes, books, paper, komono, and sentimental items), but I think it is especially helpful for komono, because I really tried to include all of the areas that komono encompasses. Whenever I feel overwhelmed with any task, the first thing I almost always do is create a list to organize my process, and the KonMari process is no exception. For more information, see my disclosures here. So in this post, I hope to share some tools that have helped me get through the daunting komono category and come through to the other side with a much more thoroughly decluttered and tidied house! Keeping Track of Komono with a Tidying Checklist And without a super clear path to get through it, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and just give up.Īt this point though, we’re so far through the process that we don’t want to call it quits and have all of our hard work be for naught, right?! But while komono is a cute little word, it really encompasses a ton of things.
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