I just finished listening to this book:

"The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing" by Marie Kondo

And put the words into action.

The author recommended to start decluttering process with clothes and do ALL clothes around the house at once, but I decided to start with school supplies and all papers around the house. I actually declutter my closet regularly, but all papers and supplies were really annoying and it was a project I was putting aside for a while.

I like the idea of this book not to clean by areas but declutter by subject, like clothes, books, etc. So I walked around my entire house and collected all school supplies, pen and pencils, etc. and decided what to keep, donate or discard. I have to tell you - I had lots of papers in recycling bin and a bunch of trash.

Then an interesting event happened. After I cleaned all supplies and papers from my son's room, he came to me and asked to help him to declutter his closet. It was a huge surprise to me because usually he does not do this. So we cleaned his closet too.

Then I moved to books. I have lots and lots of books. I still have problems to get apart with some but I feel some kind of relief to let go of some old books, which actually just were taking space and collecting dust. Eventually I plan to keep only books I really like or plan to look for references in.

I don't think I will be following book exactly but I gained some ideas and mostly inspiration to start decluttering again.

According to Feng shui cleaning and decluttering bring new opportunities into people's lives.

I still have lots of areas in my house for tidying up but I already started feeling a surge of energy and a wind of good changes.

Would you join me with your decluttering project?

Thank you for reading and please share your ideas on decluttering.

2 comments:

AnonymousJune 28, 2016 at 1:31 PM
What great timing. I had just finished reading this book as well. However, I kind of started this decluttering project last year, had a great outcome based on reading blogs and watching her videos on Youtube. I am now re-starting the project since I had thoroughly read and finished the book. I've only worked on the clothing category and planned on following the order KonMari recommended to the t's since I wanted to do it only once and for all. I agreed that it seems that once I tidy up and cleaned up really well, my home become more spacious and things just fall into places. I am feeling better, better energy surrounding me and it seems things are getting better each day. Therefore, I do buy the idea that if you feel stuck, start tidying up and you will see/feel the good wind of change. I planned on tidying up the KonMari method the remaining spaces in my home. Highly recommend the book and the method as well.
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