Marie Kondo Method

Marie Kondo Organizing Paper

January 24, 2019 By Joni Kinney Leave a Comment

Are you a super organized person? I can’t say that anyone would say I’m super organized. I am good at time management, but cleaning or organization not so much. Marie Kondo paper

I recently started watching Tidying Up with Marie Kondo where she talks about the Konmari cleaning method. The third step of this process is organizing paper.

Konmari Cleaning Method

There are five steps in the KonMari cleaning method

Clothing
Books
Papers
Komono
Sentimental items

Marie Kondo Paper Tips

Have a designated area in the house to deal with paper. This could be a desk, a box, or a drawer.
First deal with pending documents. These are things that are waiting for you to do something such as letters and bills. When you are ready to tidy up your paper, then you should pay your bills and respond or file messages. Have a plan in place and stick to a schedule.
Second is essential documents such as things you need to keep permanently like insurance and tax items. You should set up a filing system or have a permanent location to put them.
Miscellaneous documents you have like cut-outs of magazines or things you want to go back and read should have their separate box or place. This allows you easy access and keeps them organized.

Marie Kondo Books

January 21, 2019 By Joni Kinney Leave a Comment

The Konmari cleaning method is explained in detail in our post titled Marie Kondo Cleaning Tips. Start with that post, so you don’t skip any steps. In this article, we are discussing the second step of the Marie Kondo cleaning method by talking about books.

There are five steps in the KonMari cleaning method

Clothing
Books
Papers
Komono
Sentimental items

How to start dealing with books

The first step of the Marie Kondo books category is to take all of your books and put them into a big pile. Next, you will take every book into your hands and see if it sparks joy for you. With books, you also want to ask yourself if having that book will be beneficial for your life going forward.

Will you use the book again?
Are you going to Reference the book in the future?
In the future will you reread the book?

Books should give you some sort of emotional reaction. If they don’t then you should show gratitude towards them and let them go.

Other Marie Kondo Books tips

You should try to limit your book collection to 20-30 books at any given time.
If books have been stored for a long time you need to wake them up.
Don’t confuse joy with guilt for letting something go.

Marie Kondo Folding Method

January 19, 2019 By Joni Kinney Leave a Comment

While watching Tidying UP with Marie Kondo, I learned a new method of dealing with clothes. Read this article for more information about the full Marie Kondo method. In this article, we will look at the Marie Kondo Folding method for dealing with your clothing.

Folding clothes isn’t something I love, but it’s not my least favorite household chore either. However, I can honestly say that this method of folding items makes them much neater. As a bonus, if you store them correct, you can then easily see what you have. Folding clothes using the Marie Kondo folding method makes storage so much simpler.

Deciding on Wardrobe

Before we can get to folding your clothes you have to deal with all the excess you have. Put all your clothing into one big pile. Hold each item individually and decide if it sparks joy. If it does not, gently discard the item. If it does, you get to keep it.

Marie Kondo Folding Shirts

The first step to folding clothes using the Marie Koldo folding method is to lay your clothing item out flat. For this example, we will assume you are folding a shirt. The second step is to fold the sleeves of your shirt to form a long rectangle. The third step is to fold your item in half. The final step is to fold it into thirds. When clothing items are folded in this method, they should stand on their own.

Here is a video you can watch where Marie Kondo goes over this method.

Folding Fitted Sheets

Many people make folding fitted sheets complicated. They don’t need to be. Fold the elastic to the inside, while maintaining the rectangle shape. Then you fold in half. Depending on where you are going to store those sheets will depend on if you then roll it, fold it in thirds or leave it folded in half.

Here is a quick video to help you.

Folding Neckties

Use the same method as a shirt to start by folding them in half. However, instead of folding the ties into thirds you roll them. This will allow you to then store them in a small box to place in a drawer. Making it easy to see which ones you want to wear and offers an easy storage solution.

Spring Cleaning: A 20 Day Cleaning Challenge

April 23, 2018 By Joni Kinney Leave a Comment

Many people love to clean. I am not one of them. I don’t enjoy anything about cleaning and actually, hate the activity, yet I know I can’t avoid it. At least I can’t avoid it permanently. So join me for our Spring Cleaning Challenge and we can conquer those messes together.

Challenge

I am inviting you all to join me in a 20 day Spring Cleaning Challenge where we tackle the obvious and not so obvious areas of our homes that need some cleaning. Obviously, we aren’t going to able to clean everything in 20 days. This challenge is designed to hit the big stuff and help us all get through an otherwise horrible task quickly and with limited time spent each day.

Time Commitment

One of the main reasons I don’t join challenges is because they are time-consuming. Therefore I’ve broken down our challenge so that you are really only spending 15-20 minutes per day on each activity. Of course, you can spend more time. I’m not going to tell you to stop if you get really excited about one of the activities…. LOL! But they aren’t meant to be all day activities.

How will this work?

If you want to participate in our spring cleaning challenge then simply sign up using the form below. You will get an email every morning with your activity for the day. Feel free to invite others to the challenge as well.

Everyone will start on day 1 no matter when they join the challenge. I can’t wait to see everyone’s progress! Therefore you and your friends who also decide to join in the fun may be at different spots in the challenge.

For additional cleaning tips check out the series we did on the Konmari cleaning method.

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