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Getting Organized

Yesterday was a typical January Chicago snow storm, so I took full advantage of being snowed in by doing some house cleaning and a little decluttering. I also had been wanting to check out this show on Netflix called Tidying Up with Marie Kondo.

I started up the show as I was doing my house cleaning and ended up binge watching the entire season. One of my goals for 2019 is to become more organized. I really want to get rid of all clothes I no longer wear, items that don't serve me any purpose and give a home to all items in my house. I was just going to start by scheduling to declutter a part of the house each weekend for the next month or two; however, Marie Kondo's Tidying Up using the KonMari Method, gave me a much more organized and systematic method to organizing my home. The steps are as follows: 1) Clothes 2) Books 3) Paper 4) Komono (Kitchen, Bathroom, Garage, Miscellaneous 5) Sentimental. 

The homeowner starts by bringing all of their clothes to a central area and going through each item. They touch each item and note the feeling they get when touching the item. If the item sparks joy, it's a keep item and if not they give away or discard the item.  She also provides organization tips such as how to fold clothes and using boxes to organize items in dresser drawers,  kitchen drawers and closet shelves.  So you go through the same process for each of the steps.  I'm definitely going to use these steps because it makes the daunting task seem doable. I plan to start next weekend going through all my clothes. Excited to get organized and I highly recommend the show.  I will keep you posted on my progress. 
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