Marie Kondo - Konmari Method

I stumbled upon this method while my binge Youtube weekends and I was intrigued. I went through videos after videos about this Marie Kondo and at the end of last year, a dear friend bought the book for me. I couldn't put the book down and was ready to try out her method.

Some of her points in tidying methods are:
1. Take out everything
2. Pick up one thing at a time and ask yourself 'does this bring joy?"
3. If the answer is No, discard

I started with my clothes and I think I discarded (don't worry I didn't throw them away..kept them to be given away to friends or to be donated) about 2 big garbage bag worth of clothing and the rest I rearranged them back into my closet in a way that you could see everything and folded in a way that it is pleasing to the eye.

Key points to clothes were:
1. Don't stack
2. Arrange from Heavy/Dark/Long to light/short
3. Only hang clothes that are meant to hang
4. Every item of clothing has a sweet spot when it comes to folding.

This method makes loads of sense as you do not have to lift up the clothes above and everything is within reach. 

I moved on to books and cleared out almost 30 books to donate or to sell. I then moved on to my papers and cleared out loads too.

Her method makes a lot of sense however, I do not follow her method 100%. I have yet to throw out all papers as she mentioned. There are still books on my shelves that do not bring me joy but still want them there. There are clothes that are there because it is practical even though they don't bring me joy. I haven't moved on to the miscellaneous items or keepsakes yet. 

Slowly but surely, I will get rid of clutter and mess.

Sadly I forgot to take before and after shots of my efforts.