What is the Marie Kondo method?
You can quickly and efficiently declutter, organize, and find joy in your home using the Marie Kondo method. This is an overview of the Marie Kondo method so you know what to expect.
Are You Overwhelmed by the Stuff in Your Home?
- Do you have trouble finding things? Or don’t have space to store everything?
- Are your drawers, closets, or rooms cluttered and overflowing?
- Do you feel overwhelmed, stressed, or embarrassed by the clutter in your home?
- Is there so much stuff, you don’t know where to begin?
Your cluttered home can affect your motivation, health, and energy, and could be preventing you from pursuing and living your ideal lifestyle. Learn how you can eliminate clutter, find items that bring you joy, and bring order into your home using the Marie Kondo method.
Your Solution to Clutter: The Marie Kondo Method
Marie Kondo is a Japanese organizing consultant and lifestyle expert. Her mission is to “organize the world and spark joy in people’s lives.” She is the best-selling author of “The life-changing magic of tidying up”, “Spark joy”, “The life-changing manga of tidying up”, “Joy at Work”, “Kiki & Jax: The Life-Changing Magic of Friendship”, and her most recent book is “Marie Kondo’s Kurashi at Home”. Marie Kondo launched two Netflix Tidying Series, and now offers the KonMari Collection at The Container Store®. She has always been fascinated with organization and tidying her entire life and has developed the Marie Kondo method.
The Marie Kondo method is a unique way to declutter and organize your home that is very effective and can be life-changing. According to Marie Kondo, the Marie Kondo method’s secret of success is: “Start by discarding. Then organize your space, thoroughly, completely, in one go. If you adopt this approach – the Marie Kondo method – you’ll never revert to clutter again.”
(Image: This is a picture of me, Glenda Crawford, a former Marie Kondo Tidying Consultant, and Marie Kondo at the Marie Kondo Consultant Training I attended.)
Basics of The Marie Kondo Method
1. Visualize your destination.
Before you begin, identify your goals and visualize your ideal lifestyle without clutter.
- How do you want to feel in your home?
- What does your ideal lifestyle look like?
- What are your current or desired hobbies or interests?
- What do you want to get from this process?
2. Finish discarding first.
Only plan where to store things, once you finish discarding.
- Tidy by category, not location. Tidy all things in the same category in one go.
- Follow the right order. Clothes, books, papers, miscellaneous (komono), and sentimental items.
- Ask yourself if it sparks joy. This is the criterion for deciding what to keep. Does the item really “spark joy” in your heart or support your ideal lifestyle.
3. Designate a place for each thing.
Once you have gone through all categories and decided on what items bring you joy and that you will keep, you then find a final home for each item.
Benefits of the Marie Kondo Method
“When you declutter and organize your home you will have more energy, and be able to focus on the more important things in your life, like your health, family, friends and dreams, instead of struggling with your stuff and storage issues.” ~ Marie Kondo
After completing the Marie Kondo method in your home, you will:
- Feel a sense of joy, lightness, and energy without the burden of clutter
- Be able to find, store, and maintain things easily because every item has a designated place
- Be motivated to pursue your personal, health, and lifestyle goals
- Share your home proudly with friends and family
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