![]() You must tidy, she says, by category, not by location or room. What’s more, sentimental items are in fact the last sort of clutter that you should clear out: Kondo recommends that you “train your tidying muscles by tidying in a specific order, and begin with the categories of items that are typically easier than sentimental items”. “Unless you are truly committed, you will most likely become discouraged or distracted before finishing your tidying journey,” she says. It’s crucial, says Kondo, that you don’t begin to declutter until you’re properly committed to it. Make sure you’re properly committed to having a tidy-out ![]() But most objects in your life will not spark this joy – and these are the ones you should part with, again with confidence because you know they don’t mean enough to hold on to.ģ. You don’t need to make excuses for keeping it any more: you’ve proved to yourself that it’s important to you. And once you are convinced of the spark of joy, you should be able to hold on to an item with confidence. When something sparks joy, you should feel a little thrill running through your body, as if your body is somehow slowly rising up to meet the item, embracing it even.”Īny such object has a place in your life, says Kondo. “And then, pay close attention to how your body responds. “Hold each item in your hands, as close to your heart as possible,” she says. This is the central message of Kondo’s creed: the litmus test to whether to keep it or not is to ask yourself, does this object (whatever it is) spark joy in my heart? To work this out, you have to touch the object, and see what response that elicits inside you. Ask yourself of each object: does it spark joy in my heart? The reason is simple: there are so many items of sentimental value, from our own lives and from our children’s lives and from our parents’/grandparents’ lives that it’s too overwhelming a task to think about what to jettison.Ģ. ![]() Kondo’s approach is the opposite: she says we should concentrate instead on what we’re going to keep. When we have a clearout, most of us tend to focus on what we’re going to throw away. Focus not on what to chuck, but on what to keep Here she reveals the secrets to dealing effectively with the heartstring-tugging detritus of family life: the stuff we can’t bear to part with, but which we know we can’t keep stashing away.ġ. ![]()
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