SAIJAI invites you to change your life for the better. The Japanese-style tidying method by Marie Kondo guarantees real results, making your home and mind spacious and peaceful.
If you have a long break and don’t know what to do, SAIJAI (mindfulness) suggests taking a look at the Japanese-style home organization method. Not only does it help kill time, but it also brings back ample space in your home and helps declutter your mind. It’s like hitting multiple birds with one stone. So, don’t wait any longer; let’s prepare ourselves and our belongings together.
The KonMari Method by Marie Kondo for Tidying Up Your Home, Marie Kondo, the famous home organization expert, has given us guidance on how to declutter our homes, and it can be summarized into five main points:
Letting go of things you don’t use
Instead of trying to organize things into order, it’s about letting go of items you don’t use or don’t need. Even if you think, “I might need it someday,” that day might never come for sure. Most things that are stored will keep accumulating until the day you decide to let them go. Shortly after you make that decision, you might find yourself needing those items that you just discarded. Have you experienced a situation like this?
If you want a spacious and tidy home, the best thing you can do is to let go of things. But before discarding or donating them, don’t forget to express gratitude to those items for being with you. It’s a formal farewell to let them find a new home with their new owners.
Change your perspective before choosing what to keep and what to discard
Following the previous point, discarding items might be emotionally draining for some. Therefore, Marie Kondo suggests thinking of it as choosing things to keep rather than throwing things away. This creates positive energy for ourselves, and we can select the items to keep and discard joyfully without feeling overly attached.
Set clear goals and a timeline for organizing your home
Having a clear plan and schedule for tidying up your home is essential. Set a date to start organizing and specify how you will do it. When you have a definite goal, your home organization won’t involve taking things out and then returning them to where they were, but rather you will store them properly right from the beginning.
The timing and planning of home organization may vary based on individual convenience. Some may aim to complete the process within a month, in the first half of the year, or before the new year. There’s no right or wrong way, but having a clear timeline will increase the chances of successfully organizing your home.
Organize belongings by category, not by room
When it comes to home organization, many people may think of organizing one room at a time, such as the bedroom, kitchen, or living room. However, Marie Kondo’s method suggests organizing by category, such as clothes, books, letters, and documents.
For example, if you start with clothes, gather all the clothes in the house and sort through them one by one. Decide whether you like each item and whether you will wear it again. If not, discard it. By using this method, you can see the overall picture of your clothing collection and decide which ones to let go of more easily.
Arrange items in the right order
As mentioned earlier, efficient home organization involves categorizing items, not according to the rooms but according to the types of belongings. Marie Kondo has divided everyday items into five main categories:
- Clothing: Gather all your clothes and consider each piece to decide whether to keep it or let it go. Start organizing from top to bottom, dealing with shirts before pants, skirts, etc.
- Books: Use the same approach as clothing. Pile up all your books and decide which ones you truly want to keep.
- Documents: Although most documents can be discarded as they can be replaced, create three categories for your documents: those currently in use, those needed for a specific period, and those that should be kept indefinitely, such as marriage certificates and passports.
- General items: Organize this category using small boxes, such as repurposing old shoeboxes, to save money and make it easier to find and use the items.
Lastly, Marie Kondo emphasizes not to discard sentimental items immediately without expressing gratitude or saying goodbye to them. Try following these steps, and SAIJAI believes that expressing gratitude and farewells to the items you are going to discard will help change your perspective and make home organization much easier.
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