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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I got the tip on DCUM and read the book about four months ago. I did a big purge on clothes and that helped a lot, but I basically stopped there because we were about to sell our house, so I couldn't just pull every single piece of paper in the house into one room and sort it all over days and days. We have moved now and I want to pick it back up and start from the beginning again. I know I've got a lot more to purge. It was a great kick-start to clearing things out in preparation for the sale of our house.[/quote]
If I didn't know better, I'd swear I wrote this post. My pre-move purging worked great - and I look forward to getting everything unpacked to start the post-move, but recognize it's going to take a while.

I listened to her book (audible.com) as well as Julie Morgenstern's SHED and wound up using a bit of a hybrid approach. In our relationship, I'm the one who "keeps" more stuff - by a factor of 3x or so. I found both approaches to be energizing and practical. My spouse was SHOCKED when she saw that I got rid of about 2/3 of my clothes.

I'm a big believer in the KonMari method, but did draw the line at things like "letting my tired socks rest" and not rolling them. Sorry, socks. I would concur that the logic of "does it bring you joy" as your keep/dont' keep criteria can be a bit impractical at times. But I think it boils down to: only own stuff you really love. When it comes to the mundane, like cleaning supplies or food in cabinets, etc...I found you can still make it apply. it's really freeing to go through stuff that you realize you bought or otherwise acquired and don't really have a strong desire to use/wear/eat/own/whatever. Get rid of it. It feels great to just look at everything you have and feel good about it. I never knew having lots of stuff stressed me out until I started to dump it.
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