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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been obsessive watcher of all kinds of decluttering and home organizing shows.  I had heard of KonMari but did not think it would be something that I would want to do. but, HOLY MOLY - loved the show and also konmaried my son's and DH's closet and dressers yesterday.  So inspired.

I feel with all the transformation shows, the focus is on less belongings and I always feel that it makes people sad in the process. However Marie does a few things that is very respectful to the house and the occupants.  First, she greets the house. This is the key. However junky the house is, it is still the participants home. Second, she asks people to "thank" the things they give away. Psychologically it means that it is not wasteful to give away things for others to enjoy. And third, she asks people to keep what sparks their joy. It gives the control to people because they can choose to keep something that does not have any use except to give joy.  In the end, your house becomes more joyful because you are only keeping your loved and favorite possessions.

The homes also were very typical of most homes. It had lots of spaces that were clean and not cluttered, and then there was the spaces where most people stash things - closets, drawers, dressers,  bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen, pantry, garage etc.

I feel the people who went through this process with her, in the end will always know how to declutter and organize because it was a mind-shift. I am glad that the show was not aiming to show people drama in this show because I hate that. I actually loved the Friend family and found the wife and kids adorable, but then I am not a White woman and feel no need to tear apart every good looking skinny White woman :wink: . [/quote]
How did you KonMari your husband and son’s belongings? Isn’t the owner of the belongings bags actually KonMaring - they would be the one to thank the object and determine if it sparks joy.[/quote]

Sorry, did not specify this but both of them had already removed clothes that they did not want several weeks ago.  Their closet was still disorganized and not "user friendly".  I folded and organized their clothes in their dressers and closet so that everything was easily visible and easy to take out. I folded everything in rectangles and rolls as she had shown and both of them were pleased how easy it was to see what they have and to have designated spaces for it. I also used a lot of open containers to put clothes in (in both the dressers and the closets) and everything is a lot more tidy, contained and now they have a designated space. I just did two loads of their laundry today and it was easy to put things away because everything had a space. [/quote]

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