My reason for choosing to study the KonMari and other tidying up methods is to reduce the clutter which weighs on my mind constantly when I am at home and to free up time from cleaning things up to actually do the things I enjoy like spending quality time with my family, reading, cross stitching, and taking pictures.
I know now that the key to the KonMari method is to discard and then arrange the items that "spark joy" in your life so that each item has a specific home. This makes it very easy to maintain the tidiness if you return each item you use to its home when you are finished using it. The trick will be finding a home for many of our toys and teaching my boys to put things in their homes.
I just started reading Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin and am curious to see how similar the ideas are and if there are certain ones that fit my house and lifestyle better than others. Take a look at my progress and stay tuned in the weeks ahead.
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