The checklist includes all of the five KonMari tidying categories of clothing, books, paperwork, komono (miscellaneous items) and sentimental, as well as the smaller subcategories included in each phase. A lot of my clients and followers put it on their fridge! If you haven’t had a chance to download my Free Spark Joy London Tidying Checklist yet, then now is the time to do so! Print it out, and stick it somewhere so you can see it easily. Your tidying checklist – We all need a little helping hand when it comes to tracking our progress, and often something visual like a checklist can do wonders at keeping us focused and motivated. If you’re going to embark on what we call a ‘tidying festival’, remember you will be practicing and refining three skills throughout the exciting journey:Ģ. So don’t beat yourself up or engage in negative self talk if you’ve never been able to finish your tidying journey before, it’s a lot more challenging than simply putting things back after you’ve used them, which is most people’s initial definition of the word ‘tidying’ in my experience. In effect, tidying is a combination of decluttering, effective and honest decision-making, and organisation: these are 3 essential life skills that do not necessarily come easily to everyone. The process also includes creating a designated home for every item that you decide to keep. It refers to a process whereby you decide what you want to keep, and which items you wish to say goodbye to and pass on. For the KonMari world, tidying means something significant. For others, it means simply tidying up a space when it gets messy. Some people shudder at hearing these words because it conjures up distant memories of being shouted at for not ‘tidying up’ their room. Sometimes the word ‘tidy’ or ‘tidying’ can have different definitions for different people. So if you haven’t completed task one yet on the ‘Declutter with me in 2023’ challenge yet (which is of course, creating your vision for your ideal lifestyle and living environment) please do this now, before you take any clothing out of your storage spaces! For support on creating your vision, read my blog post ‘ KonMari Basics: How to Visualise your Ideal Lifestyle and Living Environment’.Īs an aside, I keep writing the word ‘tidying’… I use this so much in my role as a KonMari Tidying Consultant, but I want to be very specific about what this actually means. For example, if you come across a clothing item that you haven’t worn in years, you have your vision to fall back upon when you ask yourself ‘ realistically, do I see myself wearing this a year from now, when my vision for my home and lifestyle has become a reality?’ All of those difficult, potentially stalling moments in tidying can be resolved by a quick revisit to your vision. Your vision will motivate you, and keep you focused when you reach challenging moments in the tidying process. The more time you invest in your vision now, creating an almost movie-like picture of what your finished home and spaces within it will be like at the end, the better off you will be. A lot of people read Marie Kondo’s book, watch her on Netflix or observe tidy and organised posts on social media, and launch into action without first considering what they hope to achieve from the process. Let’s talk about your vision first: If you haven’t had any time to work on your vision for your home and how you want it to look and feel by the time you’ve finished tidying, this is an essential step and in my opinion, should not be skipped. There are two things that you have in your tidying tool kit right now – your vision and your tidying checklist. In this blog post, I’m sharing my five top tips to get you into prime tidying mode!ġ.
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