Starting the year with a clean and tidy home is one of the purposes of New Year for many people, especially if tidying up is not their forte. In addition to reducing clutter at home, it’s a symbolic way to get rid of the waste of 2022 and make room for what 2023 brings.
Marie Kondo, an expert in order and cleaning, has several tips for you to organize your home this December and you can start the New Year with the best forecasts. It is also beneficial for your mental and emotional peace.
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According to Kondo, the best time to start tidying up is first thing in the morning, when you have the whole day ahead of you and your mind is clear. The first step, before ordering, is to remove.
“The organization begins with elimination,” said the Japanese guru. Everything you don’t use, don’t need, and doesn’t make you happy must go. This process is best done alone, so that you can reflect on your objects and not feel the influence of other people.
Here are six tips from Marie Kondo to tidy up your home this month.
commit to order
Kondo’s methods are strict, but effective. You have to be committed to your decision to order so that you can carry it out. If the process is difficult for you, remember the benefits of having a clean, orderly home that is free of emotional waste.
Please remove before placing order
You probably have hundreds of items in your house that you don’t need. From old memories with emotional value to clothes you’ve never worn, Marie Kondo recommends getting rid of absolutely anything that isn’t necessary or brings immediate happiness.
The writer, for example, ensures that she never has more than 30 books in her library. For her, each work has its moment.
Organize by categories and not by place
If you’re going to start with clothes, empty all the drawers or closets where you store clothes, instead of doing it one by one. That way you can know exactly how many clothes you have and which are very similar, which are more worn and which have been forgotten. This applies to other categories, such as stationery, makeup, kitchen items or decoration.
Every thing has its place
If you keep everything in a specific place, you will reduce the amount of objects you have. For example, all the shirts go only in one drawer, or makeup goes only in one bag. Thus you “detox” your space from the abundance of unnecessary things and everything you need is in its respective place.
don’t stack too much
This is one of Kondo’s strictest tips. Usually, when you stack a lot of things, you forget about the ones at the bottom. So you accumulate more and more objects.
What you keep in baskets or drawers, try to have only one level so that every time you open it you are able to see everything there is.
Don’t cling to the past
Even if it costs, Marie Kondo does not keep all the old photos, letters or gifts. According to her, the space you live in should reflect the person you are becoming, not the person you were in the past.
What the Japanese does to get rid of emotionally valuable items is saves them for last, when she’s already desensitized by all the other stuff she’s thrown away.
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