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The Konmari Expirement-Room One

February 6, 2016 by Rebekah 2 Comments

Last Sunday I decided that I hated having  dish rack in my kitchen. The darn thing was always piled with half put together kid’s cups and a random dusty fork.

So I emptied it, took it off the counter, wiped it down, and put it away in a cabinet.

Such a small change made such a big difference. Sounds crazy, but I really disliked it. And now it was gone. refreshing.

Then I remembered The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up that I had read a few months back- “Does it spark joy? or in my slightly less enthusiastic words, “does this make me happy?”

Turned out not many things on my kitchen counters did. When I was done clearing and cleaning I was left with this…

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and this. Clear counters topped only with things that make me happy. Yes, my fancy German knives make me happy.

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Now, before you get all crazy on me about my house being too clean, my living room looks like this by 8 am

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But here’s the difference. Usually I would be going all no wire hangers by 10 am bc I can’t stand all the mess.

But now, when it gets all messy (AKA played in, which it  should be), I simply walk into my newly cleared out, happy place kitchen and am all like

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Hell Yes. I am instantly relaxed because there’s a place my eyes can settle that feels like my space, filled only with things that make me happy, that is not covered in kid’s items. My son wins because I am happy to leave his play area the way he wants it which really extends his play, and I win because I have a visually peaceful place to take a break.

There are rules from the book I don’t follow bc I just can’t seem to manage it with two kids. I joined a konmari facebook group and, after I had a good laugh about how freaked out people were about following the RULES I promptly exited that situation. We should all know right now that I cannot follow rules.

But the single principle I did take from the book- the idea of focusing on what makes me happy and what I want to keep rather than what I want to get rid of -the book’s concept has really been transformative. Up next, the master bedroom, then the living room/dining room.

Happy nesting 🙂

Filed Under: Organization Tagged With: declutter, kitchen, konmari, organizing

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