Strolling through the bookshop, I came across the famous
book of tidying.
The life changing magic of tidying up- the Japanese art of
decluttering and organizing by Marie Kondo.
Funny note that this book is on the shelf of Books on Japan.
And I don’t think that every Japanese apply the method in this book.
But I give it a go! I am going to KonMari myself and read
the book on one sitting.
Marie Kondo wrote about her own experiences of tidying beginning from childhood, and provided inside notes about tidying mentally as well.
The most important part of the book which makes the book
Japanese, is the elements of Buddhism. The idea of talking and thanking the
house and the items you own…
Then I also took some notes for myself.
“Does it spark joy?” is the phenomenal question about
keeping your items.
We should examine every items' purpose. As I feel guilty
when I don’t use or discard a gift. Marie Kondo explains that the purpose of
the gift items is accomplished the moment you have received them. You don’t
have to feel guilty about anything
.
I liked everything she mentioned and also considered how
reflective about processing past, using tidying as tool to move forward to more
important thing in life and so…
I KonMarie-d my stuff and my life.
Clothes, books, small items, mementos and everything…
It just happen to be a good timing for me. The KonMarie
method is a deep cleaning and tidying better suits when you are moving to a new
place, city or country, new life style or going through a major life change
without moving to another place.
I had sooo much clothes that didn’t spark joy but quite new
and usable. I donated all of them to the Animal Refuge Kansai Organization to
sell and spend that money for homeless animals. It felt good to shed excessive
weight of stuff and doing a good deed.
I think you should check this site. http://www.arkbark.net/en/ you can also donate money or wishlist items
like cat or dog food.
It was a fun and productive experiment for me to KonMari
myself. I would probably do that again when I move from Japan and go somewhere
else in the world and every single time that I move on and change my life.
When it is time to do something big, you may wanna thing
about KonMari.
Cheers, tidy,
Ece
