Ok, so I really am trying to do this Konmari thing. Truly! Sort of. I mean, I can't necessarily do everything that she's telling us to do, like put all the clothes in the middle of the room and physically touch it all and put it away/toss/etc.
First of all, I just don't have that much time.
Secondly, I know how much clothes I have and that's just plain intimidating.
Thirdly, see number two - if I'm intimidated, I'll freeze.
So I'm doing this drawer by drawer, closet by closet, and pile by pile. Last night, I took an hour and Konmari'd (it's a verb now!) the rest of the drawers in my big dresser that I hadn't gotten to yet.
Her folding really IS magic!
I didn't get rid of that much yet I still have a drawer and a half empty -- A DRAWER AND A HALF! In a dresser where everything was flopping out and overstuffed. HOW? I honestly don't know...it's just plain MAGIC!!
I even went through my closet and pulled a dozen items that I felt I could get rid of. I need to separate the 'donate' from the 'consign' because I think I might be able to do both...if I ever get my butt in gear to do it. I guess it's all well and good to separate things out but if the bags are still around, what good has it done? They're still there taking up space!
Today I'm going to try and work on my bedroom some more. I have some laundry to do and then those clothes to sort/put away, but I also have piles of clothes on overstuffed, plastic drawers. If I can actually cull those drawers down to 2 instead of 3...or better yet, even 1, I think I'd be very happy.
Right now though I'm sitting in my living room and looking at its messiness...sure, a lot of it is stuff to be tossed, but a lot is stuff that I'm not too sure where to put it. I know I have to go through things and everything and while I can appreciate the categorization of things, I'm not entirely sure that it's going to work for my style. So I'm trying to go room by room and if something doesn't belong, I'll move it.
Wish me luck!
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