Living Intentionally at the Intersections of Minimalism, Frugality and Sustainability
In Part I, I wrote about my experiences in the first three steps of the KonMari method, as I worked my way through clothing, books and paper, all of which went relatively smoothly for me. Which brought me to what Marie Kondo calls komono, or miscellaneous items. KonMari Step 4: Komono (Miscellaneous) Clearly, if...
As I mentioned in my first post, I read Marie Kondo’s The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up primarily because I already had it on my Kindle. Inspired, I started my 2017 decluttering using the KonMari method described therein. In the book, Kondo separates clutter into five categories: clothing, books, papers, komono (miscellaneous) and sentimental items....
I have too much stuff. This is likely obvious, given that I am writing about minimalism and decluttering. I have been decluttering for the past fifteen years, and I still have too much stuff. There are drawers full of stuff, shelves full of stuff, closets and cupboards and boxes and hard drives full of stuff,...
2017 began for me with one goal in mind: Less. I wanted less stuff in my physical world, less clutter in my digital world, and less noise in my head. I was going to declutter the stuff, to live more simply and to free myself to create. I started the year excited and energized,...