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....
Other than the clutter that is just trash – junk mail that hasn’t made it to the recycle bin, food scraps not yet composted, the empty shampoo bottle still sitting on the edge of the bathtub – nearly everything that clutters our lives once had value to us. Each item I now hold and...
It all started with The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Actually, it started with our basement, which had become almost impassible. And by “it,” I mean 2017. I’m Julian, and I’ve been trying to declutter and simplify my life for at least the past fifteen years. When the books tell you that it’s...