Marie Kondo

As you all know, I have been up to my neck going through my parents' house.  Because of months spent organizing, divvying up things, donating carloads of the good, and purging 2 dumpsters and a full dump truck of the bad, I've lost my desire to keep almost everything.  With my folks' house empty. my house is now bursting at the seams.  I share my parents' tendency to keep things, though not quite as bad.  They grew up during the Depression, so their reasons for holding on to things were more valid than mine. 

Last week, DH and I watched a few episodes of Marie Kondo's show on Netflix.  She's the author of the book "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up."

When her book first came out, I remember commenting here about it, and we all got a laugh at her KonMari Method which had us ask ourselves "does this item bring me joy?" to decide whether to keep it.  While her new show isn't too exciting, it was enough to inspire me to start going through my stuff around our house.  I started with the storage bins under our bed.  I found my copy of Marie's book in one of the bins!!  I filled a contractor bag with the things I no long needed or wanted, and I still have more to go through!  I kept a few items and filled the "To Donate" box.  This process actually feels great.  The "stuff" was really weighing me down, and DH hated the clutter.  He's so happy that I'm dealing with the mess, and is being very supportive.

Let's share how we deal with clutter.  Is it easy for you to let go of things?  Do you have a strategy for dealing with the stuff that makes its way into your house?