2 essential actions of tidying

Desks, closets, kitchen cupboards. They all seem to fill up naturally with stuff we sort off want, but also don't want to get rid of. In an attempt to declutter tidy a space, Marie Kondo asks this question: Does it spark joy? If not, she advises getting rid of it.

But while Kondo ...

1. Discarding by category comes first (clothes first, then books, papers etc.)
2. Break a category into subcategories (e.g. Tops: shirts, sweaters etc.)
3. Keep only those things that spark joy (pick them one by one and decide if they stay or not)
4. After yo...

• Go in every room and divide your things into four boxes: things to donate, things to throw away, things to keep, and things to store. If you don’t need it or love it, consider getting rid of it.
• Go through your box of things to keep and find a place for everything.