First of all, what the heck is the KonMari method? It’s the term Marie Kondo uses (Kon + Mari) to define her method of tidying a home in her book “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up”. Second of all, is it really life changing? Well, let’s see… I first heard about Marie Kondo about a year ago on NPR. The host was sharing examples of people who had tried the KonMari method and one was a gentleman who was holding onto a college textbook because his mom had passed away while he was taking that course. Once he sat with the item for a minute to determine where it still “sparked joy” (one aspect of the KonMari method), he realized he was keeping it to hold on to the memory of his mom. He was able to say “thank you for being there for me when I needed you but the memory of my mom is not in this book”. My husband and I were driving in the car listening to this story and both of us welled up with tears. Fast forward to reading her book and in 2019 seeing Marie Kondo now has a show on Netflix, meant it was time for us to really try this method. Here are the highlights of what I learned:
