I TRIED EXTREME DECLUTTERING USING MARIE KONDO’s KONMARI METHOD (BEFORE & AFTER - Clean With Me)

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I first came across Marie Kondo when a friend of mine told me about her book “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up”. I never thought to read it because well, at the time it just didn’t seem that interesting to me. Fast forward a few years, I came across Marie Kondo’s Netflix show “Tidying up with Marie Kondo”, watched it, and since have been meaning to apply her KonMarie method of cleaning on decluttering and tidying my room.
I honestly never thought that cleaning my room and clearing it of extreme clutter would change my life, but boy am I wrong. I was overly optimistic and thought I’d be able to get through cleaning and decluttering my bedroom in a day; but it ended taking a few days actually. I cleared and cleaned and tidied everything from clothes, to books, to papers, to komono (small items & things) and finally, sentimental items.
The sentimental items really were the hardest - i am a... very sentimental person and i attach a lot of my memories to physical items. I moved a lot as a kid, moved cities a lot, and inevitably changed schools a lot too, so over the years, i have ended up keeping a lot of things - from cards i get from friends, notes i used to pass in school, to tickets to theme parks, or airplane tickets from trips i really enjoyed. i have hoarding tendencies to be honest and it was hard to get rid of some of the sentimental stuff but trying to minimize my possessions to just those that spark joy was actually quite freeing - like a weight lifted off.
So, clean with me, declutter with me and i hope you enjoyed this video.
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Marie Kondo's 6 Basic Rules of Tidying and Decluttering:
1. Commit yourself to tidying up
2. Know why you're doing it
3. Finish discarding first
4. Tidy things by category, not by location
5. Follow the order of: Clothes, Books, Paper, Komono (small items & things) and Sentimental items
6. Ask yourself - does it spark joy?
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EXTREME DECLUTTER (MINIMALISM DECLUTTERING) USING MARIE KONDO’s KONMARI METHOD (BEFORE & AFTER - Clean With Me 2020)

[@jessp3478]

Finally, someone with actual clutter. I'm tired of seeing all the konmari videos where the person has a little pile of junk in their otherwise nicely tidied and decorated room, lol.

[@mints7349]

I've put cards and such in a photo album. That way made it nice to look at whenver I get sentimental.

[@iristhehooman]

HAHAHAHAHA! "Oh no I think I was meant to bless this room first!" It's always so easy to watch a decluttering video but that inner turnmoil and frustration is always underestimated. I love how easy it is to watch this!

[@subcutaneouscat6167]

Who else is watching this in quarentine as a motivation 😂

[@MaddyLee99]

I started scrapbooking and putting sentimental paper things (cards, pictures, certificates, tickets, etc) in them. So far I have 3 with each having different types of memories in them and it's really fun!

[@carlanderson774]

I've learnt a good minimalist rule of thumb is to keep the number of clothing items to a maximum of about 50 , when you get a new item of clothing then one has to go . anyway great job on the declutter.

[@noraheriksson]

Just a tip, I also save a LOT of sentimental ”clutter”. After I got a specific box to out all those things in the ”clutter” got a lot easier to handel.😁

[@RH-or5or]

I struggle for my whole life with this issue of saving stuff, family of moderate level hoarders , I used to be poor and lived in studios with little possessions and I was fine, I hope to get back to that level

[@mangochannel3454]

Good job in cleaning up your room! There's always the satisfaction when you walk into a neat and clean room after a long day :)

[@Annnabannanna]

Finally someone with a messy room and not just loads of clothes that make it look cluttered.

[@nabilaanwar2428]

GIRL. I am low key horrified you have your admission cert laying around like that! It better be framed by the next video!

[@watlilyo4909]

Janice, l love it when you say: “l hope you’re doing well” at the beginning & “BYEEE” at the conclusion of each one of your videos ... you look so

[@Candice7042]

I recently dealed with most of the cards I received on my wedding , and kept only 2 most beautiful ones. The way I dealed with them is-burn them. I read each card again carefully before I throw them into the fireplace, and seeing them spark bright flame made me feel the love it carried. I prefer burning them than throw them into recycle bin.

[@mrsnowmanshow]

Actually your room was pretty ok to start with. You don't have that much stuff actually. 😅 But I see the difference at the end. Also I like that u kept all your existing furniture. It's like making the best of what u have.

[@CynthiaCho]

I love how eloquent you are! Really makes a difference when you're watching videos

[@piperpanda6587]

Out of all the people I've watched using this method (I've been wanting to declutter my room and convince my mom to downsize too) you are the most like me. I have a lot of close, but tend to stick with like 5 main sets, and I put a lot of sentemential value on small items. Thank you for the video though!

[@martab2626]

Beautiful!! Looks so great. Maybe you could invest 40-$50 & get a comforter fm Target or Marshall's(if they're open yet). I think it would tie it all together!👍

[@8happyperson]

JANICE!! I use to watch your videos a few years back but then you stopped uploading but I'm glad you've been back! I noticed you're back when I saw this vid in my recommended :)

[@sharifak6359]

You could've done scrapbooking with all those tickets and receipts!

[@NatalieBennett]

This is amazing! Keep up the great work! 💕